This film was made well after the Hitchcock film Birds, but that was clearly what this film was trying to do. I give them props for doing some really gory kills with eye ripping and such; however, the film also kind of is all over the place with random scenes aplenty. Watch a man shoot pigeons blindfolded, watch a man drive right into a sandy hill and get stuck, watch a random shot of a duck and so many more as this film really lacks a cohesion. No real main character either as Christopher Atkins gets top billing, but doesn't stand out at all. We also have old dude with high blood pressure, random nurse and family with loud and obnoxious dad!
The story, as I said is almost nonexistent; apparently, birds attacking is what they are showing and it is what we are going to get! A intrepid reporter with jump cities to get brief interviews with people who have been attacked by birds; meanwhile, birds are attacking! They are attacking old dude with high blood pressure, family who is on a trip with a surfboard and couple where the girl somehow survives while outside a Winnebago and her boyfriend who is killed inside! All leading up to a great anticlimactic ending where the reporter and random people are riding on a train and we literally get no real payoff...
The effects are rather good and gory and are the best thing about this one. The attacks are pretty good, but too many times we just jump from location to location as the film really does not seem to want to formulate any real cohesion. Then, my main complaint is the non ending as they seem to think because the Hitchcock film kind of ended, theirs could do the same thing. Basically, the copied the ending while the rest of the film is simply birds attacking randomly.
So, the film is not too good as I would have liked to have seen a bit more attacking and less pointlessness. I mean, at one point there are just children walking through a empty street and a baby in a stroller left behind before a kid retrieves it. The American title for this film is Beaks, though, and the film does deliver that! If birds were as deadly as portrayed in this film, cats would not stand a chance!
The story, as I said is almost nonexistent; apparently, birds attacking is what they are showing and it is what we are going to get! A intrepid reporter with jump cities to get brief interviews with people who have been attacked by birds; meanwhile, birds are attacking! They are attacking old dude with high blood pressure, family who is on a trip with a surfboard and couple where the girl somehow survives while outside a Winnebago and her boyfriend who is killed inside! All leading up to a great anticlimactic ending where the reporter and random people are riding on a train and we literally get no real payoff...
The effects are rather good and gory and are the best thing about this one. The attacks are pretty good, but too many times we just jump from location to location as the film really does not seem to want to formulate any real cohesion. Then, my main complaint is the non ending as they seem to think because the Hitchcock film kind of ended, theirs could do the same thing. Basically, the copied the ending while the rest of the film is simply birds attacking randomly.
So, the film is not too good as I would have liked to have seen a bit more attacking and less pointlessness. I mean, at one point there are just children walking through a empty street and a baby in a stroller left behind before a kid retrieves it. The American title for this film is Beaks, though, and the film does deliver that! If birds were as deadly as portrayed in this film, cats would not stand a chance!