"Razorback" is a really strange movie. It's got a good share of interesting cinematography. There are some impressive shots of the desert landscape. At times it looks beautiful but moments later, a character will be crawling around in the mud and filth of a boars' watering hole. There are bones and muck everywhere. Worse yet, the meat processing plant is a grimy, disgusting slaughterhouse full of kangaroo carcasses hanging from meat hooks. There's a couple of brothers who work at the meat plant. They basically terrorize people and nearly kill the wife of main character Carl, played by Gregory Harrison.

In a strange turn, Carl hangs around the brothers (Benny and Dicko). They drink, kill a deer and then Carl is deserted by the bros, who look to be straight out of a "Mad Max" film. And Carl is such a pretty boy that it takes a stretch to believe Benny and Dicko wouldn't just waste him.

I am a bit mystified by some of the raves I've read about the giant boar effect. It seemed like the director spent most of the time trying to hide it. Kind of like "Jaws" and its robot shark.

The opening scene with the old man and his grandson was absolutely tragic and horrifying. It really brought shock value that not many movies have touched in my opinion. Unfortunately, the rest of "Razorback" can't hold that same level of terror. It drags at times and the characters do some very odd things that I'm not sure are intentionally weird or if the movie is trying to be funny. This is worth a watch but is nothing I would recommend to anyone that doesn't already enjoy monster flicks.