{"id":8490,"date":"2010-09-17T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T05:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2010-09-17T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T05:54:43","slug":"you-can-haz-chawz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/17\/you-can-haz-chawz\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Haz Chawz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Though the South Korean giant boar flick, Chaw<\/em> (directed by Jeong-won Shin), has already been released to DVD elsewhere in the Western world (such as here in Oz) under the title Chaw<\/em>, it seems some folk want to “subtly” sledgehammer the connection with iconic bloody-monster-on-a-rampage flick Jaws<\/em> by re-naming the film in US release as Chawz<\/em> — even though the “z” doesn’t make much sense. To drive home the connection, a spokesperson from Magnet Releasing, which has acquired North American rights to the film, remarked: “<\/span><\/span>If JAWS was looking to branch out to dry land, without a doubt he’d want to be CHAWZ!” (BD Horror<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Apparently the story pretty well follows the Jaws<\/em> template, moving from random attacks through official denial to weekend tourist event gone wrong and the inevitable professional hunters — and proceedings are given the South Korean slapstick humour treatment, with added jokey scenes. Still, it’s a giant boar movie — and we’ve all loved them since Russell Mulcahy unleashed Razorback<\/em> on the Australian outback in 1984, right?<\/p>\n

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Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has gathered together a huge collection of new images from the film and you can check them out in the gallery.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the Korean trailer<\/a>, in HD with subtitles, courtesy of Madman Entertainment.<\/p>\n

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