Rippy (2024)
Also known as The Red, Rippy is about a police woman with a maudlin back story regarding her ideals about her father who is on the trail, along with her estranged aunt and uncle, of a giant kangaroo mutilating everything it comes across in the Outback.
Although Tess Haubrich is very good as the small town sheriff her schmaltzy story almost derails what is a fun ride. Luckily there's Michael Biehn as her wide eyed uncle who brings much needed focus to events. Although his initial ramblings about a killer Joey are seen as nothing more than him being a drunken fool, with his almost Jack Sparrow like performance a highlight of the film in the end.
As for the Kangaroo? I thought it looked great in all it's animatronic beauty, it also created great bloody wounds in people and cattle which the camera lovingly explored. I won't forget Rippy smashing it's way into the local pub for a while. Running at a slight eighty minutes this is easily digestible and a decent way to spend part of the night despite the poor comments many seem to regard it with. Maybe having bought it on dvd i want to invest more in these things than someone giving it three minutes on Netflix Prime and quickly deciding it's shit before swiftly moving onto the next slice of disposable celluloid.
Both this and Friday's Beezel proved a welcome change to all the other stuff i've been watching recently.
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