Location, location, location. Not Venice, Louisiana. Not Venice, Florida. Not even Venice, California. No. This is Venice, Italy. Which makes me wonder, ... who lost a bet?
Our buddy, Stephen Baldwin returns to Medusa's Face with this lovely show set in Italy. It's more about treasure hunting than a shark. A great white shark, roaming the canals of Venice. Lovely.
Turns out that Stephen's dad (in the movie) was working for the mafia to locate and retrieve a lost treasure. While making his last dive, the dad and his two side kicks are eaten by the shark that was placed in the canal by the mafia guy. He wanted to keep other divers away from the sunken treasure.
Stephen hears of his father's death and travels to Italy with his fiance. No real reason for her to go, other than getting to go to Italy. Oh, .. and she is used as a hostage later. It doesn't really matter. The real fun in this movie happens mid-movie when Stephen is being chased by the mafia hit men. Watching this one scene as it unfolded, I could tell that A) the stuntman tried his best to avoid having the camera catch his face, which happened; B) some of the same action clips were used at the beginning of the scene as well as at the end of the scene; and C) in the middle of a heated chase, it is always best to come out of the shadows so that the people chasing you can see you.
What a joke. And I am not even going to begin to talk about the file footage of the shark used in the movie. That would just be wrong. Or the four scenes of Venice used over and over during the wide shots.
You see, ... this is a bad movie. Real bad. But so bad, that it is great. I would never recommend watching this movie. Really. It's that bad. This movie lacked a digital shark to fight. In fact, I don't even remember if they killed the shark or not. The title of this movie is misleading. It's more about the mafia guy searching for a lost treasure than a shark. However, it is in Venice and there is a shark there, .. so I guess that makes it okay.
I give this movie 2 out of 5 scarfs.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Snake King
This is one of the few movies that I have seen that has one redeeming quality. A giant multi headed serpent.
A team of researchers discover a stone casket that has the remains of a very old man. GenTech International discovers that the man was over 300 years old. The "Amazon Man" is introduced to a crew of reporters as "the most significant, scientific, biological, and archaeological find of modern times." And they are determined to find the Fountian of Youth behind it.
A team that includes two research doctors is sent to the original dig site. They hire a helecopter to take them to the dig site, but it is hit by lightning and they go down. Nobody is hurt, which is fortunate because we need some victims. The audience gets to see the serpent, but our characters do not know what they are in store for later.
The helicopter pilot is friends with a local tribe who finds them at the crash site. A few of the team become snake food and one of the team decides to go on by himself, in a jungle, with no idea where he is going. Perfect. He might as well be wearing a bullseye for a hat. A tribe of Snake People hold the secret of eternal life and they also pray to the large serpent. One thing leads to another and the lady research doctor who was originally going to be sacrificed to the serpent, reasons with the tribe leader to try and make everything right. It doesn't happen and the serpent goes nuts.
There are some quality kills be the serpent. One guy is sliced in the abdomon and a river of blood flows from his gut. Another guy is pulled apart limb from limb. And the serpent also has some flesh dissolving saliva at the end that it never had before. And SPOILER ALERT, the serpent does not get destroyed. Which is fine by me. Nothing like a giant multi headed serpent to keep out researchers.
I give this movie 2 out of 5 serpents
A team of researchers discover a stone casket that has the remains of a very old man. GenTech International discovers that the man was over 300 years old. The "Amazon Man" is introduced to a crew of reporters as "the most significant, scientific, biological, and archaeological find of modern times." And they are determined to find the Fountian of Youth behind it.
A team that includes two research doctors is sent to the original dig site. They hire a helecopter to take them to the dig site, but it is hit by lightning and they go down. Nobody is hurt, which is fortunate because we need some victims. The audience gets to see the serpent, but our characters do not know what they are in store for later.
The helicopter pilot is friends with a local tribe who finds them at the crash site. A few of the team become snake food and one of the team decides to go on by himself, in a jungle, with no idea where he is going. Perfect. He might as well be wearing a bullseye for a hat. A tribe of Snake People hold the secret of eternal life and they also pray to the large serpent. One thing leads to another and the lady research doctor who was originally going to be sacrificed to the serpent, reasons with the tribe leader to try and make everything right. It doesn't happen and the serpent goes nuts.
There are some quality kills be the serpent. One guy is sliced in the abdomon and a river of blood flows from his gut. Another guy is pulled apart limb from limb. And the serpent also has some flesh dissolving saliva at the end that it never had before. And SPOILER ALERT, the serpent does not get destroyed. Which is fine by me. Nothing like a giant multi headed serpent to keep out researchers.
I give this movie 2 out of 5 serpents
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