"Ben" is the sequel to "Willard." It's clear they like one name titles. Ben and his rat brood were secondary players in the movie "Willard" and that was important. "Willard" was a well developed movie with a decent plot and decent acting. The rats played a critical role in aiding a prototypical loser.
In this movie, Ben and co. play a primary part. Big mistake. They do latch on to another social outcast but this social outcast is a sickly young boy that is purely pathetic. It's a shame when I much prefer the rats to the main character Danny (Lee Montgomery). Between his offkey singing, loner personality, and sub par acting they couldn't have chosen a worse lead. But to be fair, the entire movie was just trash.
They fruitlessly tried to make a hoard of rats moving throughout the city a scary movie. But it's hard to be scared when everything is awful. Intelligence was as rare as the Hope diamond, the killer rats seemed to be playing with the victims, and somehow no one could track down thousands of rats that struck with deadly silence. "Ben" was futility in film. At least they got Michael Jackson to sing the theme song.
In this movie, Ben and co. play a primary part. Big mistake. They do latch on to another social outcast but this social outcast is a sickly young boy that is purely pathetic. It's a shame when I much prefer the rats to the main character Danny (Lee Montgomery). Between his offkey singing, loner personality, and sub par acting they couldn't have chosen a worse lead. But to be fair, the entire movie was just trash.
They fruitlessly tried to make a hoard of rats moving throughout the city a scary movie. But it's hard to be scared when everything is awful. Intelligence was as rare as the Hope diamond, the killer rats seemed to be playing with the victims, and somehow no one could track down thousands of rats that struck with deadly silence. "Ben" was futility in film. At least they got Michael Jackson to sing the theme song.