robertemerald Review of Dying Breed

Dying Breed (2008)

Plot hole threatens to drown an otherwise good horror

[6/10 · 20 June 2019]

There is a character in this movie whom is a loud narcissist. I hated him from the onset and couldn't wait for him to die. I hated even more the fact that he was a glaring plot hole in an otherwise superb horror story. The lead heroine is trying to retrace her sister's footsteps years earlier. The sister drowned. She wants to find proof of a tiger. Both issues make her highly sensitive. That her boyfriend would recommend this drongo mate to escort them into the wilds makes no sense at all. Normal people simply wouldn't do that. The fact that the drongo has an ute and a boat is not a good enough excuse for this lack of sensitivity on the part of the boyfriend. Hiring a ute and a boat is not an insurmountable problem. It gets worse. The drongo is totally insensitive to the locals. In many ways, the drongo starts all the trouble. Honestly, if it weren't for this character, I'd have given Dying Breed a solid 8 or 9. There are some good ideas. The terror is not unlike Wolf Creek. Plenty of surprises. The final scenes after the drongo gets it are superb. Anyway, that's my take. I'll press the spoiler button and hope others agree with me.