Friday, April 13, 2012

Fangs (2002)

A college professor experimenting on bats is murdered and his bats escape. Detective Ally Parks, who recently came to town from the big city, wants to work the case.  But the chief of Police thinks her theories regarding bat attacks being responsible for the professors and other recent deaths is ridiculous.

Meanwhile local real estate developer Carl Hart has a new neighborhood in the construction progress that he hopes to pitch to the crowds at the annual Apple Festival.  So when Parks and local vet/animal control officer Dr. John Winslow want to shut down the festival, Hart will not hear of it!  The Chief sides with Hart as he believes Parks is a trouble maker, what with her big city ways.

In a major script error, those trying to stop the bats discover that tin cans mess up the police's radar and theorize it will work on bat radar.  One problem - bats don't use radar, they use sonar.

This movie was written for kids, so there is no gore or real scares in it.  It's okay for what it is, but don't expect anything original.

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