Venomous

The bad military has made up a bad virus again. This time rattlesnakes provide the infection by biting people. People that look very normal after the bite, but later get a kind of flu. It could have been a funny mockbuster, but the movie takes itself too serious. Every story part is told by the main characters. Not by acting, by telling. So you can watch it by being told what happens - it's like an audiobook with pictures. The characterplay is a little wooden, the story too long winded. On many points happen logical mistakes that can't be missed by the eye. I won't watch this twice.

This is one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. It is completley unbelievable, the actors are terrible, and the plot is dumb. Not to mention horribly written.

On to the good stuff: Rattlesnakes, mutant or not, DO NOT STRIKE OR SEEK OUT HUMAN PREY. Ever. Nor can they kill you with a bite to the ankle. Also they do not rattle non-stop. That is a defensive mechinism. On the box there is a boa constrictor, and there were no boa constrictors in the entire movie. I find that very misleading. There were, however, corn snakes and vipers within the movie that are A) Not poisonous and B) not a rattlesnake!

This movie was a lot more fun to comment on, then to watch. I wasted $3.25 I will never get back, and two hours of my precious years I have eternally lost.

This was a movie very similar to "Outbreak". Its an OK movie, its entertainment. But it doesn't score that high points with me. Not that bad acting though. The movie had some strange events which I must conclude as errors. Like meeting cars on a closed road for example. You're always one step ahead of the plot.

Cheap made by the book snake flick. Nothing recommendable except it can hold attention for the running time. Please stay awake for the ( not mentioned) explosions ripped out of delta force 2 , the colombian connection ( the helicopter that shoots the lincoln) and Tony denison who played Luca in crime story.

All known actors are just here to collect their months rent and the movie doesnt know if it wants to be a thriller or a horror, the snakes - allthough pictured widely on the box- are just a small part of this film.

But besides all this it is worth a watch, uncle treat is always good even in cheese flicks like this, just be ready for a cheap outbreak clone and not for a snake movie.

VENOMOUS (2001 Video)

BASIC PLOT: Unknown terrorists blow up a secret government lab, letting loose infected snakes. These snakes are dormant for awhile, until a series of earthquakes piss off these scheming snakes, and they go on a rampage! Look out town folk, the snakes are infected, and they are coming for you!

WHAT WORKS: *This movie is hilarious, as are most Fred Olen Ray movies. The movie is in on the joke, and so should you be if you're watching a movie called, "Venomous".

*The cheesy errors are part of the fun. Old news helicopters as Army choppers, 15 different types of paint sprayer respirators, instead of biological suits, civilians with anti aircraft missiles, doctors that are also snake ranglers, what more could you ask for?

*There's lots of good B actors having a hell of a good time, making it more fun to watch.

WHAT DOESN'T WORK: *Needs more snakes!

TO RECOMMEND, OR NOT TO RECOMMEND, THAT IS THE QUESTION: *If you like hilariously bad movies, that are in on the joke, you like this. If you're a fan of bad disaster movies, you'll like this. If you like Fred Olen Ray movies, or Treat Williams, you'll like this. If you're a no sense of humor having, fussy stick in the mud, then give this a pass.

CLOSING NOTES: *This is a Straight-to-Video movie, please keep that in mind before you watch\rate it. Straight-to-Video movies have a much lower budget, and so your expectations should be adjusted.

*I have no connection to the film, or production in ANY way. I am just an honest viewer, who wishes for more straight forward reviews. Hope I helped you out.