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Release: Feb 15, 2022 - Author: brainbug1602 - Translator: Mike Lowrey
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The Cat and George KennedyA genetic cat, modified into a monster, breaks out of a research laboratory and manages to get on board a yacht with which Walter Graham, who is involved in criminal activities, wants to escape. His business partner Mike Harvey and a group of Spring Break teenagers are also on board, but Walter is reluctant to let them aboard because his crew has quit. Captain of the yacht is the resolute Rachel, who saves on buying the yacht back from Walter. Besides quarrels among the crew, the first deadly attacks by the cat occur on the high seas. In his films, ship journeys have a mostly tragic outcome for George Kennedy. In Death Ship, he and other castaways land on a Nazi ghost ship, which increasingly controls his mind, and in The Uninvited, he makes bloody acquaintance with a cat monster. The story about a mutated cat that lands on the ship of a horny white-collar criminal who hopes to get his hands on some hot spring-break teenagers on his escape from the law, but to his displeasure drags a few boys onto the yacht. The cat monster has the charm of an old hand puppet, the attacks are staged quite bloody, just the banter on the yacht is only moderately interesting. Especially trash fans should get their money's worth here. Two cut versions from US Blu-ray includedThere are two cuts of the film on the US Blu-ray of Vinegar Syndrome. One is the US version and the international version, each containing scenes missing from the other version. The US version shows us in detail the background story in which the cat breaks out of the lab and an additional attack in which two truck drivers are killed. In the international version, we get to know how the teenagers end up in Fort Lauderdale, including several more or less interesting scene extensions. In the love scene between Corey and Suzanne, the international version provides us with the nude action, while the US version offers more harmless alternative scenes. After all, the ending is different in both versions. Personally, I think the international version is the better cut because it is a bit rounder and offers the better ending. Image comparison: US version:
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The US version was compared to the international version. [00:00:40][00:00:39]
The US fades in the film title after the high-rise was shown.
While the opening credits are shown, two scientists are shown who have discovered an anomaly in the cat and now want to dissect it. When the cat is about to be anaesthetised, it manages to escape.
The international version starts again as the cat runs down the steps. US: 1:50 min. [00:02:44][00:00:53] The staircase can be seen earlier, and the film title is displayed.
Int: 4 sec. [00:02:55][00:01:08] The stairs are shown a little longer.
Int: 2 sec. [00:03:38][00:01:53] In the US, a security guard opens the door when he hears the screams. The cat manages to escape into the underground garage.
The two scientists seal off the building and decide to kill the cat. The scientists search the underground car park. One of the guards is killed by the cat. The scientist cannot prevent this and is attacked by the monster himself a little later. The cat manages to escape through a ventilation slit.
A camera pan across the street follows.
Instead, the international version shows an alternative camera pan across the street while the credits are faded in.
US: 3:39 min. Int: 10 sec. [00:07:22][00:02:08] The camera pan on Bobbie and Suzanne starts a little earlier in the international version. Credits are faded in again.
Int: 7 sec. [00:08:59][00:03:52] After Bobbie and Suzanne are led into the restaurant by Walter, the US briefly cuts to the cat.
In the international version, Bobbie, Suzanne and Walter are led to their table by a waiter.
US: 5 sec. Int: 26 sec. [00:09:53][00:05:07] After Mike said that he and Walter have a meeting, the international version cuts to the two girls and then to Albert.
Int: 5 sec. [00:10:26][00:05:45] Bobbie says "Bye" to Walter, so two shots are a bit longer.
Int: 2 sec. [00:10:51][00:06:12] The US version shows Mike's limousine driving away. The cat can be seen.
US: 12 sec. [00:12:22][00:07:32] In the international version, Daryl says that he thinks he can leave the country with the money. Mike offers him to put the money into an account.
Int: 11 sec. [00:13:09][00:08:30] Before the scene at the whirlpool begins, the US cuts to the yacht at night. Walter tells Albert to turn on the whirlpool.
US: 5 sec. [00:15:13][00:10:30] In the international version, Walter jokes that all is well as long as Albert is well, unlike Daryl. He demands that the corpse be buried at sea and should never reappear.
Int: 29 sec. [00:15:30][00:11:16] After the scene on the yacht, new material follows in the international version. Lance and Corey are sitting in a bar with two girls. The waiter Martin brings them pizza and beer. Lance takes a big gulp and lets out a big burp. Lance asks Corey if he has an idea how to get the gas money for the trip to Fort Lauderdale. Corey tries to play his charm on one of the girls but she only wants to go with him if Corey pays for the gas and hotel. The bill comes to the table. Corey demands more from the girls than they have to pay, but Martin corrects him. Corey cannot pay his share and puts a lottery ticket on the table. The landlady Gina does not accept this as payment, so Corey collects some more money. He gives the lottery ticket to Martin as a tip. When he rubs it free, it is a 100 dollar prize. Corey wants to talk to him.
A short camera pan over Fort Lauderdale follows before the cat can be seen.
Int: 2:39 min. [00:15:36][00:14:02] The US version has a new scene. A man gives the cat something to drink. Suddenly, a robber appears, beats up the man and drives away with his pick-up truck. Before that, the cat sneaks onto the truck bed. While driving, the cat attacks the robber, so that he veers off the road and drives down a slope.
This is followed by the camera panning over Fort Lauderdale, which was shown earlier in the international version.
US: 1:43 min. [00:18:42][00:15:25] In the international version, Martin asks if Corey has already told the two girls about the lottery ticket. Because of the win, the three could drive to Fort Lauderdale.
Int: 15 sec. [00:19:23][00:16:20] Suzanne asks in the international version if Martin wants to come along. He asks if he is not the third wheel on the wagon, but Suzanne asks where his thirst for adventure has gone.
Int: 14 sec. [00:19:35][00:16:46] In the US version, a short cut is made on the cat.
The international version continues to show the limousine.
US: 3 sec. Int: 8 sec. [00:23:37][00:20:54] In the international version, Corey wants to know from Mike where Walter is. Mike tells him to drive back. Walter shows up and asks what is going on. Bobbie explains that she brought the boys with her. Walter tells him that it is a private party and that the boys should drive back.
Int: 31 sec. [00:25:00][00:22:49] Mike wants people to go ashore again, but Walter says that Rachel is right and they need a crew. Walter wants to know if the people on board will be enough. Rachel doesn't want to go to sea with such an inexperienced crew. Mike says that they have to leave immediately. Walter supports him and says that this is his boat and, if necessary, he will take the helm.
Int: 39 sec. [00:26:44][00:25:12] Lance asks Martin if he is not hungry. He says that he is starving. Corey stresses how well they are doing here.
Int: 10 sec. [00:27:34][00:26:12] Walter says to Corey that they don't have to become friends.
Int: 3 sec. [00:27:39][00:26:20] Corey says that Walter is right. Mike now wants to distribute the tasks.
In the US version, the dialogue of Mike can be heard in the scenes before as Walter speaks in the international version. [00:27:50][00:26:42] Lance asks what happens if he doesn't want to be the dishwasher. Walter asks how well he can walk on water. Mike adds that they have to cooperate.
Int: 7 sec. [00:28:29][00:27:28] Lance asks Bobbie which side she is on and if she let Walter's money buy her. Martin realizes that it was only a play by her. Bobbie agrees with him. They just have to make Walter believe that he is the boss, then they can have a nice vacation on the boat after all. Bobbie tells Lance to be cool as well.
Int: 40 sec. [00:30:28][00:30:06] Walter sneaks up on Rachel from behind. She says that this is not a game and that a heavy storm lies ahead. Walter says that he trusts Rachel as captain. Walter tells her to go to Grand Cayman. Rachel finds this too far with such a crew. Walter mockingly says that he will make Albert the captain if she doesn't want to. He tells her that he is having a party tonight and that Rachel must be there.
Int: 1:14 min. [00:33:24][00:34:16] In the international version, Walter tells his story to its conclusion. The deal got him 25 million, which was a lot of money back then.
Int: 35 sec. [00:34:21][00:35:49] In the international version, Walter shows the "Monkeys Fist" trick by which he knots a rope with one hand.
Int: 24 sec. [00:40:04][00:41:55] In the international version, Walter wants to know from Mike how he knows that Albert is nowhere else on the boat. Mike says that he heard Albert's scream and the impact in the water.
Int: 11 sec. [00:42:09][00:44:11] In the international version, Rachel tells Walter that they have a serious problem. Walter says that the problem is that they still don't drive.
Int: 9 sec. [00:42:55][00:45:06] In the international version, Rachel wants to know what the problem with Walter's deal is. Walter says that he will lose a lot if he doesn't arrive on time and Rachel will lose her boat.
Int: 8 sec. [00:43:41][00:46:01] Walter says that he has something important to do now and that Rachel should see that the boat is running again. Otherwise, they are all losers like Albert.
Int: 16 sec. [00:43:50][00:46:26] After the girls were shown in the pool, the US shows how the cat jumps from the couch.
US: 5 sec. [00:47:12][00:49:44] An additional shot follows in the international version in which Bobbie is harassed by Walter before Lance shows up.
Int: 2 sec. [00:48:10][00:50:44] In the international version, you see the monster a little earlier, which has bitten into Mike's foot.
Int: 1 sec. [00:54:08][00:56:43] Martin adds in the international version that this explains the strange look (of the cat).
Int: 4 sec. [00:55:18][00:57:57] In the international version, Mike jumps up once more before he finally dies.
Int: 6 sec. [01:01:17][01:04:03] The US cuts to Suzanne when she says she will do anything to keep the man who protects her here. Corey and Suzanne kiss.
In the international version, Suzanne and Corey are still shown. Suzanne takes the pillow aside so that her breasts are visible. Corey and Suzanne kiss.
US: 11 sec. Int: 21 sec. [01:01:52][01:04:48] In the US, Corey tells Suzanne that she must do whatever it takes to stay alive. Suzanne tells Corey that she believed him because he has ambitions. As soon as they get off the boat, everything will be fine, Corey says.
The international version has the same dialog but shows more liberal shots.
US: 55 sec. Int: 56 sec. [01:07:29][01:10:26] After Lance has dived down, the black screen is a little longer in the US.
US: 1 sec. [01:20:49][01:23:45] Suzanne rubs her neck longer in the international version after the bump has burst open.
Int: 5 sec. [01:26:54][01:29:56] The US version ends with a little boy on the beach seeing the suitcase lying there. Next to it he sees a cat, which he takes in his hand. The picture freezes and threatening music can be heard.
In the international version, a boy brings the silver briefcase he found in the sea to his father. When the father opens the case, the cat monster jumps out.
US: 38 sec. Int: 16 sec. |
