Review of Python (2000) by Ken T — 16 Aug 2009

Python, one of the early nature run-amok films to come out that I feel inspired the onslaught of thousands of similar and dreadful Sci-fi Channel "original" movies, is about a mutated python snake being transported by the military until the transportation crashes and the snake escapes through the mountains and into a small town of bad acting.

Naturally, the snake starts eating people, including lesbians (hmm, lesbians die at the hands of large, phallic snake...interesting symbolism), Jenny McCarthy (sorry folks, no nudity), and others. The military sends some specialists in, including Casper Van Dien (hilariously bad in a goofy moustache and fake accent in an altogether wasted role) and Robert Englund (whose campy as ever in this but fun to watch.

Aside from McCarthy, Van Dien, and Englund, the film sports a sort of "back to the 80's" cast of has beens, including Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me), Keith Coogan (Adventures in Babysitting), and William Zabka (The Karate Kid).

With such a unique cast, one would think the acting would have been a bit better, but that seems to falter quite a bit. That's not the only thing that struggles. The direction is amateurish and the effects are just ridiculous, but in all fairness, if you are watching the movie today compared to its release in 2001, you are used to this sort of "bad" movie.

In 2001, I hated it, but watching it today, it's really not that bad compared to what comes out these days. In fact, it's almost in the so bad it's good category. Dumb fun on a rainy day I would say.

Three stars is very generous on my part.