Product Details

• Actors: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue
• Directors: Russell Mulcahy
• Writers: Everett De Roche, Peter Brennan
• Producers: Hal McElroy, Tim Sanders
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Region: Region 4 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Umbrella Entertainment
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BHN892
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,407 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Razorback" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Collectors Edition, Deleted Scenes, Documentary, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Before he directed the cult classic Highlander (1986), music video creator Russell Mulcahy adapted this stylish, tongue-in-cheek horror film from the novel by Peter Brennan. Gregory Harrison stars as Carl Winters, a grief-stricken American husband who has come to a remote corner of Australia to seek answers in the death of his wife, a TV journalist who was investigating a story on kangaroo poaching. Carl meets Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr), a man obsessed with hunting down what he says is an enormous razorback boar that consumed his grandson. Although he was acquitted, most of the locals believe that Jake murdered the boy himself and invented the crazy story about a giant pig. Jake tells Carl that he believes the razorback is also responsible for his wife's death. At first skeptical, Carl becomes a believer when he encounters the beast. He and Jake track it to a dog food processing plant, where the owners are illegally butchering kangaroos for industrial use. The factory operators are also feeding the dog food to the gigantic razorback, increasing its size and carnivorous appetite. Joined by farmer Sarah Cameron (Arkie Whiteley), Carl and Jake set out to kill the powerful mutant.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than I expected by a mile, November 9, 2002

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Razorback [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Razorback (Russell Mulcahy, 1984)

I actually rented this looking to see if it contained a long sample from a song of the same name by the band Terror Organ. (It does.) I was expecting it to be another godawful piece of made-for-TV Aussie cinema that ignores Australian film history since, and perhaps before, On the Beach; what I got was a pleasant surprise, to say the least. This was Mulcahy’s first big-screen feature, but film fans will recognize the name as the guy who directed Highlander, Ricochet, and (ironically) the recent TV adaptation of On the Beach; Razorback contains a number of the elements that have made his films above average ever since.

As it is with, seemingly, all Australian films of the past forty years, the first thing most people are going to notice about Razorback is the stunning cinematography, which was obvious even on a well-used videocassette. Whatever they’re doing down under in the growing of their cinematographers, they’re doing it right. The second thing is Mulcahy’s use of light and darkness, comparable to that of David Lynch or David Fincher; the man knows what he’s doing when his characters are holding flashlights.

The story itself is somewhat amusing; an old, isolationist farmer, Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr of “Garry Halliday” fame), has his house attacked and his grandson carried off by a giant, insane razorback hog. He attempts to convince the people who live in his small outback town of the danger they’re in, but no one believes him, including an animal activist from America, Beth Winters (Judy Morris). When Winters goes missing, her husband Carl (the ubiquitous Gregory Harrison, who has been in every TV miniseries made in the past ten years) heads to Australia to look for her.

It’s a simple little film that rises above obscurity thanks to its blistering pace, great camera work, and a solid cast. It’s not going to make you think all that much, but it never wants to; it just wants to entertain. ** œ

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXTREME ATMOSPHERIC TENSION, August 24, 2000

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keith hayes (kettering, northants England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Razorback [VHS] (VHS Tape)

FROM THE OPENING SCENE WHERE A WIND PUMP IS BLOWING INFRONT OF A BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIAN SUNSET TO THE COLD DARK FINALE, THIS FILM IS A LOT MORE INTELLIGENT THAN I FEEL IT HAS BEEN GIVEN CREDIT FOR! YES A WILD PIG IS TO THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, WHAT JAWS WAS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, BUT IN MY EYES IT IS EQUAL IN EVERY WAY TO THE LATTER. THE ACTING IS NOT OVERDONE WHICH ADDS REALISM, AND THE ATMOSPHERE CREATED BY THE CAMERA, SOUND EFFECTS AND ICEHOUSES' IVA DAVIES' EERIE MUSIC MAKES THIS FILM TOTALLY GRIPPING. AUSTRALIANS REALLY ARE GROSSLY UNDERATED AS FILM MAKERS.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original B flick, June 27, 2003

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Chris J. Visconti (IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Razorback [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw this when I was a kid and it blew my minde. I loved it then and still do. Good movie.