In 1986, in Tennessee, the father of the boys Lester and Duff Daniels is murdered by a snake in a weird ceremony. Twenty years later, Duff collects snakes while Les fears them. One day, Duff visits the Kitawa Indian Screaming Hawk to buy snakes and sees a small snake in a jar. He decides to buy the snake, but Screaming Hawk tells that the species is not for sale. He explains that it is the dangerous Unteka that has three rules to raise it: (1) never let the snake out of the jar; (2) never let it eat living animals; and (3) never fear the heart of the snake. Duff steals the Unteka and brings the snake home. However, he accidentally drops the jar and the snake eats his cat. The snake gets bigger and bigger eating animals and the locals. Now Les, his former girlfriend Erin and Screaming Hawk have to stop the Unteka to save the local population. In my mind the Sci-Fi Channel makes made for TV movies that rank right up there at the bottom. Mostly. But this one was better than most of what they serve up. Most of the players? Don't look for Oscar alerts. But … Michael Shanks is a fine actor and played his part well. Ben Cardinal was also a bright spot, he came off VERY well given the character he played. And, dare I say it? There was one portion of the flick that contained, well, very positive Feedback. That part was just fun. One thing that stood out, as with any Sci-Fi Channel movie, for its poor quality was the computer generated special effects. All their snakes look alike and this one looked like some sort of picture laid on top of another picture. But the plot and characters were kinda cool, so, over all … Thumbs up for a change. Shocking feedback, huh? Mega Snake (2007) <br/><br/>** (out of 4) <br/><br/>Fun, if extremely silly, "Creature Feature" about a couple of brothers who go down different paths when their father is killed by a snake. One grows to love snakes while the other, Les (Michael Shanks), grows to hate them. After a magical Indian snake escapes it quickly starts to grow in size and that also means his appetite is growing. Before long the snake is eighty-feet and it's up to Les and his cop girlfriend (Siri Baruc) to try and kill it. Every once in a great while a movie like CITIZEN KANE comes along that changes the rules of cinema and makes one so impressed because they feel as if they're watching something that is going to be copied, worshiped and admired for decades to come. MEGA SNAKE isn't that type of film. If you expect something magical then you're going to be left disappointed but if you go into this low-budget "B" movie expecting low-budget "B" movie stuff they you should find yourself entertained. There are dozens of killer snake movies to pick from but this one here manages to be quite fun since it doesn't take itself too serious. We're also greeted with a pretty good snake. Yes, it's CGI and yes it's obviously fake but that really doesn't take away from anything as it at least looks better than dozens of other snake movies. The monster certainly isn't going to scare you but it at least isn't going to make you laugh either. Another good thing are the actual attacks as some of them are pretty graphic when it comes to the blood. There are several scenes of the snake swallowing people whole and we also get countless bites and people missing parts. The filmmakers at least threw horror fans some real blood effects so it's not all CGI. The film takes place in Tennessee so you can expect countless bad Southern accents but for the most part I enjoyed the characters and the actors. I thought Shanks and Baruc made for a good team and you could easily believe them as a couple. Todd Jensen is fun of the girl's current boyfriend and John T. Woods is pretty funny as the snake-loving brother. Once again, if you're wanting some big-budget, realistic drama then you're not going to find it here. This is a cheaply made thriller that will please those wanting cheap fun and nothing more.
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