This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Cerberus seemed like a good idea in hindsight, but when it came to seeing it the execution spoilt any potential the film had. It does get points for the idea, some splashes of silly fun in the second half and for the hotness of Emmanuelle Vaugier. The rest however was lacking for me, and the jaw-droppingly cheap design of Cerberus is not the only bad thing. There is also some choppy editing and the film is dully lit a lot of the time. But that's not all. The dialogue is trite with very ill-judged comic relief, the climax is abrupt and devoid of thrills or tension, the story is muddled(with the second half only a little bit better than the stodgy first half), dull and often ridiculous, the characters are poorly written clichés especially the villains and on the whole the most inspired the actors get is mumbling their lines, nobody seems engaged at all with their characters or even in the film. Overall, a really mediocre movie, could've been worse but there was no real excuse to not put more effort in. 3/10 Bethany Cox

In Bucharest, Romania, the priceless breastplate of Attila, the Hun is robbed from the National Museum of Antiquities by a gang leaded by the despicable Marcus Cutter (Greg Evidan), and the curator Radu (Gelu Nitu) is killed by one of the thieves. Meanwhile, in New York City, the former assistant of Professor Radu, Dr. Samantha Gaines (Emmanuelle Vaugier), is waiting for the valuable piece for an exhibition. The agent Jake Adams (Sebastian Spence) visits Samantha in the museum to tell about the heist and the death of her friend, and she tells about the legend that the breastplate would have the inscription of the location of the Sword of Mars, which is guarded by Cerberus and made Attila invincible. When Samantha's brother and addicted gambler Jack (Brent Florence) is kidnapped, she believes his debt of US$ 2,000.00 could be the reason, and travels to Romania invited by the evil kidnapper Kul Jae Sung (Garret T. Sato), getting involved in a supernatural adventure with Jake."Cerberus" is a reasonable and entertaining adventure, unfortunately "sold" to the viewers as a horror genre by the distributor. I bought this DVD expecting to see a trash movie, and actually it is an action movie with a supernatural dog and sword. The screenplay is flawed and predictable, and also too serious while it should have jokes and humor with the unbelievable situations, but this film is not so bad and does not deserve the IMDb User Rating of 3.9. I only believe that it does not reach the target audience with the scary monster and tagline inducing to horror genre on cover of the DVD. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Cerberus - O Guardião do Inferno" ("Cerberus - The Guardian of Hell")

I found the dialogue, particularly Emmanuelle Vaugier's, very hard to follow. The whole movie was pathetic. I forced myself to watch it all, believing that it would improve.All the actors in this movie are very experienced (based on their filmographies), so you'd expect they would be able to make something out of a very trite and superficial script.The special(?) effects were hardly believable - When people lost limbs, it reminded me of the Bridge scene between King Arthur and the Knight from Monty Python and The Holy Grail.Not even the eye candy made up for it.

"Cerberus" is a rather routine Sci-Fi Channel original creature feature.**SPOILERS**As Dr. Samantha Gaines, (Emmanuelle Vaugier) begins preparing a special exhibit for Attila the Hun, her brother Zach, (Brent Florence) runs afoul of gang leader Kul Jae Subg, (Garret T. Sato) who has become obsessed with finding the fabled sword in possession of Attila. Teaming up with Jake Addams, (Sebastian Spence) a mercenary, to track down the sword. When both teams arrive to take the sword, the three-headed dog Cerberus is unleashed and begins to hunt down everything in it's path. Using her historical knowledge, Samantha and Jake struggle to save the local village from the monster's rampage.The Good News: As bad as it seemed, there's still some great moments in here. First of all, the concept for the creature this time is pretty neat. Having a mythical creature from Greece , Cerberus, strikes as a very fearsome opponent. With three vicious, growling dog heads and an expanding snake for a tail combine into a very memorable creation, even if it doesn't strike the necessary fear buttons. The use of mythology used here is actually pleasant, allowing for some intelligence rather than the traditional toxic chemicals or experiments that create the majority of creature features. There's an extremely huge body count here, allowing for tons of deaths. Several are eviscerated, one has both legs bitten off, several limbs are bitten off, a head is bitten off in the best shock in the film, and there's also an assortment of gunshots and sword wounds as well. There's plenty of deaths involved. There's also the odd impressive sequence, such as the three heads slowly appearing behind a group of unsuspecting victims through a roaring fire or the initial appearance of the creature that are pretty decent, and the final half hour of the film is non-stop action. It's not all that bad of a film.The Bad News: As per usual with these types of films, the CGI effects completely ruin the credibility of the monster. It looks horribly cheap and never for once gives the impression that the creature is actually on-screen during it's scenes. It's a common problem for the Sci-Fi Channel's films, so this really shouldn't be a problem for it's fans, but it's disheartening to see them have so many films and yet not fixed this glaring problem. The amount of disregard for logic in here is staggering at times. The most obvious is the entire plot-line, which combines one of the most famous Asian conquerors in history with the Christian concept of Satan and a three-headed dog from Greek mythology is one of the most illogical and mind-numbing exercises around. It doesn't make sense that to cross that many different cultures and pull them off is pretty hard to swallow. Also hard is a scene where a Romanian peasant was able to recognize the significance of a satanic sword once owned by an Asian warlord that's now guarded by a monster from Greek mythology. This is just so hard to believe that it can't be passed up. The fact that the title monster has so little screen-time and actual kills among the huge body count is another big crime against it. He really needed to be around more to give more of a threat to the characters. This was a really disappointing effort.The Final Verdict: A rather typical Sci-Fi Channel original, this one at least uses a historical backdrop for the creature rather than some bio-engineered creation or over-grown insect. It's decent fun at the very least, but they've done a lot better and a lot worse, so take it from where you stand with their films.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language