Boa vs. Python (2004)

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

In his pursuit of living dangerously, a wealthy casino owner by the name of "Braddick" (Adam Kendrick) has managed to acquire an 80-foot python and plans to bring it into the United States so that he and a few other self-absorbed hunters can track it down and kill it. Unfortunately, an unexpected event occurs along the way which results in the python escaping its cage and getting loose close to a water treatment facility in Pennsylvania. Being somewhat hungry, it immediately feeds on a few of the workers there, which in turn gets the attention of the FBI. Not wanting to damage the precarious water supply of that particular region of the country, the FBI agent-in-charge, "Agent Sharpe" (Kirk B.R. Woller) contacts a local herpetologist by the name of "Dr. Emmett" (David Hewlett) along with a marine biologist named "Monica Bonds" (Jaime Bergman). It is then disclosed that Dr. Emmett has a 70-foot boa constrictor which he has scientifically bred in captivity while Ms. Bonds possesses a state-of-the-art surveillance apparatus that she has used on dolphins. The plan they come up with is to put the surveillance equipment on the boa constrictor and somehow lure it towards the python and hopefully kill it. What they don't count on is the presence of the big-game hunters. On that note, neither do the big-game hunters count on a 70-foot boa constrictor in addition to their intended target. In any case, rather than reveal any more I will just say that, even though I had hoped it would be worth viewing, I honestly didn't expect too much from this particular movie. For starters, neither "Python" nor "Python II" were really that good. Not bad necessarily--but not that good either. Likewise, the film featuring the first gigantic boa constrictor ("New Alcatraz") was even worse. That said, combining the two elements of these films didn't seem to be all that appealing. In retrospect, while I wouldn't say that this movie was a complete disaster, it still wasn't quite as good as it could have been either. The action scenes lacked zest and the general story seemed to plod along at a very slow pace as well. In short, if a person enjoyed any of the previous films in this hybrid series then it might be worth a watch. For what it's worth, I didn't see anything special or out-of-the-ordinary with this movie and I rate it as slightly below average.

Boa vs. Python (2004) ** (out of 4) An idiotic businessman has a group bring in an eight-foot python so that he can sell a hunting trip to a bunch of other idiots. Sure enough the creature breaks free and starts killing people. A government man brings in the help of a scientist who just happens to have been producing a large boa who they are going to use to track down the python. Sound stupid? Well, it is but thankfully the filmmakers knew that the story was silly and they never once try to take it too serious and instead they just add on the cheese and in the end we're left with a decent little flick that doesn't try to do anything more than charm. The movie also knows to play around with the viewer and it's clear the screenwriter knew that mostly guys would be watching this thing as they throw in a hot chic with a snake tattoo on her back and of course we get a slow motion bath scene where she's not only showing off her naked body but lathering it up as well. The story is incredibly stupid but that actually works for the film because you can't help but laugh and just go wherever it decides to take you. Naturally everything is going to end in an epic battle but before we get there we get other silly things including a sex scene between the snakes. Thankfully the majority of it is off camera. The characters are all rather interesting in a "B" movie kind of way. None of the performances are Oscar-worthy but they're at least good enough for this type of thing. I've already mentioned the hot girl but we get her nutty boyfriend, a couple hick hunters and of course a silly Rambo-wannabe. Before this film we did have both BOA and PYTHON but this film thankfully has nothing to do with them. The snakes here are obviously CGI but neither one looks overly bad. Well, let's just say they do look back but in a cartoonish way they look okay. I do think the film would have been better had the battle scenes been expanded just a tad bit because the 92-minute running time does drag in spots. With that said, if you're actually considering watching a movie called BOA VS. PYTHON then you should know what you're getting into.

I was looking forward to this movie, because I loved Python and thought Boa was okay. Unfortunately, these are two completely new snakes, and it has absolutely NOTHING to do with Boa (aka New Alcatraz), Python, or Python 2 (although that may be a good thing considering how much that one sucked). It does keep the spirit of Python 1 alive, being rather tongue-in-cheek and not taking itself too seriously like Python 2 did. Also, the cover is LIES. The snakes fight for about 10 minutes. There's plenty of other stuff happening, but when the movie is called Boa vs. Python you wanna see a Boa fighting a Python dangit! Still a fun movie, but don't expect the kind of action the cover promises.

Okay, people, obviously you don't have any sense of humor ! This film is a PARODIES !! You're acting like people who go to see Scary Movie and compares it to a Kaurismaki film !! Oh, please, there is no filmmaker who do that kind of gag in a serious film, come on ! Maybe you don't think it's funny, OK, I understand that, but please don't take it on the first degree ! (I'm sorry, it's a french idiom, I don't know if it exists in English...) Anyways, even if it's hudge, even if you could take it as a teen movie, even if there is some bad jokes in it, and even if the visual effects are poor...this is a very distracting film.Another insane film for David Hewlett...I love this guy !