His girlfriend named Eve (what else) has a giant snake tattoo on her back. (As far as I can tell, it's supposed to be a snake from one of the previous movies.) It escapes of course. There's also a wrestling match in the beginning with masked wrestlers named Boa and Python.īroddick, a rich macho d-bag who lights his cigars with a flame-thrower, organizes a hunt for rich hunters and imports a gigantic mutant Python to hunt. This one adds a bit of sex and nudity, including a funny sex scene with a woman in a car with her eyes closed, thinking that the Python between her legs that feels so good is her boyfriend, who was just eaten by the snake, and a scene in a disco with blacklight-painted topless dancers and club-goers who are shocked to see a giant snake eat the DJ. Python had some comic moments, but after that the focus was more on monster snakes and blood and gore.
#Boa vs python film movie#
This made-for-TV movie is the fourth movie in the "Python" franchise that began with Python (2000) which was succeeded by New Alcatraz (Boa) (2001), Python 2 (2002), and this movie. Python, Anacondas: Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Boa, Kaena, Resident Evil 2, and Starship Troopers 2).Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. Python with a crisp letterboxed transfer, along with several trailers ( Boa vs. Python provides a rare opportunity to see noted Canadian scene-stealer David Hewlett in a starring role (why'd it have to be this, though?)Ībout the DVD: Columbia TriStar Home Video presents Boa vs. As for the snakes themselves, they're not quite as fake as they could've been - though it's clear that the technology still hasn't advanced to the point where smaller special effects houses are able to manufacture convincing creatures. Gorehounds hoping to revel in the sight of two snakes feasting on their prey are bound to be disappointed, as the majority of the kills are offscreen (people are either dragged away by a snake or we're treated to a snake-POV shot while the camera zooms into a screaming victim). Instead, we're presented with characters that behave exactly the way you might expect them to - and as a result, it's not all that difficult to pinpoint exactly when each of them is going to die. Python spends far too much time on character development - which would be fine if Jeffery Beach and Phillip Roth's screenplay actually moved beyond the level of pure cliché. Also thrown into the mix is Monica Bonds (Jaime Bergman), the inventor of a device that - when implanted into an animal - allows the user to see exactly what the wearer sees.įor a movie about a pair of gigantic snakes, Boa vs. Woller) decides to fight fire with fire and calls upon a scientist (David Hewlett) who just happens to own the world's largest boa constrictor. When said python invariably escapes, the lead FBI agent on the case (played by Kirk B.R. The film features an appropriately absurd storyline, which kicks off when an eccentric tycoon named Broddick (Adam Kendrick) has the world's largest python flown in for the purposes of a hunt. The movie's obvious low budget has evidently forced director David Flores to emphasize the stock human characters over the two titular beasts, a decision that's bound to leave viewers disappointed (let's face it, about the only thing one demands out of a film like this is a lot of violence - something Boa vs. Python, there's precious little snake-on-snake action.