Technorati Tags: 
The Breed (2006)
I celebrated Memorial Day in my own fashion, by renting a pile of of probably bad horror movies and curling up in the recliner for a while. I was certainly not mistaken in my choices. The Breed was definitely representative of them, though it was the best of the lot. Quite simply, the plot is pretty people go to an island, where they wind up fighting mutant dogs. That sounds like a winner, doesn't it? If it were possible to spoil something already rotten, here's where I would do it:
We open, of course, with the obligatory appetizer. Two lovebirds in a sailboat come to an island and tie up at a deserted pier. While the man ties up, the woman wanders inland, to find some kind of fenced-in compound. Noises spook her, so she heads back, only to be attacked by something we don't see. The man goes to check on her, and is attacked too. Fade to black.
Then our heroes, the pretty young people, come flying in on a seaplane. Older Brother is a pilot and has convinced Younger Brother to take a long weekend at their late uncle's cabin. With them are Girlfriend (who used to date Older Brother, but is now with Younger), Blonde, and Black Guy. They arrive at the island, are pretty at each other for a while, and get settled in. They get a false scare that turns out to be a cute puppy wandering out of the brush to visit them, and they immediately adopt the little guy. After dinner, the little guy growls at Black Guy for no reason (maybe it's a racist puppy) then darts outside. Blonde and Older Brother go out after him, but are attacked by a bigger dog. Blonde gets bitten before Older Brother can chase it off. Younger Brother, a med student, treats the wound, and they all talk about rabies for a while. Later that night, Blonde starts acting weird, but convinces everyone she's okay enough to stay for the rest of the weekend.
So the next morning the guys head off to male bond and the girls go down to look pretty by the water. The guys are attacked by a pack of dogs who chase them back to the house. They also bump into the guy from the opening scene, who tells them the dogs don't want them there, then gets dragged off and killed. Hilarity ensues, as the pretty people try to stay alive and get off the island. Not surprisingly, the dogs are smarter than they are. Despite claims that the dogs don't want to share the island, they go to great lengths to prevent the people from leaving, even going so far as to set their seaplane adrift. Black Guy winds up dying first when the dogs finally manage to break into the house, and Blonde gets killed as they finally escape the house to drive to what turns out to be a military research facility on the other side of the island. Both brothers wind up bitten as well, which infects them with whatever was making Blonde act weird. They speculate it's a weird kind of rabies that the genetically modified dogs carry. The trio finally manage to get to the boat from the opening and sail away while the dog pack looks on. Then, as we're all expecting, a dog bursts out of the belowdecks area. Fade to black.
The Breed is a prime example of the modern horror movie. It's got pretty people against some kind of creature, but no one has sufficient personality to even warrent me having their names remembered, much less actually care about them. Final Couple are easily identified, and literally the entire movie is so heavily foreshadowed that nothing comes as a shock. About the only thing about it worth anything are the dogs, but that's because I like dogs. This is certainly no Wolfen. In the end, it earns a solid 0.7 Bolls.
