Review of Mammoth (2006) by Justin B — 29 Dec 2011
Mammoth bears the perhaps unfortunate pedigree of being a Sci Fi channel original film. However, I was pleasently surprised with the resulting film. I will openly admit that my only real reason for wanting to see this was to see Summer Glau in something I haven't seen yet.
The story is far-fetched, but is alright for a sci fi film, and it moves along quite quickly. The writing is better than I expected, with some clever dialogue mixed in with the bland. The cast is hit and miss.
Vincent Ventresca, Summer Glau and Tom Skerritt all give entertaining performances which are somewhat uneven, but good overall. The rest of the cast is pretty all over the place, usually at the bad end of the spectrum.
The worst part of the film is the shoddy visual effects, while being decent for a tv movie, are painfully fake. Thankfully we don't see too much of the title creature. Despite some logical inconsistancies and general campyness, I enjoyed the movie for what it was.
And for me, any opportunity to see a Firefly alumni is worth it.
This review of Mammoth (2006) was written by Justin B on 29 Dec 2011.
Mammoth has generally received negative reviews.
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