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Sabertooth [VHS]

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I've been watching SciFi original pics religiously for a couple of years now. I've seen "Sabertooth" three times. Many of the reviewers of this movie would probably choke to death if they watched this flick more than once. The fact is, SciFi makes some pretty shoddy flicks. Most of them aren't very tolerable, but every once in awhile, a film like "Sabertooth" comes along with some reasonably solid actors and a stiff plot that manages to hold my attention long enough to see the end credits roll.

When watching a SciFi original movie like "Sabertooth," you have to understand three things: a) The budget for this flick is somewhere near the monthly take-home earnings of a fry cook at a fast-food joint b) The "stars" of the film are usually good actors who've never been in the spotlight but are recognizable and, finally, c)The plot, acting, special effects, music, etc., will be bad, really bad.

With those things understood, you'll see that "Sabertooth" is just a tad sharper than most SciFi productions. The primary cast is excellent(David Keith, John Rhys-Davies, and Vanessa Angel). Keith has been in a number of really good films, but he's never been a major star in Hollywood. Rhys-Davies seems to relish cheesy sci-fi, because he's been in a number of SciFi productions, including the upcoming "Chupacabra" flick due on the SciFi channel very soon. He's also played key roles in the "Indiana Jones" flicks and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Angel is probably the least known of the bunch, unless you happened to watch the TV series "Weird Science." The rest of the cast is tolerable, though the kid playing Leon seemed a little bit too gung-ho about playing GI Joe in the woods. "I told him to take my knife!" is one of his better lines.

The music doesn't play much of a role in this flick. It does attempt to scare up a little suspense at moments, but the cheese-factor outweighs the music in this production. The cheese comes into effect when the sabertooth pops up on the screen. He looks fake in CGI and in animatronic form. As a matter of fact, Diego from "Ice Age" would have probably looked more realistic in this film than the big cat that they used. He isn't scary at all.

But, when comparing "Sabertooth" to other current SciFi heaping helpings like "Frankenfish," "Larva," and "Marabunta," you quickly see that it is one of the better movies on the channel. The story is pretty neat, though not original, and it is a pretty good way to pass a lazy afternoon. It isn't the best "B" movie around, but it suffices.

Recommended to fans of really cheesy "B" flicks with some decent action. If you liked "Frankenfish," you'll probably like this one. Fans of movies like "Anaconda" will probably enjoy this one, too. If you expect your sci-fi to be some sort of sweeping epic with great effects and breathtaking battles on strange worlds, pass this one up and settle on something reliable like "The Lord of the Rings-Return of the King."

SABERTOOTH joins the countless direct to video shockers that would have been better with a bigger budget and a more talented cast.
David Keith, fresh from his non-acting role in DEEP SHOCK, plays an Indiana Jones ripoff great tracker, who delivers his lines as if he were on Ex-lax, and afraid the motion may motivate? Vanessa Angel should probably take Acting 101 to remember the basics; John Rhys Davies should just be ashamed at himself, and Josh Halloway looks good in tee-shirts, and tries to maintain a sense of character.
The effects on this go from bad to horrendous, but even then, credit is given that the film does have some suspenseful shocking sequences.
Not a real howler, nor a real horror, this movie is one you could rent, but don't buy.

When a greedy scientist and his sexy henchwoman decide to create a genetically enhanced Sabretooth, it (of course), gets loose and wreaks havoc on a group of unsuspecting campers. The inevitable happens- campy carnage, and a struggle for survival between the good guys and the bad guys, with the usual high body count.

The Sabretooth tiger was super cheesy. Mostly computer generated. I do think the CGI artists took some liberties with the sabre. It wouldn't be well adapted for hunting man. It was an ambush predator which couldn't run long distances (just look at its hindlegs), and was meant to crouch in tall bushes and gut the prey from underneath or deliver a piercing blow and wait for death. It would be quite awkward to sabre a standing person because of the angle the cat would have to hold its head. Besides the teeth are actually quite brittle and not intended to suffer extensive side-to-side movement. Most of the attack in Sabretooth were like that of a bear or lion(hands/paws ripping throgh the door), dragging prey off into the bushes etc. Riddle me how it can do that with big brittle teeth? Its too bad the screenwriter took no opportunity to educate viewers about the animal rather than to just do the obvious and make it similar to just any other large fantasy beast.

1 star. Fun, friday night entertainment, but not rocket science or anywhere close. Much improved by Josh Holloway. Yum.

I was expecting a lot more from this sci-fi movie, but I guess that was wishful thinking. I found the movie to be below average filled with clice element and generic characters. Throughout the whole film, you probably see the Sabertooth for good 10 min in total (which is not much) and when he actually appear on sceen, he looks totally fake and totally offscale. I was wondering why the Sabertooth's body and teeth so clean, after he has kills tons of people. They could have definitely made the Sabertooth more scary. The acting was kind of cheesy too. The character's dialogs sound like hey're scripted and doesn't comes off unevenly. Also a lot of the logic in movie are unbelieveable. For example: (WARNING contain spoiler)
1) The Sabertooth bust a hole through a cabin and snatch one of his victem. Keep in mind that the store is still close, there's only a hole in the store in which victem was obviously drag outside by the Sabertooth. Yet the next day, his body was found inside the cabin yet the door was still close. I guess that Sabertooth must somehow leap through the whole in the center of the door, with a body in his mouth.

2). Josh Holloway's (Trent) been cut by the sabertooth, been shot in the arm by a gun, his camper friends all been kill (his fault) and he's been through a terrifying surreal situation, yet he has time to make out by the end because he's the "hero" of the flick. Making out is the last thing on my mind. Kind of cheesy.

3). There are 3 Jr. camper that sign up or were sign up by their parents so they can explore the outdoors and learn leadership skill. Yet these jr camper were kill by the end of the movie, but the movie end happily ever after with the two Head camper heading off into the sunset. Wouldn't the parents of these kids want an explaination on why theirs kids die and if they're going to believe that a Sabertooth Tiger ate them?

I was hoping the ending would be better or something unexpected but it has a typical ending. I would definitely recommend Brotherhood of the Wolf as a better altrenative.

To predictable and to utterly stupid to get any higher, but still it wouldn't make the top 100 worst movies ever made. It is very bad, and you already know the plot. A beast of some sort terrorizes and kills a few people, and team set's out to investigate what did the killings, they meet the beast, they run around and scream for 45 minutes and magically defeat the beast at the end, and everyone lives happily ever after. Typical monster movie schlock. I suggest seeing something else, cuz I can't really find any redeeming qualities about this reched movie!

I have no problem with the acting but the cgi effects here look like a cartoon figure is on the loose. Scy fy makes lots of very low budget movies that I find tolerable and ok but this one is hard to watch. I disagree about vanessa angel and the rest of the cast , the did a fine job actually with what they had, but the effects for this era are very poor. If this was a 1980's cgi effort , then you'd say it was fine but this is really poor. If you want to see some awesome sabertooth cgi then check out 'walking with prehistoric beasts' or the sci fi show 'primeval'.

This is a fairly amusing low-budget sci-fi flick with good-looking girls and a not-too-serious script. It's not scary by any means, and the sabretooth looks like a silly cartoon, but it works as a way to spend the evening laughing with a few friends

This movie is quite horrible. I would rather be sick than try to watch Vanessa Angel try to emote. Most of the plot is a by product of only slightly better horror movies. This is the case of "its so bad, its horrible." And I really mean its horrible. The plot is horrible, the acting sub-par, and the sabertooth would look better if I substituted my fat house cat. I really mean that. But, Sabertooth can be fun at times, like when they finally kill the sabertooth. You'll cheer, but only becasue the movie has ended.

There's a sabertooth on the loose and David Keith (Major League 2, Firestarter) is up to track it down but the creator, Vanessa Angel (Kingpin) doesnt want anything bad to happen to it. Also there is another group of people around the area in which the sabertooth roams around. Bad to the extreme....the pits...this movie has crap written all over it from the word go. My only interest in this movie is actor Josh Holloway (Cold Heart) who plays Trent....Holloway in one of his pre-ABC'S LOST moments....he's bad in this but hey man, he needed the money. Also starrying Jonathan Rhys-Davies in another crappy sci-fi movie....man this guy needs to pick better stuff.The special effect for the sabertooth tiger is hilarious and the acting along with dialouge delivery is really bad and hurts the eardrums.

Jurassic Park is a good movie in which prehistoric predators are cloned, Ice Age is a good movie with CGI sabertooths. This is why SciFi should never have canceled MST3K. Basically its just another disgrace to horror/monster/scifi movies. The characters are about as bright as slasher victims are, the plot takes stupid twists, the killer animal eats way too many people for it to believably have actually killed. Bloody gory deaths, only a few characters live, the dumb blond scientist who cloned the big mean kitty goes crazy and for some reason thinks her monster will obey her and she is corrected the hard way ,blah, blah, blah blah, ( I also loved how the nerdy guy was freaking out because a cougar showed up and despite all the noise he was making, the cougar was laying down on the ground with what looked for all the world like a relaxed smile on its face)
You get what I'm saying. Besides Diego is a much cooler CGI sabertoothed cat.