Why this movie sucks:1). Too much back story and side stories: dead son, blocked writer/incomplete dissertation, cheating wife, jealous husband, islanders v. vacationers, creepy old salt. There is more of this junk than there are birds. These other stories compete too much with the main story of the birds.2). The bird attacks are few and far between. They're not scary, just lame, watered-down, made-for-TV dribble. There is really no sense of apprehension or fear just a lot of high-pitched, ear-piercing little girl screaming. 3). If you didn't already hate little kids beforehand, this movie will put you in the club. These must be the most annoying, whining, little brats in film history. Though, an excellent source of birth control --- you'll never want to have sex again for fear of like progeny. It's a real shame the father saved the kid and not the dog. Although that dog barked too much to the point of annoyance too --- clearly of the same family.4). The movie just abruptly ends. Maybe they all got tired of making a crappy flick. It's a real shame they didn't realize it sooner and save the time and expense of making a movie at all. Technically the production aspects (filming, sound, acting somewhat) are fairly done; I've seen a lot worse. The overall story is a bad joke though. So how does this flick compare to other 'bird' movies. This dud rates 2 out of 10.The original Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds' would get a 7 out of 10.The Sci-Fi channels version from 2007, Kaw, gets 4 out of 10.

This movie; "Birds II - Land's End" would be an excellent movie to help distinguish a truly "B" Sci-Fi movie...from one that deserves even less recognition.The leading star; Brad Johnson (who also made an equally entertaining movie about attacking copperhead snakes recently) was as 'vanilla' as one can get. It's quite surprising to find that he continues to get work as an 'actor'. Yes, he's good looking; a tall, handsome, strapping lad...but an actor? He actually makes money as an actor? Chelsea Field seemed to be in a constant, frustrating state of 'breeding mode' which detracted from her exceedingly limited character. Her skill as an actress is questionable at best, but as all know, many make a career with only physical attributes as assets.And Tippi Hedren, (who looks like someone's 'lifted' her face so often...her chin no longer seems to connect with her neck) offered very little as 'ballast'. It was good to see her, though. It's nice that she could be in on the anticipated 'death knell' of the whole 'vicious bird' mentality. Her presence offered 'nostalgia' at least.If not for the performance of Jan Rubes, one could speculate that the entire movie was a sophomoric rendition produced in your local high school auditorium. He was the only actor that had depth in the entire movie.The plot? Well, one could use more words to define the anemia of the plot than were used to write the plot.Is there anything positive about the movie? Certainly. I caught myself laughing often as the birds were coming, going or attacking one of the actors like a cartoon character. You could see the birds were 'tied' to the actor, struggling and flapping frantically to simply get away.The 'special effects' people showed the same level of professionalism as Brad and Chelsea did (if there were special effects people on this movie). They failed so badly that one couldn't keep a straight face.What do we do when birds (water birds who fly in the air) attack in massive swarms...from the air? (From where else would they?) Why, we disdain the buildings, shops, garages and other structures with roofs and walls around the dock and we take our wife and children, climb into a dinghy...and race as quickly as we can out in the open water...where there is absolutely no shelter at all! Yes, that summarizes the plot. Perhaps, we all should shut our TV's and join them in the bay? Be sure to bring an umbrella!

If there had never been a THE BIRDS would this still suck? Yes. Since there is, thank god, an original THE BIRDS does this suck even more? Yes.Watch fast for the scene where the white bird becomes a black bird before it explodes. Otherwise watch fast for any other film for a better use of your time.That's just on par with the lousiness of this on every level. Truly awful from a script from the usually awful Jim and Ken Wheat, made worse by a totally incompetent production, everyone should have used pseudonyms.Perhaps the Color PSYCHO makes this look slightly better by comparison, probably not.

Okay, you probably knows how dreadful this movie is, with its ending that can only generate a big, fat "huh ?" from those who didn't fall asleep (Though this might be the only way to stay until the end !). The saddest part was that Tippi Hedren was sent at the French Cinemalia festival in France in order to, hem, promote this thing. Having interviewed her, I can say she still is as fascinating as when she was Hitchcock's muse and deserves so, so much better. Burn, Hollywood,