Project: Metalbeast

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Project: Metalbeast

There are no words to describe the symphony of stupidity this movies presents to us, the audience. The cast was mediocre at best and their acting skills were the same. The storyline, at times, doesn't make any sense, and there are contradictions left and right. There are points made in the course of the movie that simply don't compute, and the ending was laughable. There are some redeeming points, I suppose. The main actress was pretty, the werewolf, as a man, had very few lines. Oh, and the chef with a bad Mexican accent dies early, so he didn't pain us with his speech. I don't recommend watching this movie to anyone. I did it because when the wife is out, I watch stupid movies; it helps me to realize that I don't like stupid movies. If you must watch it, have a book on hand for when you feel you might be sick from how stupid a particular scene is.

I mean, really. The lights and stuff, they were fantastic. Not a single extension cord in ANY shot. Take that you auteur gaffers and best boys! Luciano Galli my butt! Tom Kiefer ROCKS! This is not mockery. This is straight up truth. If you can't handle the truth, don't rent METALBEAST.

In 1974, two American agents are sent to Hungary by his superior Miller (Barry Bostwick) to get werewolf blood for a secret project for the creation of an invincible warrior. One of the men dies and the other decides to inject the blood in himself, being killed by Miller. There is a shutdown of the project. Twenty years later, the scientist Anne de Carlo (Kim Delaney) is carrying out a research under the command of Miller, and the body of the dead agent is delivered for the experiment. The agent is transformed in a kind of killing metallic werewolf. The screenplay of this low budget movie has no originality. I do not know how many films I have seen with this storyline. My vote is four. Title (Brazil): `Metalbeast'

At the U.S. Secret Operations Center a small group of doctors led by Kim Delaney are experimenting with a metallic skin on a frozen cadaver. This particular body is that of a secret agent that succumbed twenty years earlier to self injection of a blood sample from a...werewolf. Barry Bostwick plays the evil Colonel harboring the blueprints for this gruesome experiment. Thus the Government has given life to a wolf-like creature with metal skin. The only reason I watched this is Kim Delaney. I'd watch her do a puppet show! Also in the cast are: Brian Brophy, Carole Davis, Tim Duquette and Kane Hodder as the MetalBeast. Pretty bad movie except for the last twenty minutes or so.

A typical 1990s-era B-movie, this one, and an intriguing mix of sci-fi and horror in the tale. It's only the cheapo execution which lets this one down, along with a set-up and back story that seems to take up at least half of the running time, before we move into a traditional monster-on-the-rampage extended climax. A rogue agent turns into a werewolf but is put into suspended animation, only to wake up in the laboratory a couple of decades later and go berserk. I did like the futuristic spin on the old werewolf legend, and the beast suit is pretty decent, complete with Jason himself, Kane Hodder, inside it. There's the requisite gore, action and scares, which are superficial and straightforward, but the character writing is minimal and the performances hardly interesting. With a little more finesse this could have been interesting.

I must admit I wasn't expecting much when I first rented this movie, but the concept of a metal covered werewolf is a unique twist on an old story. Also the effects were very good. But if your not into werewolf movies then you may not like Metalbeast. I GIVE IT (7 STARS) ******* ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+ HITS) + CONCEPT (I always give kudos to an original or a new twist on an old concept) + CREATURE EFFECTS (The Metalbeast was just plan cool) + ATMOSPHERE (It has spooky atmosphere with substance) ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE (- MISSES) SLOW (It has several places of slow peroids while they build up suspense, a little too long at times) And Finally: FAN BASED (If you are not a fan of horror or werewolf movies then steer clear of PROJECT: METALBEAST)