Razorback Review

Razorback
A crazed pig goes on a killing spree through the Australian outback. When an American journalist is killed her husband arrives to hunt the porcine killer down.

by empire |
Published on
Release Date:

01 Jan 1984

Running Time:

95 minutes

Certificate:

18

Original Title:

Razorback

The razorback in question is a bullet-proof killer pig shredding up the locals of an outback town dominated by a sinister kangaroo meat-cannery. Enter Gregory Harrison's eco-warrior and bacon is served...

As you'd expect from a director graduated who from Duran Duran videos, Russell Mulcahy overloads on the strobes, filters and eye-dart edits like they're going out of fashion. Which, er, they have. The pig's pure prop and the acting tinny, but the yuppie-nightmare style is eerie and effective.

The oddball nightmare style is effective but the prop pig and under par acting let the film down.
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