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{{Infobox_Film|image = The Rats.jpeg|starring = [[Mädchen Amick]]|director = [[John Lafia]]|writer = Frank Deasy|language= English|imdb_rating=4.9}}
 
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|image = The Rats.jpeg
 
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|starring = [[Mädchen Amick]]<br>Vincent Spano<br>Shawn Michael Howard
 
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|director = [[John Lafia]]
 
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|writer = Frank Deasy
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|music = Elia Cmiral
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|cinematography = David Foreman
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| editing = Michael N. Knue
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|language = English
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'''''The Rats''''' is a 2002 made-for-TV horror film, written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia It is about a clan of rats in New York City transformed, as part of a DNA research trial, into man-eating killers who take over a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City.
 
'''''The Rats''''' is a 2002 made-for-TV horror film, written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia It is about a clan of rats in New York City transformed, as part of a DNA research trial, into man-eating killers who take over a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City.
   
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
 
In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and help the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats in New York City and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested only in covering up the problem to protect the economic interests of powerful groups.
 
In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and help the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats in New York City and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested only in covering up the problem to protect the economic interests of powerful groups.
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== Cast ==
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* Mädchen Amick as Susan Costello
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* Vincent Spano as Jack Carver
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* Shawn Michael Howard as Ty
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* Daveigh Chase as Amy Costello
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* Sheila McCarthy as Miss Paige
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* David Wolos-Fonteno as Ray Jarrett
   
 
== Reception ==
 
== Reception ==
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Revision as of 20:17, 22 September 2021

The Rats is a 2002 made-for-TV horror film, written by Frank Deasy and directed by John Lafia It is about a clan of rats in New York City transformed, as part of a DNA research trial, into man-eating killers who take over a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City.

Plot

In Manhattan, when a client is bitten by a rat in the dressing room of Garsons Department Store and contracts Weil's disease, the manager Susan Costello is assigned to hire and help the best exterminator in New York, Jack Carver. Jack and his assistant Ty find a colony of mutant rats in New York City and try to convince the health department administrator and former partner of Jack, Ray Jarrett, how serious the infestation is. But the politician Ray is interested only in covering up the problem to protect the economic interests of powerful groups.

Cast

  • Mädchen Amick as Susan Costello
  • Vincent Spano as Jack Carver
  • Shawn Michael Howard as Ty
  • Daveigh Chase as Amy Costello
  • Sheila McCarthy as Miss Paige
  • David Wolos-Fonteno as Ray Jarrett

Reception

Andy Webb from "The Movie Scene" gave the film three out of five stars, stating: "What this all boils down to is that "The Rats" is some old fashioned horror fun which plays on people's own fears of rats.

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