Boar

Just like all the previous films by Chris Sun: a cheap imitation of a more famous model without a single contribution or style of its own. The pig looks stupid, it can appear out of nowhere in the middle of a meadow without anyone noticing, but it does know how to make a mess. (18.08.2018)

The Australian production Boar does not offer anything more than it says on the tin. There is a massive boar that wants to kill everything that gets in its way and is slightly human-like. As it turns out, men are actually very good at impaling themselves on cutters and whetters. Cutters and whetters are another cool way to say wild boar's tusks. If you go in simply expecting a killer animal, that is exactly what you are going to get. (10.03.2020)

Boar is one of the worse pieces of horror with over-sized animals with extraordinary appetites. The biggest weakness of the film is a bad script and not entirely likeable characters, whom you almost wish to be eaten by the giant high. As for the visual representation of the boar, while it wasn't as poorly done as most of Asylum’s monsters, there was a distinctly tight budget compared to the likes of Lake Placid. All in all, a below average film starring an above average hungry monster, with one cliché after another rubbing up against it. (08.12.2018)

After two years of waiting, we got the anticipated Boar from Australian director Chris Sun, who shocked us with his first film Daddy's Little Girl, left us at a loss with Charlie's Farm and now comes with Boar, which will not make a big dent in the world. I remember when this movie was raising money to get made in the first place, so despite the low budget, the director did a pretty decent job with it. Story-wise it's a complete dud and the characters are very uninteresting, although there is an appearance by Bill Moseley, and John Jarrat, the bad guy from Wolf Creek, and even Nathan Jones, the giant wrestler who also starred in Charlie's Farm, They are a nice touch, but unfortunately the characters have nothing to work with and when there's the wild boar is not on the set it's a total chore. The wild boar itself looks decent – praise for the practical effects, even though the camera focuses mainly on his snout. Then, of course, there’s the gore, which is perhaps the only thing the director is good at. This time, though, I felt like half the deaths were out of frame and the other half was shown, which I don't quite get, but it was something to watch. I would have appreciated if the director had started working with suspense or a more entertaining pace, it could have been much more enjoyable, this way just a better average. 65%. (16.08.2018)