Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

bowmanblue Tooth and Nail is one of those ever-growing number of 'apocalypse' films, depicting a bleak futuristic world filled with... well, nothing much really - broken down buildings and empty roads.In this case, as the narrator explains to us in the opening monologue, it wasn't a comet or nuclear war that wiped out humanity, it was a lack of petrol (or 'gas' as it's set in America). Um, okay, it's best to just take that at face value for the purposes of watching the film. In fact, it's probably best to get your mind in the frame of watching most of it in that way (if you want to have any hope of enjoying it).We meet a small band of survivors who have taken refuge in a large inner-city hospital and who spend their days desperately searching for food. However, they come a cropper when they bump into a ruthless band of cannibals, hell bent on having them all for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And there you have it, it's a 'stand off' movie - think Assault on Precinct 13, but without the huge cult following.Now, I normally hate movies (typically horror movies) where the heroes due stupid things, like run back into the haunted house instead of calling the police. I should warn you that there are plenty of these moments in Tooth and Nail. Yet, for some reason, I couldn't find it in me to hate this film. I've turned off many a movie for stupid characters, but I sat through this in its entirety.Granted it's no classic. If you check out the other reviews you'll find more than your fair share of hate directed towards it. However, if you lower your expectations significantly (hey, it has Vinnie Jones in, so what are you expecting - Shakespeare?!) you might find it entertaining for an hour and a half of bloodthirsty horror where vicious cannibals prey on some of the stupidest human survivors ever to be left alive.

wynonasbigbrownbeaver Given the somewhat entertaining track record of these After Dark films, I had some certain expectations with the given supporting cast of Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, and Micheal Kelly though in reality they've had a little more than brief cameos. But somehow I found myself losing complete faith this movie due to terrible writing after the first 5 minutes.One of the few minor positive things about Tooth and Nail was that it had potential. It tried to reference a would-be global crisis of the exhaustion of natural resources, and I thought it would take its aim toward something else more cataclysmic. The two plot twists were only mildly stimulating as I considered them to be possibilities beforehand, but none the less predictable. The flashback was a minor spark in the end.This is the point of where it started to be insulting. The concept that the apocalypse started after the world "ran out of gas" was very far fetched as best, but what really got me was the aftermath in the storyline. It just didn't make sense. Are people that desperate to just wither away and die in the streets? Would they really starve to death or try to eat each other? Haven't they heard of growing crops, fishing, and raising livestock? Other forms of power such as solar power and hydro-power could have been utilized instead. Even if there weren't any available alternatives, humanity wouldn't go down to that level of savagery. Humanity has survived without gas for tens of thousands of years, and I wouldn't think they would devolve that quickly. That large and obvious plot hole could have been covered.The level of fear factor in this movie is zero, it shouldn't have been in the mix of After Dark Horrorfest since it seemed like "made for TV" cheese. These survivors deliberately hide in a hospital in hopes "to rebuild society" in the middle of a concrete jungle. What do they do, when one of their own gets killed? They just wait like sitting ducks until another one of their own gets picked off. Their ultimate solution is to "just hide somewhere" in the hospital, enabling these big dummies to catch them and drag them away for food. The survivors' lame excuse for continually dying one-by-one is that the hospital is just "too big" to lock all the doors at night. Oh, that's real genius I tell you... All these characters are labeled the constant horror movie cliché as "too stupid to live". They separate and one dies after another. What was even lamer was that Dakota character not accepting the fact that her boyfriend the Professor got killed. She saw the blood, his glasses were left behind, he is obviously not there.The credibility of these villains are laughable. Maybe a reference to give these cannibals a better background would have worked. The movie should have told me that these cannibals have mutated or contracted have a zombie virus instead. But these big oafs for villains just walk around in a lobotomized state with tiny little axes and carving knives. They may be strong, but they seemed very dim witted. Michael Madsen obviously wasn't taking his role seriously with some of the worst acting minutes I've seen in recent memory. As for Vinnie Jones, he was fronting his role with a closing psychotic laughter. Oooh...I'm scared. Then there's that eloquent cannibal who was tooting the D flat note with his horn who talks to himself about no other subject than eating meat, just like the rest of the cannibals. The dialog is one dimensional, uninspired and lazy. Okay I've complained enough about this film to the point where it pisses me off.I can't recommend Tooth and Nail with these noticeable and unjustifiable flaws. Don't waste your time with this movie. Seriously.

cyclone259 I'm a sucker for post-apocalypse movies, so when I saw this title at RedBox I had to check it out.I won't go into a plot synopsis as that's already been done, but it reminded me a small bit of Doomsday and Mad Max. Nothing was over-the-top about 'Tooth and Nail', not the acting, violence, gore, sex, etc. but, it was decent and watchable.The interaction between the characters trapped in the hospital was tense, although formulaic. You do get a sense of the emptiness in their world and the struggles of day-to-day existence. Time moves very slowly, like people waiting to die.Like I mentioned, there was gore, but nothing spectacular. The sex scenes were appropriate for a PG-13 movie as there was a distinct lack of nudity. My wife and I figured out who the 'wolf in sheep's clothing' was early on and if you watch it, you don't need CSI to determine who it is.Anyway, I give it some props for being a good distraction on a Saturday night. Although 'Tooth and Nail' isn't what I'd call an action film, wait until the ending... it's really cheesy and fun.

Woodyanders The time: the immediate near future. Society has fallen apart as the direct result of a sudden and unexpected gas shortage. A ragtag group of survivors led by the wise and kindly Professor Darwin (an excellent performance by Robert Carradine) seek refuge in an empty and abandoned hospital. Said group find themselves in considerable peril when a deadly band of savage nocturnal cannibals called Rovers attack the place on a nightly basis and pick them off one at a time. Writer/director Mark Young depicts a plausibly bleak and brutal vision of the future that might be right around the corner. Moreover, Young relates the absorbing story at a steady pace, builds a strong sense of dread and plenty of nerve-wracking tension (the Rovers' attacks on the survivors are quite vicious and horrifying), maintains a properly bleak and desolate tone throughout, and further spices things up with a few nice lashings of gore (gruesome highlights include a bloody throat slicing, a meat cleaver in the head, and an especially nasty acid facial). Better still, there's no silly obtrusive humor to detract from the severity of the harsh survival-of-the-fittest premise. In fact, the plot makes a potent and provocative central point about the fine line between civilized beings and wild barbarians. The sterling acting from a sturdy cast helps matters a whole lot: Rachel Miner as the spunky, resourceful Neon, Rider Strong as the mean, selfish Ford, Nicole DuPort as the humane and sensible, yet tough and resilient Dakota, Michael Kelly as the surly, malcontent Viper, Alexandra Barreto as Ford's timid girlfriend Torino, Emily Catherine Young as the mute, fragile Nova, Michael Madsen as the calmly malevolent Jackal, and Vinnie Jones as the feral Mongrel. Gregg Easterbrook's shadowy, prowling cinematography makes the most out of the dark and claustrophobic setting. Elia Cmiral's shivery, rattling, hard-rocking score likewise hits the bull's eye. A solid and satisfying movie.