this movie be recently show subtitle not dub and on australia special broadcasting service . i think i read here that there be sometimes an assumption that revenge of the rat be a sequel . in fact and the rat be get revenge for something that be do within this movie and or in human history . there be no prequel as far a i know . now and let get the pied piper of hamelin out of the way . perhaps this tale cross my mind when i be watch the film and but that all . there be the use of the word coffer at the end of the movie . a dazed mayor try to justify her action by say the coffer be empty . coffer isn not a word you hear around much these day and unless you read folk tale to your child and a i do . since see revenge of the rat and i have read two version of the pied piper of hamelin . now i see the comparison . a metaphorical fat but literally ugly mayor promise more than the city can afford and to get rid of the rat . this be about as far a i can follow the analogy . the child be not lead to a door in a mountain and with one lame boy leave behind to tell of a land of winged horse and fountain and where it be always spring and everyone be always happy . there a lot that be quite mainstream about this movie . the romance and the resolution especially . the female character have potentially powerful role in society but be really quite impotent . where this film be quite rebellious ( a compare with american cinema ) be that it be anti authoritarian . the helicopter pilot be sack by the mayor for do good . the mayor and local government be portray a corrupt and pandering to big money . finally and it be leave to one doctor in frankfurt to solve an epidemic of a fatal and contagious disease . apparently there be no national infectious disease authority to co ordinate thing or send in back up . i be not a horror aficionado and so any horror i do see be usually mingle with humour . right from the rat in the blood bank you can see this be go to have the right balance of horror and comedy for most viewer while the huge number of rat be impressive and the horror fan seem to be satisfy too .