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Fierce Creatures

- Don't pet them.

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.

Release Date : 1997-01-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Jersey FilmsUniversal PicturesFish Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Death Fish II

Cast

Character Name : Rollo Lee

Original Name : John Cleese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Willa Weston

Original Name : Jamie Lee Curtis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vince McCain / Rod McCain

Original Name : Kevin Kline

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone

Original Name : Michael Palin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sydney Lotterby

Original Name : Robert Lindsay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reggie Sealions

Original Name : Ronnie Corbett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cub Felines

Original Name : Carey Lowell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Neville Coltrane

Original Name : Bille Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gerry Ungulates

Original Name : Derek Griffiths

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pip 'Small Mammals'

Original Name : Cynthia Cleese

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hugh Primates

Original Name : Richard Ridings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Di Admin

Original Name : Maria Aitken

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sealion Keeper

Original Name : Lisa Hogan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sponsor

Original Name : Georgia Reece

Gender : Female

Character Name : Student Zoo Keeper

Original Name : Jack Davenport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vulture Keeper

Original Name : Tim Potter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Scott

Original Name : Ron Donachie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zoo Secretary

Original Name : Amanda Walker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergeant Irving

Original Name : Paul Haigh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student Zoo Keeper

Original Name : Grahame Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sealion Spectator

Original Name : Tom Georgeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aquarium Keeper

Original Name : Jenny Galloway

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tiger Keeper

Original Name : Kim Vithana

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rodent Keeper

Original Name : Julie Saunders

Gender : Female

Character Name : Woman in Red Dress

Original Name : Susie Blake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sponsor

Original Name : Jennie Goossens

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Journalist

Original Name : Kate Harper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Student Zoo Keeper

Original Name : Kate Alderton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ant Keeper

Original Name : Michael Percival

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-06-05

"Rollo" (John Cleese) is drafted in by his ruthless American boss "McCain" - no fries on him - to run a British zoo. His policy upon arrival is to get rid of all the cute and cuddly critters and leave just the menacing lions and tigers and bears! The staff are horrified, especially when some neat new graves appear after five resonating gunshots. The staff revolt and that convinces "McCain" (Kevin Kline) to send his son "Vince" (also CK) to take the helm with his savvy executive "Willa" (Jamie Lee Curtis) and pretty soon his new branding policy has just about everything sponsored, including the staff - but, of course, none of this is legit. We just know that the tortoise named after benefactor Bruce Springsteen is not likely to ever see the man. When it appears that "Vince" has his hand in the till, too, his father decides to be shot of all of these smelly beasts and just build a golf course. To that end, he arrives on scene to help his two underlings impress the would-be Japanese investors who have their eye on the place. It does have it's funny moments, but I reckon much of those will depend on your fondness for Cleese and his slapstick style of humour. His tall, gangly, appearance frequently being his principle prop - that his his character's innate crassness and stupidity. As the story evolves, we get a bit less of that and more of Kline's mischievous humour and of course Curtis, whom her pal things is interested in him romantically but she is far more enamoured of the zoo and then rather predictably... There's an entertaining supporting cast here - Robert Lindsay, fellow Python Michael Palin and Ronnie Corbett, and they and their animals add the "aah" factor the the thing making it watchable, but not really very memorable.