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The broken farmer Dan rents his farm for the scientist John from the Bovine Genetics Technology that is researching genetic modifications of cattle to increase its fertilization. The veterinarian Orla is bitten by the calf while helping the cow to deliver, and she feels that something went wrong with the experiment. During the night, the cow has a narrow passage for the calf, and Dan asks the young couple Jamie and Mary that is parked in a trailer in front of his farm’s entrance to help him in the delivery. When the offspring is born, it bites Dan; Orla arrives later and realizes that it is a genetic anomaly and she sacrifices the calf. During the autopsy of the animal, she discovers that the fetus is pregnant and she destroys the freak hybrids. However, one of them escapes and attacks a cow first and Jamie later. When John arrives in the farm, he discovers that there is the danger of infection of human beings and decides to quarantine the spot. But one offspring is alive and need to be captured.
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The first 45mins of this movie were pretty good. There were creepiness, a dreadful atmosphere, an isolated farm. All good things for a good start. But unfortunately, things got stupid midway through. The director/writer, didn’t seem to know what to do with those well-set criteria. The pacing was slow, and didn’t give much to get excited about. The creature were rudimentary and unoriginal. The female character was absolutely useless, having a tendency to stand around and gape. What annoyed me too, was that NO ONE seem to feel an urgency to call the appropriated authorities. If the population at large is in danger of being contaminated by some mutating creature, you’d think SOMEONE would have the presence of mind to call the branch of disease-control in the government. The cops, SOMEBODY qualified. But no. And that was one of the many stupid decisions that were made by the characters. This movie started so well, but got lost on its way. In the end, there was no satisfaction after watching this. Another flop for the Aussie horror movies.