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This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

People are voting emotionally.

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.

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

**SPOILERS** Skin crawling horror flick involving genetically altered mutant rats who, when excited, rampage through the subways and sewers of New York City devouring any and everything that happens to get in their way.These "cute" and "cuddly" little critters come on the scene in of all places the upscale and swanky Garsons Department Store where the rich and famous do their shopping. The mystery of way these hoards of infected, with Weils Disease, and flesh eating rodents choose Garsons is later found out by the store's manager's Susan Costello, Madchen Amick, 12 year-old daughter Amy, Daveigh Chase, That happens late in the movie. Which by that time the rats were coming out of their underground hideouts-by the millions-to do battle with the entire population of NYC!It's up to ace exterminator Jack Carver, Vincent Spano, and his rat a**-kicking sidekick Ty, Shawn Michael Howard,to not only find where these rats are hiding but to zap them, with explosives and state of the art rat poison, before they by breeding with the much meeker and less aggressive local city rats create a rat army of over 100 million giant mutant rodents. In no time at all this giant rat army will not only overrun the Big Apple but end up killing, with the deadly Weils Disease, half of the US population; Like they did back in Europe in the 14th century by spreading the Black Plague!***SPOILERS*** As you would have expected it's the top city leaders like Health Department's head Ray Jarrett, David Wolos Fonteno, who do more to have the mutant and killer rats getting out of control then anybody else. Jarrett doesn't want the public to be alarmed by the thought that millions upon millions of killer rats are secretly breeding right under their feet in the NY Subway System and are about to explode and overrun the city. This insane reason by Jarrett gives the rats every opportunity, in not being hunted down and killed by Carver & Ty, to do exactly what the not too on the ball Jarrett is in fact trying to prevent them from doing!Ferocious and gut-spilling final with the rats spilling into the city's underground subway system and terrorizing the unsuspecting strap-hangers to the point where more people end up dying from strokes and heart attacks then from the rats themselves! Carver realizing what's turning the rats on, something that's sold at Garsons Department Store, lays a trap for them at the midtown Recreation Center's massive Olympic size swimming pool. The far too shocking, for those of us in the audience with weak stomachs, and mind blowing ending has to be seen to be believed! With the rats, now numbering ten times more then the entire NYC population, spilling into the recreation's swimming pool with the added attraction of Susan, who accidentally sipped into the pool, being swarmed all over by them! This makes Carver plan in blasting the rats to kingdom come, with Susan's life in danger of being blasted along with them, that much more difficult!P.S The made for TV movie "The Rats" was to be broadcast on the evening of Tuesday September 11, 2001 on FOX TV Network. By then people had a lot more on their minds then rats and rodents which was why the film was rescheduled for a later, and less stressful, date.

Stylish Susan Costello (Madchen Amick) is PR at Garvers Department Store in New York City. An unsuspecting customer is bitten by a rat in one of the dressing rooms and develops a serious disease. More sighting of rats at a nearby swimming center, and at Susan's apartment, suggest a plague of the rodents is brewing, and they appear to be overly aggressive too. Jack Carver (Vincent Spano) a suave professional rat exterminator and Susan together try to stem the plague of killer rodents, which extends to the Underground Railway, and finally ends at the swimming pool in a very suspenseful sequence, while the Health Department hope the whole thing will go away, and try to sweep it under the carpet. This is much better than the average thriller TV film thanks to some good special effects, and the general fear most folks have of Rats, especially feral ones in mass. In fact giant spiders ("The Haunting of Toby Jug" "Funnelweb"), rats, and snakes ("Lair of the White Worm" "Anaconda") all figure largely in horror literature. James Herbert wrote about London being invaded by rats in one of his first novels, (The Rats), but in this case the city is New York, and the rats have been mutated into something seriously aggressive, especially in huge numbers. Some possibly true and disturbing facts about the rodents in the city come to light in the script, which is reasonably sane for this type of movie. There are some well designed moments of horror - the janitor ends up in a very nasty situation being eaten alive. The cast have most unpleasant encounters with the little critters, making D. W. Griffith's putting Lillian Gish in a scene with a couple of rats ( in the days of the silent films ) seem like a summer picnic. She (Gish) managed to gain some publicity from the fact she allowed rats to crawl about her at the time. I'm not sure of the almost unknown cast of this feature gained as much notoriety, although perhaps they should considering the number of rats involved. However we are more skeptical today as digital effects can create the most awful situations without the actors being much impaired. Altogether the film will probably increase your phobia for Rats if you have one, and maybe start one if you haven't. Caution - don't watch the movie if you're squeamish.

'The Rats' is a very entertaining film for the kind of movie that it is.**SPOILERS**Deep under the streets of New York, an army of rats is gathering. They appear to be far more vicious and smarter than previous New York rats and have no problem attacking people. Susan, (Madchen Amick) is worried about the sudden appearance of rats in her apartment and at the department store where she works. Her fears are justified, as there are thousands of rats that can overpower even the largest person. The department store suffers one victim from the rats, forcing Susan to bring rat exterminator Jack Carver (Vincent Spano) to find the rats. They learn that the store is being secretly turned into rat HQ. With assistant Ty, (Shawn Michael Howard) the three are undeniably convinced of the rat infestation and that the rats are spreading out into the surrounding neighborhood. A close encounter in the local swimming pool confirms everyone's suspicions. Starting with Susan's apartment, they find more and more rats. Not wanting to close down any part of New York due to several important functions in the city, the three exterminators start a giant campaign to stop the rats from taking over and killing off the entire population.The Good News: I really thought this was a clever movie in that it introduced the rats as villains even before we see the human characters. This is a really refreshing move, since we don't normally see the villain first in movies. The high levels of suspense in this was unexpected. There were plenty of scenes that were pretty suspenseful. The rats converging on the swimmers in the swimming pool, the discovery of the rats' sleeping place, and the descent into the subway looking for them were all pretty suspenseful and helped the movie look that much better. In the hands of a master suspense director, those scenes would be even better. Also, the viciousness of the rats is without question. They are quite vicious and can also assume an intimidating pose. Once we get to the final half-hour of the film, it kicks into high gear and really lets loose with the suspense and action. The train sequence has to be the best example of this, as giant swarms of rats crawl over every inch of subway train as the passengers scramble to get over the horde of oncoming rats. It is a sight to behold as the thousands of rats are seen to climbing over everything inside. It is a wonder how the rats were trained to do such complex maneuvers and stunts. They looked realistic when they were not CGI creations, and were pretty terrifying. Even the action in the film is exciting. There are a lot more action scenes in the film than I would've expected. Most of it does occur in that last half, but there are a lot of these scenes spread out in the course of the film. The only gore scene in the film is a brief shot of a man who has been overrun by the rats, and most of his body is eaten away down to the bone and various ribs are exposed with meat and flesh are still hanging on to them. Not exactly a new level of gore standards, but here it certainly isn't obtrusive.The Bad News: The CGI generated rats were very fake looking and could be distinguished from the other, real rats. It was even pretty easy to determine what were real rats and what were the fake rats. I am getting very tired of kinds of those films that always depict the leaders of a community that are more interested in saving their public opinion than in saving lives. It has become a very tired cliché in movies since 'Jaws,' and doesn't need to be in any more films. They only come off as uncaring, evil people who meet their fortunate demise late in the film. There isn't a lot of jumps in the film, so it basically relies on the 'ick' factor many people get from rats. If they don't bother you too much, then it might be a little harder for you to like this, but it still isn't that bad of a film.The Final Verdict: While not a classic by any means and only slightly better than the other rat film released a year later, this is one reasonably entertaining movie. Seek it out if you like rodent films or to those who seek out obscure films to try and find an unseen favorite.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Adult Language, vicious man-on-animal attacks, and Brief Nudity

Creepy crawly things that sneak up on you.....As prior comments said, well done for cable. If rats really do terrify you, then of course skip it. But if appreciate the scary genre well directed & played, then this is the deal.Gotta look up the dir. John Lafia. Oh 1990 Child's Play IIhmm I'm a Chucky fan for their clever interplay of humor & scare. The Rats has a bit of corp satire. Dif writer tho than Chucky.N2RODES