Mega Snake

I never have really thought much of SyFy's resume as an overall whole. Some are tolerable, but most are garbage. Fortunately Mega Snake is one of the tolerable ones. It does have a lot of noticeable and obvious flaws, first and foremost the effects of the snake, which are not the worst from SyFy but still atrocious. The characters, especially the Sheriff, are cardboard clichés on the whole, and some like the shopkeeper are annoying. There is too much overlong exposition with the family as well and hampered further by hackneyed dialogue. However, the story is mostly not too bad. It didn't feel dull, and there are actually some good scenes like the attack on the lake and the forest chase which do have some tension as well as some fun and inventive killings. There are some scenes that do get rather ridiculous though, which was kind of expected. Other than the snake effects, Mega Snake does look good, the scenery is striking and the photography is at least above slipshod level. The acting is above average as well, John T Woods is especially fun. In conclusion, I'd be lying if I said this was a good movie but there have been far worse from SyFy. 5/10 Bethany Cox

A one star stinker on many levels. The CGI is terrible. Plot is predictable and weak. A lot of hollywood divisive PC: The indian is a strong, intelligent character (Even though he is a pagan); all the white men are weak & shallow; the female lead is strong, intelligent, and insightful (She even uses the liberal mindset that degrees, certificates, certifications are proof of importance...); takes a swipe at religion with it's snake charmers in church. Loads of liberal brainwashing propaganda... It will leave you angry if you have any belief in honesty and integrity...

I am at a loss to understand why The Sci-Fi Channel keeps running these cheap giant snake movies. Oh, what ANACONDA hath wrought! MEGASNAKE has a large reptile roaming the Tennessee countryside (actually Bulgaria), picking off one unfortunate resident after another. Bullets bounce off it, of course. There was just enough gore to keep me reasonably happy, but the snake is badly composited and the generic cast doesn't help one bit. The filmmakers even steal a plot element from JAWS, involving an upcoming county carnival that wiser heads feel needs to be called off but of course the mayor wop't hear of it. Otherwise, the snake would have little to do outside of picking off an occasional individual. Pass on this one.

SciFi Channel makes a movie featuring the "Who Wants To Be a Superhero?" series winner "Feedback". But the movie wasn't about him, it's about a snake that grows many feet and kills it prey unlike any other reptile ever could. You got two brothers, one does the handling of very dangerous snakes. He gets fascinated with one that's so dangerous, he's got to have it. But, he ignores the warning of the seller. It was not for sale, and do not let it feed on anything living. It kills the cat, the brothers' widowed mother, the dog, and so forth. It was venomous, and other kill techniques are in it as also. The two drunk snake killers seem to have a better head on their shoulders than the local sheriff. The paramedic brother, the brainy ranger, and the snake wrangler were pretty much the heroes of this movie. As for the hero Feedback, he held his part on keeping the public safe from evil. The movie could have gotten more watchable when they show more "Feedback" and less of the monster snake. It could have been a better movie. It was too much of "SSSSS" reject. Other giant snake movies were a lot more fun than that! 2 out of 5 stars!

Dismal script with even worse direction that bounces between being random and clichéd. Improbable characters (the police deputy that JUST HAPPENS to "have a PhD in zoology") plus completely stereotypical plot devices (the Indian with a secret passed down from "his people", and the clichéd County Fair that no one can close because it's too important even though The Evil Monster is rampaging in the countryside) with some of the worst acting and casting seen on American Basic Cable (accents for residents of this Tenn. community are all over the place) and a good measure of sub-par special effects and poor dubbing equals this complete waste of time. And "Feedback's" appearance is barely more than a disjointed and forced cameo in the last half hour... if you're watching for that, save your time. If you are watching for some other reason, what's wrong with you? OK, there are a few so-bad it's funny moments (especially the reaction of the mother of the family at the beach as soon as she sees the, erm, "Mega Snake"... we rewound and watched that scene half a dozen times...) but still...