The Rats (2002 film)

The Rats
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Directed by	John Lafia
Produced by	Robert W. Cort
Written by	Frank Deasy
Starring	Mädchen Amick Vincent Spano
Music by	Elia Cmiral
Cinematography	David Foreman
Edited by	Michael N. Knue
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	2002 (2002)
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Rats is a 2002 made-for-TV horror film 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 overtake a Manhattan department store and threaten to overrun New York City. It was known as The Colony before it was released.

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
• David Wolos-Fonteno as Ray Jarrett
• Sheila McCarthy as Miss Paige
• Kim Poirier as Jay
• Elisa Moolecherry as Nyla
• Joe Pingue as Karl

External links

• The Rats at IMDb
• The Rats at AllMovie
• Killer Mutant Mammal Week: The Rats (2002), Video Updates, (January 27, 2009)