El ataque de los pájaros (1987)
14KEl ataque de los pájaros (1987). 1h 40m | R
“My review was written in October 1987 after watching the movie on International Video Entertainment video cassette.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Beaksu0026quot;, originally titled u0026quot;Birds of Preyu0026quot;, is a very silly and very gory imitation of Alfred Hitchcokcu0026#39;s u0026quot;The Birdsu0026quot;. Direct-to-video packaging lampoons the film, but itu0026#39;s too boring to acquire the implied camp status.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMichelle Johnson (of u0026quot;Blame It on Riou0026quot;) toplines as a European tv newshen (pun intended) assigned by her callous boss to cover silly stories involving birds. (She complains sheu0026#39;s a journalism school grad who wants hard news assignments, to no avail.) Accompanied by her cameraman (Christopher Atkins), she reports on a marksman who shoots birds while he is blindfolded and then covers a u0026quot;feathered mutinyu0026quot; of killer chickens who pecked their owner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMeanwhile, birds of many feathers are attacking humans all over the world, duly photographed on location in Spain, Puerto Rico, Peru, Morocco, Rome and Mexico. Thereu0026#39;s a lot of gore and pithy philosophical speculation (copying Hitchcock) on why the attacks are occurring. Consensus is that instinctually the birds are trying to survive by killing off man, who has been polluting the environment. As in Hitchu0026#39;s classic, the birds suddenly stop at filmu0026#39;s end, cuing an idiotic final shot of what looks like insects or tiny flying fish getting ready at a lake for a sequel.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMexican filmmaker Rene Cardona Jr., best known Stateside for his poor taste epic u0026quot;Surviveu0026quot;, takes time off from helming Mexican sex comedies like u0026quot;Buenas y con… Movidasu0026quot; to pilot this farrago. He keeps repeating boring transition shots of flocks of birds in flight and dubs the supporting cast while the leads speak English. Acting is weak, with voluptuous Johnson given a relatively flat-chested body double for the requisite nude scenes.”
