Razorback (1984)

Directed by Russell Mulcahy
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

An animal activist travels to the Australian outback to do a story on kangaroos, but ends up being killed by a giant boar. Her husband, Gregory Harrison, tries to figure out what happened. He tangles with the local weirdos at the pet packing plant. He makes friends with a young researcher and her friend a hunter, both of whom are after the giant pig. The film often resembles a mix of Mad Max and Jaws. There is some fantastic widescreen cinematography of the desolate Australian landscape by Mad Max photographer Dean Semler. One scene has Harrison hallucinating as he crosses a surreal desert, obviously inspired by famous Salvador Dali paintings.