Review of Hydra (2009) by Marc L — 11 Aug 2009

Hydra is the story of a ship carrying a group of millionaire hunters who have paid to hunt the most dangerous game, a group of convicts who lucked out in a supposed bad justice system. The hunt is organized by seedy businessman Alex McArthur (whom I loved in Suspended Animation) and even seedier captain Michael Shamus Wiles (Letherface: TCM III, The X-Files) who, after some hiccups, come across a secluded island that is perfect for the hunt, but unknown to them, us viewers are already aware that the island contains the mythological Hydra monster (yeah, the multi-headed snake monster from Greek Mythology) that is seriously pissed off and tears just about anyone apart that it comes into contact with.

It's up to lead convict George Stults (7th Heaven) who is actually a former special ops guy to try to lead the other convicts off the island to safety, not to mention fight the bad guys and the Hydra.

Director Andrew Prendergast definitely delivers his quota on making a cheap, silly B-movie primed for the Sci-fi Channel (which the film actually debuted on). If you're going to watch this movie, renting it would be better than watching it on TV, as the rental is an unrated edition featuring all the CGI-animated gore you could ask for.

On that note, I would have to say the special effects are the worst part of this film. They're almost cartoony. However, the story is engaging and dumb fun, especially when the plot goes haywire and Hercules' magical sword is introduced.

Overall, this is dumb fun and strictly catered towards Sci-fi channel/bad movie enthusiasts. Don't be a moron and watch this movie and give it terrible ratings when you knew damn well what you were getting yourself into.

Overall, not bad. Effectively gets the job done for me.