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RELEASED TO TV IN 2002 and directed by James D.R. Hickox, "Sabretooth" chronicles events when a saberetooth cat, cloned via fossilized DNA, is unleashed into the Big Bear Valley wilderness where it preys on vacationers and a group of trainee guides (led by Jenna Gering & Josh Holloway). The two responsible for creating the creature (Vanessa Angel &John Rhys-Davies) hire a great white hunter to capture it (David Keith).The beginning introduces the main cast and it's too goofy for its own good, particularly in regards to the trainee program group. But the story surprisingly gets compelling, despite the goofiness, and there's a great romantic scene between Holloway's character and Lola (Nicole Tubiola). The cast is likable (rounded out by Lahmard J. Tate and Phillip Glasser) and there's a nice assortment of females but, for me, they all lacked genuine sex appeal, except for maybe Steffanie Busey (Kara), who is overlooked because her part's so peripheral. It's a fun flick and the locations are great, but the creature is too cartoony to suspend disbelief when its head or body is clearly shown. They should've limited views to quick, partial looks, like they did in the first half. THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour & 30 minutes and was shot in Big Bear Lake area, San Bernardino National Forest, California. WRITERS: Scott Vandiver (concept) & Tom Woosley (script). GRADE: C/C- (4.5/10)

Heading out into the wilderness, a group of trainees on a camping trip find themselves stalked by a reanimated sabretooth tiger created by a genetics company loose in the area and must not only save themselves but the company's trackers out to retrieve the creature before it's publicly known.This one here quite the fun and enjoyable creature feature. One of the more enjoyable aspects of this one comes from the rather fun and engaging storyline at the heart of this one. The simplistic nature of this one, getting the creature freed rather early on as a result of the genetic experiment and then letting the creature go off stalking the group through the woods which really gives this a lot to like. These stalking scenes are quite fun, from the accident that frees it and the attack on the driver, the stellar ambush on the couple out in the remote shack which is a rather fun encounter that leads nicely into the search of the remains left behind and the scenes of the cat walking through the woods as it tries to catch up to the group in the woods. That leads nicely into the action scenes here with the cat confronting the group out in the woods from the ambush in the wooded clearing to the attack at the mine where the creature traps them inside where the hunter is forced to help free them from the creature's wrath, while finally setting up for the last big confrontation at the cliff overlooking the rest of the forest which really ends this nicely. Alongside the rather fine-looking cat effects when we're given a full-size model, these here manage to hold this one up over it's few minor flaws. The main issue here is the rather off-kilter and somewhat stagnant pacing that comes at the forefront of the film. The first half is mired in way too many cliches here from the group of campers filling out every kind of stereotype possible here from the spirited leader, the reluctant inner-city troublemaker and the inexperienced newcomer not used to the outdoors, among others. This introduction to the expected characters gives this gives this one quite a lengthy introduction here showing them out-and-about in the woods alongside the endless scenes of the hunting troop making their preparations to go out hunting really manages to make the first half go by rather slowly. The other major issue with the film is the CGI utilized for the creature as it's far more obvious that there's something with the creature's creation compared to the practical effects. Those made the creature look halfway decent, yet when it's a full-bodied creature the CGI looks all the more obvious due to that comparison featured already which just makes the movie look that much cheaper compared to the other scenes. These here are what keep this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, Brief Nudity, and off-screen noises from sex.

A genetically-engineered sabretooth tiger, created to prove the viability of cloning human organs for medical research, gets freed when the truck carrying it crashes into a Californian park. The woman who created it & her boss decide to hire Thatcher, a hunter who has experience with big cats, to capture it, but tell him that he's hunting an African lion. Together they head off to track down & hopefully capture the tiger. But while they are tracking it, the sabretooth has some tracking of its own prey – a group of campers on a training course in the wilderness.James D. R. Hickox (who does a cameo in the film as a silent hillbilly playing cards) is a director who is the youngest son of Douglas Hickox, the director of the Vincent Price classic THEATRE OF BLOOD & the younger brother of Anthony Hickox of HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH fame. James has followed his father & brother into the directing business & seems to specialise in B-grade monster flicks.Sabretooth is a most unusual JAWS knockoff. For one, it has a unique monster – a sabretooth tiger cloned for medical research. Sabretooth tigers (think Diego from the Ice Age films) lived & died out something like 10,000 years ago. They were known as exceptional killers & had teeth that were at least a foot long. I went into Sabretooth expecting a silly monster flick like the director's previous film, the monster crocodile film BLOOD SURF, which I have previewed recently. Well, it was silly at times but was a considerably better film than Blood Surf. James is improving his skill at this sort of thing.Sabretooth is not anything close to being a classic film but is an enjoyably silly & passable monster flick. The sabretooth is realised by close-up animatronic head & laughably mediocre CGI. The exercise is conducted in poker-face seriousness, which makes the antics on screen even more hilarious. Not just that, but the acting is good, with input from David Keith as the chisel-jawed hero of the piece & the legendary John Rhys-Davies, who has starred in classics like the Indiana Jones films & the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as numerous B-grade action & genre films like CYBORG COP to give an example. Speaking of Cyborg Cop, another of that film's actors makes an appearance in this one – Todd Jensen, who played one of the cyborgs in Cyborg Cop, does a cameo as a horny guy who gets ripped apart by the sabretooth through his front door. And it's quite hard to hate a film where a guy takes on the sabretooth in melee combat armed with a pair of knives. Hilariously silly monster hokum.

i thought this was decent. It has a good plot, good acting, it had two beautiful women. (Vannesa Angel and Jenna Gering) i think David Keith was a great actor,. it has some good action and suspense and lots of gore. But the effects get a F- because I think attack of the sabretooth had better effects but personally I think that Sabretooth is better then Attack of the sabretooth because it has more suspense. My Rating: Acting: B+ Gore: A+ Suspense: D+ Action: A+ Plot: B- Drama: F- Fakeness:C- Animation D- Overall: A- I would recommend this to a person who likes a good hero film that has bad special effects but is a great film. So I recommend!