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1987 - 88m.
Mexico

Also known as Birds Of Prey (a much more appropriate, and less puzzling, title) this poorly done rip-off of The Birds (only with a bunch more gore) from writer/director Rene Cardona, Jr. (who along with father, Sr., have single-handedly given Mexican cinema a bad name) has small European villages (mostly in Spain) being attacked without reason by local pigeons, doves and other birds while reporter Michelle Johnson and her cameraman Christopher Atkins (slumming a mere seven years since co-starring in the sleazy classic, The Blue Lagoon) try to figure it all out.

With a general inept feeling throughout this second rate knock-off (it even has a much too similar "house assault" sequence) is loaded with weak dialogue, poor attempts at humour, below average dubbing, attack scenes that just aren't thrilling (most due to the fact I don't find pigeons or doves too threatening) and a final "speech" about mankind's mistreatment of animals and nature that's just lame (and delivered by Johnson who, along with Atkins, makes for one ineffectual "hero").

And if someone says the line, "They seemed to be organized..." one more time I'll scream. Don't bother.

Directed By: Rene Cardona, Jr.
Written By: Rene Cardona, Jr.

Starring: Christopher Atkins, Michelle Johnson, Sonia Infante, Salvador Pineda.