not as good as all the hype

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Middletown, a small Salem-like location in the sleety cold shadow of winter is excellently conveyed – full of tiny, welcoming local shops and diners and a community tainted by an increasing onslaught of vengeful ravens. Essentially, the story is just a series of set-pieces for the well-staged killings to occur, and is no less enjoyable for that. The ravens have fed on the carcasses of cows that have died from mad cow disease (a fact covered up by local Amish farmers in a bid, they hope, to continue their farming) – the results are similar to those in Hitchcock's 'The Birds (1960)'. CGI provides much of the avian group action, spliced unobtrusively with real birds for close-ups of the growing clusters. The effects never lapse into the cartoon-like spectacle some CGI is guilty of, although the attacks in greater numbers is less successfully visualised than the less ambitious charges.The residents and their lives are intelligently scripted (very rarely lapsing into the illogical behaviour often employed by characters to further the tension) and very well played throughout. Sheldon Wilson's direction keeps things interesting – visually, many scenes are strikingly framed by the black-feathered birds as they gather. Only the weather hampers the production – clearly, this is filmed during fluctuating snow storms; as such, show and frost is more prevalent in some scenes than others, sometimes in a very short time-frame.As the death-toll mounts, there is a convincing sense of growing loss of control over the epidemic, and all deaths are accompanied by the flapping of black, oily wings. Well established characters die, providing an emotional jolt. Perhaps the idea of incensed ravens hurling rocks through the windows of a bus load of people is a step too far, although in fairness, the idea sounds more ridiculous than it actually appears.I always try to enter into these wonderful horror films with little or no preconceptions. This occasionally leads to watching a series of clunkers, but some unknown gems too. 'Kaw' doesn't attempt to change the face of horror, but it ticks all the right boxes and provides a highly cohesive and enjoyable whole.

Director Sheldon Weldon who also created the classic flick, Shallow Ground 2004 has created another gem in Kaw.Starring Sean Patrick Flanery who has also been in other classic flicks, Lone Hero 2002, The Boondock Saints 1999 and Frank & Jesse 1995.Also starring Stephen McHattie who has also been in other classic flicks, Pontypool 2008, Shoot 'Em Up 2007, 300 2006 and A History of Violence 2005.Also starring Kristin Booth.Also starring Rod Taylor who has also been in other classic flicks, Inglourious Basterds 2009 and another classic animal flick, The Birds 1963.I enjoyed the attack scenes.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic animal flicks, Anaconda III 2008, Arachnophobia 1990, The Bear 1988, Black Sheep 2006, The Breed 2006, Burning Bright 2010, Isolation 2005, Jurassic Park 1993, Jurassic Park 3 2001, The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997, Long Weekend 1978, Of Unknown Origin 1983, The Protector 2005, Razorback 1984, Spiders 2000, Eight Legged Freaks 2002, Big Ass Spider! 2013, Tracks 2013, Red Dog 2011, The Pack 2015, White God 2014, The Grey 2011, Isolation 2005, Megan Leavey 2017 and Wild Beasts 1984.

This is a pretty atrocious movie. Standard SciFi (SyFy?) Channel garbage, as another reviewer has already pointed out.However, I live with an African raven, who's pretty much taken over my house. As a result, this is one of our favorite films, despite its being largely unwatchable.The human cast is wooden and predictable, the writing is crap, but the movie does benefit from a minimal use of CGI. I rented this movie expecting to see an avian version of Snakes On A Plane - not a single real animal on screen, just bad CGI facsimiles. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the majority of the scenes used real birds. The best part of the DVD, I thought, was a "behind the scenes" feature on the film's Czech raven-trainers and their birds.If you don't share your house with a corvid, you probably won't have much patience with this movie, but if you like you crows or ravens you might consider renting this just for the featurette on trained ravens and their wranglers...

It's a Sci Fi Channel movie. With killer ravens that got infected from Amish mad cows. I thought it was relaxing to watch the film, expecting every bit of it to be as it was and not getting disappointed. I wasn't expecting much, though.The result was some shoddy CGI birds, a lot of scenes ripped off from The Birds, no script, nothing scary, people dying from superficial wounds and car accidents, a big explosion to save the day and a quick scare last scene.Bottom line: no reason why you should see this film. No reason why you shouldn't, either. It's the perfect zen TV movie, in perfect balance.