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Terrible cgi isnt the worst thing - Endangered Species review by TH

What can I say. This really is a bad film. The story is bland and despite having a great message never really gets that across.

The cgi is horrific and on par with some of the sci fi channel shows.

The story meanders and the characters are bland.

Overall give it a miss.

Predictable, Woke, Pc, VERY Californian, Group-Huggy African-set B-Movie on Poaching in Africa - Endangered Species review by PV

I would have given this achingly woke pc B-movie one star, but gave an extra star for the anti-poaching message and especially the way there is a Chinese character shown as doing business with elephant/rhino poachers - the demand for ivory, rhino horn, pangolin, lion/big cat teeth bone, shark fins ALL comes from there. I have never seen another film dare do this or criticise China - the reference is subtle here to get past the studio monster/. But it is there at least.

The rest is like some B-Movie Jurassic Park minus the dinosaurs or fun. At least it is mercifully short as a film - though ROGUE by the same writer/director was more believable really. The same main female characters and obsession with woke issues pervades this movie which sounds like a Californian therapy session with Harry and Meghan at its worst. Of course we have a cis-gender white man who works in the oil business (boo!) and has failed (yay!), and his wife is sorted and shows the way as do his kids (one gay son the daughter who may well be trans - a gruesome metoo-type speech at the end is really vomit-inducing).

I saw the plot development, character arcs and alleged 'twist' coming a mile off, from early act one. Yawn. Also there is NO female-only anti-poaching unit in Kenya - and Africa is VERY traditional re gender roles as is Asia and most of the world - so that is all pc woke metoo fiction. Fake news then. BUT it shows women are goodie heroes and men as baddies - so YAY! That is how wokery ruins movies and truth.

The director of this is a man yet now claims to be trans, which no doubt helps his career massively these days, with female gender quotas and 'affirmative action' - there has been no worse time to be a white man wanting to get films made or books published. It;s racism and sexism, sure, but promoted as good. Hypocrisy does not even cover it.

This director also always casts his wife/daughter in his movies (she stars in no others) - now THAT is entitled privilege.

SO a great message BUT I much preferred Africa-set films such as the Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond or the native film Wound.

Predictable, woke, slushy, pc preachy, teary, touchy-feely, huggy-wuggy nonsense. CGI passable except in the end. I felt sorry for the animals having to put up with the wokeworld nonsense, even though the rhinos were CGI., Nice leopard. Shame he missed a meal.

1 star for the film. 1 for the anti-poaching message.