Kim Poirier in The Rats (2002)

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This "nature gone wrong" film had some potential.

No matter where you are in New York City, there is a rat within five feet. The creature threat here consists of those millions of rats lurking just behind the walls, just beneath the floors, teeming through the subway tunnels, sewers and cellars of New York City. What if that immense population of hungry, rabid rodents suddenly became unmanageable?

The film is full of creepy scenes of people walking through the forgotten and abandoned spaces of a large old city, with rats watching them, sometimes attacking them. About half of this film is really eerie.

The other half is surreal and silly-looking. Example. A janitor who loves rats suddenly turns on one who bites him. The rest of the rats cease to be docile and attack him. The janitor then throws himself around his basement living space while wearing a suit covered with plastic rats - all of this to simulate the rat attack.

Nudity Report: Kim Poirier is topless in the opening scene - she's trying on clothing in the dressing room of a posh New York department.

Critics Vote: Filmcritic.com 1/5.

IMDb Summary: IMDb voters score it 5.5/10.


Written by: Scoopy …courtesy of Scoopy.net