This week’s posts are from WRL Development Officer, Benjamin Goldberg. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Various animals shown attacking Dan (Brendan Fraser) were either props or CGI. During a dream sequence, a myriad of woodland animals ransack Dan's house, eat his food, draw on his walls, group-dance to loud music, and generally accost him. Tyler displays a generally bad attitude towards his dad and the small forest town he has moved him and his mom to for most of the film's first half until he meets Amber. Dan steps outside Neal's corporate jet and good-naturedly waves at his boss from the runway. Neal puts a pen in the hand of his unconscious Indian investor and tries to forge the man's signature on an important contract. Water. At the forest festival, a background woman appears on screen several times in a costumed bikini. Neal tells Felder she is "dead" to him after the above slip-up. And his groin. Minor This happens at least three times in the film. ga('send', 'pageview'); The same cunning, super-smart woodland animals that forced Riggs to quit the project, though, set their sights on driving Dan crazy. Disrespectful/Bad Attitude "Son of a. . CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO Neal immediately squirts an anti-bacterial cleaner on his hand after shaking Dan's hand. I think we can all agree that such a movie would have been fantastic, or at least disturbing. Students returned to campus after 16 HISD schools closed due to COVID-19 earlier this week. When Felder hears they will be playing host to some "Indian investors," she immediately adopts an offensive Native American accent and suggests serving them "Buffalo burgers." Riggs smokes a cigar and talks on his cell phone while driving at a high rate of speed on a winding road. Neal's plan is to bulldoze the entire forest, add more homes, and build a shopping mall with a forest theme. PROFANITY QUICK TAKE: Phrases: "Damn," "Dern it!" "Idiot," "I'm married to a lunatic," "Stupid," "Stupid crow," "Hayseed, "I got eagle eyes, Amazon woman!" Music(Scary/Tense) Humane Hollywood is a program of American Humane, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, EIN: 84-0432950. Cast and crew members were introduced to the animals before filming and instructed on their proper handling. He is sprayed by a skunk, the raccoon steering the vehicle puts the window up on Dan's mid-section, and the critters eventually crash the vehicle into a lake. A raccoon unplugs a motorized treadmill that Dan is running on him, causing him to fall forward and crash hard into a flat-screen TV that then is ripped from the wall. Other sneaky animals put hard acorns in Dan cereal, inflicting pain when Dan bites into one of them. For the shot in which a raccoon looks in a window, a trainer held it below the window. The destruction of our world's forests and the effects such activity has on the animals who call those areas home. Wilson opens his vehicle's door and hits Tammy with it. To help him relax, Dan drinks a special "mushroom tea" that causes him to have vivid nightmares. The pants are extremely tight on him and take the shape of his buttocks. This really doesn't sit well with either Tammy or Tyler, but Tyler finds some comfort when a local activist teen named Amber (SKYLER SAMUELS) takes an interest in him. Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry. Tyler and Amber also kiss. The fact that the film sanctions having a vengeful attitude to those you consider your enemies is a running source of disrespect and bad attitudes. Only moments before, Dan's unsupportive wife (Brooke Shields) exclaims: “I just don't think this can get any worse.“ Brief pause. Our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and humans. When the vehicle moved, the skunks were not in the car. For the scene in which the animals push themselves out of the cages, the doors were rigged to open; the animals were released separately and were not loose on the set at the same time. Miscellaneous Compound and Forest Animals. Whenever animals were in a vehicle, a trainer hid in the backseat. The animals then conspire to unleash the same boulder trap on Dan, but Dan swerves at the last moment to avoid the rock. Dan has a nightmare in which woodland animals have ransacked his house. The animals don't talk, but they might as well with their only-in-the-movies, hyper intelligence. Still, there are some scenes and moments of potential peril (many involving animals such as raccoons, skunks, birds, and a rather menacing bear) that may be unsettling and/or suspenseful for younger viewers. All birds in this film were trained to fly from one point to another, and the vulture that flew away was CGI. The bear jostles the potty violently, flipping it end over end at one point. No animals were harmed in the making of this film; they were just made to look like badly rendered clip art. are written across the seat, too. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Dan turns on his front yard's sprinkler system to shoo away a squirrel. Furry Vengeance stars Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields. The stogie lands in the nearby woods and briefly causes some leaves to smolder. He moves his family from Chicago to Oregon to oversee the building of a major housing development. Felder gets gassed by a bunch of skunks. On the same stretch of road later in the film, the lead raccoon challenges Dan by not moving from the road. During a dream sequence, a myriad of woodland animals ransack Dan's house, eat his food, draw on his walls, group-dance to loud music, and generally accost him. Laura and Robin's reviews are also featured on Rotten An animated opening credits sequence shows various critters running and balancing on logs. Wilson opens his vehicle's trunk to briefly reveal a small arsenal of rifles and other firearms. Perhaps we can blame a screenwriting program that inserts scenes of comic emasculation as a default mode. A moderate amount of intense music occurs throughout the film, goosing the action essentially. Wilson opens his vehicle's trunk to briefly reveal a small arsenal of rifles and other firearms. There a nefarious real estate developer named Neal Lyman (Ken Jeong, putting on that high-pitched screech of his), who schemes to replace acres upon acres of untouched forest with a sprawling mall and McMansions aplenty. Neal gives Dan 10 seconds to accept a work assignment that will extend his stay in Oregon for three more years or risk being fired. During a dream sequence, a myriad of woodland animals ransack Dan's house, eat his food, draw on his walls, group-dance to loud music, and generally accost him. Dan is found the next morning still in the portable toilet and covered with feces. Dan uses a tranquilizer gun to shoot skunks and other woodland animals. A ferret seen on a roof was placed on the roof of a mock house (like a dog house) and cued. Tyler yells at his father after he finds the animals of the forest have all been caged up and Dan signed the order to do so. When Dan returns home from being missing for several hours, he first calls his boss rather than embracing Tammy. Neal refers to the Indian city of Calcutta as a place that smells. ROB RIGGLE plays Dan's predecessor at the construction site, who the animals attack in a pre-title sequence. As he does this, it literally looks like he is taking a blood bath complete with tomato stains on the bathroom walls, floor, and windows. Dan's face displays multiple bee stings and his eyes are rather grossly swollen shut following an insect attack. Yum!" Whenever Dan goes missing in the film (which is often), Wilson immediately casts guilt on Tammy like she killed him. Dan drives at an extremely high rate of speed to meet his boss's corporate jet. He subsequently demonstrates the weapon by shooting an apple. Neal picks up a gun and intends to shoot the lead raccoon, but Dan intervenes and Neal accidentally shoots his Indian business partner with a tranquilizer dart. Dan talks on his cell phone while driving. The pink jogging suit exposes his belly. Neal picks up a gun and intends to shoot the lead raccoon, but Dan intervenes and Neal accidentally shoots his Indian business partner with a tranquilizer dart. Alcohol/Drugs ." KEN JEONG plays Dan's greedy boss. Frank assures Dan he can blow up a nearby beaver dam and make it look like an accident. (2010) (Brendan Fraser, Brooke Shields) (PG) Dan is found the next morning still in the portable toilet and covered with feces. The animals also hide all of Dan's clothes, forcing him to wear a sweat suit belonging to Tammy to an important business meeting. Still, the film, written by Michael Carnes & Josh Gilbert ("Mr. Woodcock"), is just a series of puerile visual gags punctuated by obvious eco preaching and painful left field attempts at humor (every appearance by Toby Huss (TV's "Reno 911!") Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer This is not Fraser’s first foray into the world of slapstick comedies. Tyler joins Amber's protest at the forest festival, even though he knows this will embarrass his father in front of his boss. ©1996-2020 Screen It, Inc. BRENDAN FRASER plays a development executive who is torn between doing the right thing for the environment and his own career goals. "I protect his assets," "Shut it!" An animated opening credits sequence shows various critters running and balancing on logs. ROB RIGGLE plays Dan's predecessor at the construction site, who the animals attack in a pre-title sequence. Tyler finds it hard to tell his father "I love you" after Dan has a change of heart and helps save the forest. US. However, this new project threatens the homes of the local animals, so these animals, led by a raccoon, seek revenge; and that’s when all the trouble begins for Dan. Dan is able to detach the animal at one point and throw him a great distance, but the raccoon quickly returns to dole out more punishment. Dan turns on his front yard's sprinkler system to shoo away a squirrel. On the same stretch of road later in the film, the lead raccoon challenges Dan by not moving from the road. Only a few animals were actually filmed and then digitally duplicated and composited together to make it appear as if there were more animals on the compound. The fact that the film sanctions having a vengeful attitude to those you consider your enemies is a running source of disrespect and bad attitudes. Meanwhile, Dan comes under increased pressure from his greedy boss, Neal Lyman (KEN JEONG), and Lyman's equally corrupt assistant, Felder (ANGELA KINSEY), to speed up the project and expand it to include knocking out the whole forest. HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE It is also revealed he cut a secret deal to remove all protection labels from the local forest land. "Total cheeseball," "Where's your brain?" Tammy gets shoved by someone wearing a skunk costume. Interview with Brooke Shields & Brendan Fraser (Furry Vengeance) ... Brendan was especially fearless battling countless raccoons, skunks and a porta-potty to get the job done. Tyler talks on a phone in a quiet library and asks aloud: "How can people with half a brain live in this town?" It is clear from the onset that building the housing complex will wreak havoc with the local wildlife population, despite corporate claims of eco-friendliness. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) Dan says he must remove a leech "from my no-no zone.". Dan lifts his butt and mimics a skunk spraying his stink. The bad dream ends with the leader raccoon pinning Dan down on the floor and hiss-spraying him in the face. The bird that flew to the window was cued to fly and tap the glass. As Neal gives a speech, Felder can be seen in the background shooing the band that had played moments earlier from the stage so her boss can have the spotlight all to himself. Dan kisses Tammy's bare legs as she lies on a bed. "FURRY VENGEANCE" BRENDAN FRASER plays a development executive who is torn between doing the right thing for the environment and his own career goals.