KnotStronger
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Humaira Grant
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
GUENOT PHILIPPE
Or Daktari meets a kind of Bill Dieterle's ELEPHANT WALK with lions and tigers instead of our pachyderm friends as the heavies of the film. Or, if you prefer, a sort of home invasion film with wild beasts instead of humans. You could decline the elements of this scheme for hours with all kinds of beasts. This most dangerous movie ever shot is far from being a masterpiece, but it remains worth watching. Poor Melanie Griffith who already had to deal with BIRDS nearly twenty years earlier, now she has to face wild animals !!!!
romarub
This script-less hodge-podge of a film is about as entertaining as a car wreck! It almost makes SeaWorld's former captivity and maltreatment of killer whales seem humane and inspirational! There seems little doubt that self-indulgence, bordering on the psychotic, was responsible for this exercise in stupidity and childish excess - with, perhaps, a hint of a death wish thrown in for good measure.That laws were not in place to prevent the kind of animal abuse the film is reliant on, even at the time the film was made, is a sad commentary on our society. Thankfully, things have changed in the intervening years, denying the possibility of a repeat of the kind of fiasco this film represents. That anyone can find any redeeming quality in this production, especially if they consider themselves animal lovers, is beyond me. Abuse is abuse, and wild is wild. And sick, is sick - which is about what this film boils down to, especially considering its production history and background.
Seth_Rogue_One
Labelled one of the most dangerous film-shoots of all time, with real lion on human attacks still in the film.70 cast and crew members were hurt during filming to several degrees, some were close to death but luckily no one did die.I was amazed by the sheer numbers of lions in the movie, it's well over 50 they have the lions live up close and personal with the lead played by Noah Marshall with seemingly little to no fear for his safety. The numbers of lions decrease slightly when Melanie Griffith and Tippi Hedren etc comes into the movie (probably because of the many attacks) but they are still far from being safe (Melanie Griffith required 50 stitches and plastic surgery and Tippi Hedren required 34 stitches from being bitten by lions in the film).As far as the story goes well, the lions who were untrained improvises a lot to say the least and the cast have to act off of what they do but there is a plot for sure in the film it just get put to the side at times.It's a once in a lifetime movie experience, so it's definitely recommendable for that reason alone but it also helps that it is very entertaining and the lions are beautiful.
Michael_Elliott
Roar (1981) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Hank (Noel Marshall) is living in Africa where everyone thinks he's crazy because he allows lions, tigers, leopards and other wild animals to roam through his house. Soon his wife (Tippi Hedren), daughter (Melanie Griffith) and two sons come to visit but he's not home so the family must try to survive these animals.ROAR was released in 1981 without too much media attention but when it came time to re-release the movie in 2015 it seems everyone wanted to know more about the most dangerous movie ever filmed. You can Google various articles about all the destruction that happened behind-the-scenes during the making of this movie. Countless cast and crew members were severely injured. Several animals were killed in a flood. The film took years to complete, went way over budget and of course didn't make any of its money back.It's really hard to judge this film for many reasons. For starters, if you didn't know anything about the history of this movie and just watched it then you'd probably see it for all the warts. In all honesty there's really no plot to be found and the performances certainly aren't anything great. The direction, well there really isn't any because how to you get a lion to do what you want? It seems like the camera was just set up and they would hope to capture something. Obviously there's just nothing here that scream "great" or "good" movie.With that said, if you do know the history of the movie then there's no question that you'll be biting your nails because you're just waiting for something bad to happen. There are several times throughout the movie where you can tell that the actors are in sheer terror of not knowing what the wild animals are going to do. These scenes do contain some real suspense but it's not from great filmmaking but instead from knowing that these actors are really in danger. Plus you can't help but watch this film and wonder what in the world the filmmakers were thinking by putting their family in harm's way.ROAR is certainly a film that needs to be viewed. There's no doubt that being able to see so many wild animals is quite great. Is the film good? Not really but it's certainly entertaining.
