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Horror novelist Dean R. Koontz has expressed unhappiness about several cinematic adaptations of his novels (like with HIDEAWAY). Though I haven't heard what he thinks of what Roger Corman did with WATCHERS, I think it's pretty safe to assume that he's appalled, especially since Corman has used the rights to the novel to make several awful movies, including this one. Where to begin? Well, even though the end credits reveal this was filmed in South America, it sure doesn't look spectacular. The various jungle locations look bland and all alike. The story is pretty slow, with not that much jungle action and gore for the first half of the movie. When we *do* see the monster, it's a shockingly bad creation - just imagine the monsters you have seen in 1950s Corman movies, and you'll have a good idea as to how this unconvincing creation looks like. I guess some of the gore effects aren't bad, and it's always good to see Wings Hauser, but the movie ends up being overall a bad and boring imitation of PREDATOR. With PREDATOR freely available for rent or purchase, there's no reason to see this third-rate imitation.

One Watcher asked who makes these movies? Well who doesn't know Roger Corman or Loyd Kaufman, Full Moon etc. Also why are they made. Well probably because they are making money. What investor or company is going to want to invest in something that won't make it's money back. Yeah, they are cheesy and sometimes horrible, but they are still fun. When I watch a Roger Corman movie I know not to expect Lord of the Rings or the Godfather. I mean come on it's Concorde. Believe it or not there is a market for this or they wouldn't be hear. I mean dude Carnasour, Rapter, Deadly Outbreak, Cybervengence, The Outsider (which is basically a cheap straight to video remake of Westworld) When you hear the midi music that should really clue you in this is going to be a b-film. When you see certain actors that you know are considered washed up, TV movie or straight to video movie actors etc., when you even see chicks such as Shannon Tweed etc. you know you are about to watch a b-film.lol

I saw this Sunday afternoon and thought that there must be something else better on... like bass fishing with no bass in the lake! Then I saw a commercial that announced that George Lucas remade the Poseiden Adventure (calling it simply Poseiden). I guess that was worth watching this unwatchable movie.Hey wait a minute ... I just realized that there IS something worse than Tim Burton's destruction of "Planets of the Apes" - WATCHERS 3...And what's up with 3??? Does that mean there were TWO OTHERS?!?! Wow...1/10-ZafoidPS: I have always wondered who makes films like these. They are straight to video, and then not even worth watching by anyone - including the director! So why are these made? Is this a "learning experience" for the some of the crew? ... the director? ... the actors? I just don't get it. Then again, why do I watch them!? :)-Z

"Watchers III" is a pure "Predator" rip-off.**SPOILERS**Major Ferguson, (Wings Hauser) an ex-special forces agent in jail, is asked to go into the jungle to recover important information regarding a crash of one of their cargo planes. With his team in place, Benetti, (Gregory Scott Cummins) Nat, (Daryl Keith Roach) Gomez, (Lolita Ronalds) and MacCready, (John Linton) head into the jungle and stumble upon a local boy (Ider Cifuentes Martin) and his pet, a Golden Labrador Retriever. When the team starts to get picked off by a strange creature, they have to mix their training and the dog's intelligence to get out alive together.The Good News: Well, the film does get off to a great start here, with a pretty bloody attack less than five minutes in. It's the perfect way to open a film, as it gets the viewer into the film as early as possible. As opposed to the second one, the enemy creature has changed it's appearance all over, and this time has become a far more menacing threat. The minor design changes take it away somewhat from the Gillman previously seen and it now becomes a scarier creature. Still cheesy looking, but an improvement. We also get a large amount of gore in here. There is some amount of body dismemberment, one person has a chunk of their chest ripped off, exposing the bone plates underneath, and others are decapitated. The ways that they happened, though, is what's great about the kill. The head is closer to being ripped off more than anything, resulting in big bloody messes that look great. The impact of the story, which I'll explain later, is perfect for creating large scale action scenes, and this one has some good ones. The first forest trap is a good example, as well as the opening sequence.The Bad News: It takes an extremely gullible person to not see the similarities between this one and "Predator." The jungle setting, the scared native pick-up, the events that lead the team members to get picked off, the rebel camp find, it all screams from having been lifted from it. This isn't all of the similarities, but it's just here to hive an example of what is in store. Add in a plot about an intelligent dog and switch the Predator for the creature in here and it would be pretty hard to tell these two movies apart. It's pretty obvious to see the resemblance between them. The gore effects were also pretty cheaply done at times, and while gory, hardly looked anything realistic.The Final Verdict: If a movie's major crime is to be a cheap-o knock-off of another movie, then it's probably not that bad to begin with. It should be at least given a look see for fans of the series, but those that like a little more originality and creativity well definitely want to look elsewhere.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and scenes with animals in danger