Synopsis
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
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Cast
- Guy PearceBoyd
- Robert CarlyleIves / Colqhoun
- David ArquetteCleaves
- Jeremy DaviesToffler
- Jeffrey JonesHart
- John SpencerGeneral Slauson
- Stephen SpinellaKnox
- Neal McDonoughReich
- Sheila TouseyMartha
- Bill BrochtrupLindus
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Clever in the way it avoids most of the cliches of the vampire movie by using cannibalism, and most of the cliches of the cannibal movie by using vampirism. It serves both dishes with new sauces. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Although the hinges connecting the film's elements -- slapstick, political satire, thriller, gross-out shots -- sometimes squeak loudly, they hold the movie together nicely. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
An eccentric historical horror tale whose blackly comic tone wavers distracting. - 50
The New York Times
A potentially strong cast makes its way in deadly earnest through material that's often better suited to a Monty Python skit. - 50
Chicago Tribune
For about half its length, Ravenous is a fairly effective scare picture, with a laugh or two. Then it just goes sour and pretentious. [19 March 1999, Friday, p.D] - 40
Variety
Essentially approaches its subject seriously, but does take stabs both at horror and grotesque comedy, neither with much success. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
In concept alone, Ravenous is anything but appetizing, but in execution it's worse than you'd imagine. - 25
Rolling Stone
You don't want to see this bilge. Director Milcho Manchevski, who was fired in midproduction, is the only one with cause to celebrate.
