The Most Dangerous Game

While part of the Everyman Critics is broadening each others movie viewing there are some movies that i watch that may not be suitable for everyone's viewing. Rather than subject everyone to some of my more provocative movie viewing habits i will post reviews in the blog of some movies that won't be discussed with everyone else. This will also help to cut down on talking about 7 or 8 movies i watched during the week. (This way hopefully Nolan won't be so pissy. ;)) This does not mean though that i won't push the boundaries every so often and make my fellow Everyman Critics watch movies they really don't want to watch. :)

-dan

This time i'm going to do a review of a movie that was based on one of my favorite short stories. I give you:

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
TIME: 63 minutes
GENRE: Suspense
MPAA RATING: NR
LANGUAGE: English
DIRECTOR: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
STARRING:
Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks

RATING: 7/10

OVERVIEW:
The Most Dangerous Game is a cinematic retelling of Richard Connell's short story of the same name. It tells the story of a man who survives a shipwreck and is stranded on an island. An eccentric hunter lives on the island who has bored of hunting animals and has stumbled on the most dangerous game.

REVIEW:
This movie is a fairly faithful adaptation of one of my favorite short stories. There are a few things missing here and there that i recall, but then if they put them in it wouldn't have gotten past the standards board at the time. There is nothing really scary here or surprising if you know the story, but it's great fun to watch the story come to life. All of the characters are pretty much cardboard cutouts in a similar vein to all of the monster movies of the time, but again it's all fun. Definitely recommended if you enjoy the 1930's horror movies Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible and the ilk.