(2000)
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(2000) |
After a plane carrying a huge, mutant snake crashes in the mountains, the snake is on the loose in a town and it's up to a ragtag group to kill it.
Subgenres: monster, action
Director: Richard Clabaugh
Cast: Frayne Rosanoff, William Zabka
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After seeing a trailer for Python on a copy of Me, Myself, & Irene, we ran out to rent it. The trailer made me so ready to dislike this film; it looked like a perfect film to laugh at on a Thursday evening. And, yeah, it's easy to laugh at Python. Um, really easy. Some of the acting is terrible (though some of it is actually good, including William Zabka as a town cop), the CG snake isn't integrated with the live action at all, and Casper Van Dien sports the worst accent I've ever heard (is it southern? Australian? Cajun? Who kows?). But due mostly to a refusal to take itself seriously--Van Dien, in fact seems to be the only one not in on the joke--Python manages to be more than the sum of its parts. Instead of being just another crappy action-horror flick, the filmmakers aim for a target just a little to the left of seriousness, and the result is a campy monster flick, a little more enjoyable than it probably should be. (Jan 20, 2001)
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The cast includes Jenny McCarthy, Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher), and William Zabka (the guy Ralph Macchio whipped in The Karate Kid).
