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a breed apart " casts rutger hauer as a crazy , bird - loving recluse who picks his feathered friends over kathleen turner .
a bit hard to swallow ?
that 's only the first of many improbabilities in this film .
hauer stars as a man obsessed with keeping the birds on his island safe , while boothe plays a guy hired to steal a couple of rare eagle eggs by a rich egg collector .
turner is the woman caught between the two men .
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a breed apart " is n't a bad movie , exactly .
indeed , i found myself rooting for both the hauer and boothe characters , even though their goals could n't be more different .
the problem with the film is that there are just too many inconsistencies .
for example , early on in the film , hauer physically assaults two drunken rednecks shooting at " his " birds .
later on , the rednecks come back for revenge with four other people , and hauer kills a few of them .
i have a tough time believing that the police would n't get involved at that point .
another problem is the silly love - triangle that develops .
i did n't care one way or the other who ended up with turner .
i was more interested in finding out which of the two men would be victorious in their respective missions .
however , despite this uninteresting sub - plot , turner did manage to give a great performance as the woman who reminds the two men that sometimes there 's more to life than money and birds .
as for hauer , he 's an actor i 've always admired .
he has a penchant for picking strange and unusual characters .
and this one is no exception .
he 's frequently seen riding around his island on a white horse , wearing pirate 's clothing , and holstering a cross - bow .
despite all his eccentric mannerisms , though , hauer always manages to let the human side of his character shine through
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for example , there 's a scene in which he barks at turner and her son because they came onto his island a day early .
he comes off as crazy loner in that scene , but a few minutes later , he is apologizing to turner , and we believe his intentions .
soon after , we find out he 's a vietnam vet , and his actions become fairly clear to us . " a breed apart " is n't a great movie by any means , but it does contain good performances by all three leads , and it 's worth seeing for that reason alone .
it does contain good performances by all three leads , and it 's worth seeing for that reason alone he 's an actor i 've always admired did manage to give a great performance always manages to let the human side of his character shine through