Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Chase_Witherspoon A hybrid snake, measuring in excess of 100 feet is accidentally released to feed on the residents of a rural town when its plane escort crashes in bad weather. Local boy John (Frayne Rosanoff) and his friends must work together to neutralise the threat, after attempts by the National Security Agency fail abysmally. Made-for-television comedy-horror boasting some offbeat casting, a fistful of amusing one-liners and site gags, painfully puerile special effects and a half-baked storyline.The cast is an eclectic mix of experience and rawness, with many ex-child actors (the Griswold kids from "European Vacation" are both here as ex-lovers), and bit parts from old faithfuls churning through inane dialogue. The snake itself matches the TV budget; in some scenes looking so detached from the frame, it's absurd. There's also the matter of the snake's length; it's referred to as 119 feet by the expert herpetologist (Robert Englund), but the reviews and keep case state lengths varying between 50 and 60 feet. Perhaps most irritating of all is "Python"'s inability to decide whether to be a comedy, or a horror movie, with laboured attempts at funnies, and opportunistic site gags, spoiling any chance at suspense or effective plot development.Casper Van Dien's characterisation of an NSA agent must be a parody, as the accent and mannerisms he employs are nothing short of preposterous. Only Gary Grubbs can claim acting honours for his blithe, not-so-dumb sheriff character, although at times, it's akin to a Gomer Pyle impersonation.After several bloody mutilations and stop-start confrontations, the local folk combine with Englund to concoct a plan to lure the snake into a secret military bunker, and destroy it with powerful explosives. And that's where the film ought to have ended. Instead, there's another climax, followed by a shallow and meaningless conclusion that looks like it survived the cutting room on the basis of one, clichéd, pre-meditated joke. But, scathing criticism aside, it has its moments, and any movie in which Jenny McCarthy loses her head, can't be all bad can it?

lastliberal What could be the greatest feature of this movie? Could it be the creepy performance of Robert Englund (soon to be seen in Zombie Strippers)? He is always enjoyable.Could be be the wacky performance of Jenny McCarthy (soon to be seen in Wieners)? She just can't seem to keep her head on straight.Could it be the interruption of a lesbian camping trip by something long and mysterious? No, the best feature of this movie was the towel that Theresa (Sara Mornell) somehow got and wrapped around her after the Python did a Psycho and interrupted her shower. When baby shampoo and a rubber ducky didn't stop the snake, which no one else seemed to be able to escape. She manges to grab a towel and get it wrapped around her while the monster was attacking, get by the snake, run through the basement and the house, get in a car, drive speeding down the road with the snake on her tail, crash the car and run into the rocks - and she never lost that towel! Other than that, it was pretty lame and predictable.

TheUnknown837-1 Out of all of the bad giant snake flicks, "Python" is definitely ranking on my list as THE worst of them all. It could very well be THE worst of the low-budget made-for-television sci-fi flicks of them all. And what's more, it's a low-budget mindless adventure that's trying to be a big popular classic action movie. As a result, it became one of the most boring and tasteless excuses for a film.The snake is one problem of the film. Most films like this show the monster on a regular basis. Here, the snake is showed on a very limited basis and if the director was hoping that would make it more suspenseful and frightening, like the shark from "Jaws", well, it didn't work out very well. The snake was created using both a rubber tail and a full-body snake created through bad computer graphics. Heck, the illustration of the snake on the DVD cover is ten times better than the CGI from the action movie. It might have been better using an entire rubber snake. Then the snake's structural appearance wouldn't change in between each time the CGI was swapped for the rubber tail. There was something I noticed about the tail. The tail is suppose to be some razor-sharp object capable of slicing a person's head off (a dumb idea). In the CGI version, it has that kind of tail. But when the rubber tail is shown, it's knubbed and round, definitely not capable of cutting anything. The snake also sounds like a crazy, berserk bird, and I don't recall it ever hissing.Like I said earlier, the snake isn't shown often. A lot of the story seems to focus on these bland, tasteless and just plain annoying characters that you either don't care about or just plain want to die. Seriously, we have the most pathetic cast ever. And there were plenty of sequences that were all but necessary, even for a flick such as this. Not only are the characters annoying, and many times disgusting, such as the first camping victims the snake eats, but they lack intelligence. Many times, they perform actions that a real person would not stop to do. If you were running from a killer snake and you pull out a mountain bike to escape on, would you bother to stop and look for a helmet? And if you try to hide in a structure, why would you leave the door open? And then take your time walking through the place? And besides, if this snake is so mighty and powerful, why would you transport it in a wooden crate? "Python" is a film that should never have come into being. I would much rather take "Anaconda" or "Boa" over this piece of trash. It is just an example to follow. If you are going to make a low-budget sci-fi flick, make sure the story focuses on your creature. Even if its a total fake creature and totally bland and uninteresting, well, it'll be a lot better than focusing seventy percent of the screen time on the even more bland and uninteresting cast. This is one of the worst films ever made.

lcri-1 Python certainly isn't art, and it's not gonna win any awards. However, it IS a fun little movie for a night with some soda (or, if you're old enough, beer) and popcorn. The snake changes size many times, (at one point it hides in a garage behind some boxes, but he is then suddenly 15X the length of a car.)and even the marketing is messed up-the cover says it's "sixty feet of pure terror", but the scientist in the movie says it's 128 feet long. The acting isn't the greatest and the CGI is terrible (the snake's "acid" looks like expired Jell-O), but the movie is a good one to watch and let your brain go on autopilot. For B-Movie fans, or people who thought Anaconda didn't have enough stupid jokes, this one is an absolute must-see.