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Snake Eater

  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
1.4K
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Snake Eater (1989)
The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as a tough loner, he returns to find the band of backwoods bad-guys who killed his parents and abducted his sister.
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The Snake Eaters are an elite division of Marines specially trained for search and destruction missions. One of them, Jack Kelly, has become a cop and wants to avenge the death of his parent... Read allThe Snake Eaters are an elite division of Marines specially trained for search and destruction missions. One of them, Jack Kelly, has become a cop and wants to avenge the death of his parents and the kidnapping of his sister.The Snake Eaters are an elite division of Marines specially trained for search and destruction missions. One of them, Jack Kelly, has become a cop and wants to avenge the death of his parents and the kidnapping of his sister.

  • Director
    • George Erschbamer
  • Writers
    • Michael Paseornek
    • John Dunning
  • Stars
    • Lorenzo Lamas
    • Josie Bell
    • Robert Scott
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    1.4K
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    • Director
      • George Erschbamer
    • Writers
      • Michael Paseornek
      • John Dunning
    • Stars
      • Lorenzo Lamas
      • Josie Bell
      • Robert Scott
    • 25User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lorenzo Lamas
    Lorenzo Lamas
    • Jack 'Soldier' Kelly
    Josie Bell
    • The Kid
    Robert Scott
    • Junior
    Ronnie Hawkins
    Ronnie Hawkins
    • King
    Cheryl Jeans
    • Jennifer
    Larry Csonka
    • Bronsky
    Ben DiGregorio
    • Santucci
    Mowava Pryor
    • Chloe
    Ron Palillo
    Ron Palillo
    • Torchy
    Bob Piedalve
    • Harold
    Jackie Lesage
    • Dorothy
    Matthew Mabe
    • Eli
    Barry Minshull
    • Slim
    • (as Barry Minshell)
    Carl Cook
    • Clyde
    Sandra Brown
    • Sissy
    Randy White
    Randy White
    • Jesse Night
    Rick Collins
    Rick Collins
    • Uncle Joe
    Michael Ballew
    • Dentist
    • (as Mike Ballew)
    • Director
      • George Erschbamer
    • Writers
      • Michael Paseornek
      • John Dunning
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    1merde

    Better than a sharp stick in the eye. I think.

    Now, I've seen a lot of bad movies. I like bad movies. Especially bad action movies. I've seen (and enjoyed) all of Jean-Claude Van Damme's movies, including the one where he's his own clone, both of the ones where he plays twins, and all three where he's a cyborg. I actually own the one where he plays a fashion designer and has a fight in a truck full of durians. (Hey, if nothing else, he's got a great ass and you almost always get to see it. With DVD, you can even pause and zoom in!) That's why you can trust me when I say that this movie is so bad, it makes Plan 9 look like Citizen Kane.

    Everything about Snake Eater is bad. The plot is bad. The script is bad. The sets are bad. The fights are bad. The stunts are bad. The FX are bad. The acting is spectacularly, earth-time-bendingly bad, very probably showcasing the worst performance of every so-called actor in the cast, including Lorenzo Lamas, and that's really saying something. And I'd be willing to bet everyone involved with this movie is lousy in bed, to boot. ESPECIALLY Lorenzo Lamas.

    It does manage to be unintentionally funny, so it's not a total loss. However, I recommend that you watch this movie only if you are either a congenital idiot or very, very stoned. I was able to sit through it myself because I needed to watch something to distract me from rinsing cat urine out of my laundry.

    It didn't help much, but it was better than nothing. One point for Ron Palillo's cameo as a gay arsonist.
    shark-43

    Truly Bad, Truly Fun

    As an action film that one would pay to see in the theatres, yikes!!! This movie is incompetent on almost every level - BUT....for those of us who enjoy cheesy bad movies - this one is a winner. REAL bad acting, there is a guy who plays the "funny" sidekick cop to Larry Csonka, legendary Miami Dolphins running back, no less. And this guy's performance is so bad, so over the top, he makes the Dead End Kids look subtle. Lamas (who I'm sure is gorgeous to the gals) is one of the most "dead-eyed" actors I've ever seen. It is a simple revenge flick - where Lamas' parents are killed by crazed rednecks (plus they kidnap his sister - who gives a truly awful, amateurish performance). The dangerous psycho hillbillies have to be seen to be believed - talk about scenery chewing. Sheesh. Any film that has hillbillies torture people by putting them in big fluffy sleeping bags and hanging them from a tree - well, how can you not watch??
    7S-Reisner

    its not as bad as you've heard

    the reviewers on this site who call this horrible, are wrong. One of my buds had told me about this being good so i checked it out here and all the reviews said it was bad. I was hesitant to watch it but finally did and i liked it. Most of the acting was bad and the writing wasn't perfect, but i still enjoyed it. This film is like earlier 80's films like death hunt and first blood, a veteran in the woods getting chased by a bunch of people. Lorenzo Lamas' character as Soldier is like stallone's rambo, he uses traps that he makes to defeat the rednecks which i think is an original set of villains as these movies go. Some of the film was cheesy but enjoyable. Its not perfect, but its a good film that doesn't focus on loads of violence, let me note that there was only one shoot em up action scene in this movie.
    2bronsonskull72

    * OUT OF FIVE

    Lorenzo Lamas stars as Jack `Solider` Kelly an ex-vietnam vet and a renegade cop who goes on a search and destroy mission to save his sister from backwoods rednecks. Atrocious movie is so cheaply made and so bad that Ron Palillo is third billed, and yet has 3 minutes of screen time, and even those aren't any good. Overall a terrible movie, but the scenes with Lorenzo Lamas and Josie Bell hanging from a tree bagged and gagged are worth a few (unintentional) laughs. Followed by an improved sequel.
    2V-Koger

    LAME LAME REALLY LAME

    Imagine this catches your attention because you're a fan of the Michael Dudikoff American Ninja movies and you think this could be right up there with those really well written & produced gems😆

    But this movie promises some fancy fighting and maybe some super clever commando trickery, so you say "yeah, this could be fun", in a super low budget kind of way.

    However, the only possible redemption is if you're high, with friends and you want a movie full of zero acting talent, terrible stunts, 4th grade dialogue, 3rd grade plot, stupidity that makes what you think is stupid - look good, and close-up zooms of Lorenzo Lamas' hairy stomach, to make fun of for 90 minutes.

    But standby, because they made sequels!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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    • Goofs
      When Soldier and Kid are bound into sleeping bags, the ropes change position several times between shots.
    • Quotes

      Eli: Why don't we let the Bear at 'em, Junior?

      Junior: Nah, Bear's done his work for the night, these two... they ran away from the bear.

      [Soldier and Kid struggle]

      Eli: What do you mean?

      Junior: A few days...

      [grabs Soldier's bonds]

      Junior: and those bags'll sweat the water right outta their bodies! They'll die of thirst... then we'll cut 'em down, take them outta the bags... and drag them deep into the woods. They'll look like they ran away from the bear... got lost, and couldn't find no water. We'll leave a mark on them. It's BETTER than they deserve!

    • Connections
      Followed by Tueur de dealers (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Soldier
      Written by John Massari & Brian Wild

      Performed by Brian Wild

      © Cinemars XVIII and Company, Limited Partnership

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 1989 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Snake eater
    • Filming locations
      • Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Carota
      • Cinemars Eight and Company Limited Partnership
      • Cinépix
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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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