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Movie Reviews of Boa
Movie Review: Boa (a.k.a. New Alcatraz)
Summary: 3 Stars
A super high - security prison is being built in Antarctica
. The workers soon uncover an 80 foot long prehistoric snake. Bad
CGI, inacurrate science, and well, it's just plain stupid. However, there is a certain charm.
Movie Review: Dean Cain vs. Giant Snake = So-So Movie.
Summary: 2 Stars
Another film in the never-ending series of "Giant Animated Snake Eats People" films that have been plaguing us for almost a decade. The creators of a maximum-security prison in the Antarctic drill into a hollow rock formation and disturb the ten-million-plus slumber of 80-foot hungry reptile.
There's nothing more to this film than that. "Boa" (also known as "New Alcatraz") actually takes itself seriously instead of reveling in its silliness, which I don't think was a smart idea. The technical team - photography, production design-set decoration, etc. - create a fairly effective, chilling atmosphere, but everything else about "Boa" is strictly routine.
Dean Cain does a job I would describe as tolerable, although Elizabeth Lackey is just that - lacking - as his wife, and the supporting cast (Mark Sheppard, Grand L. Bush, Craig Wasson) is just a touch more professional.
The film-makers actually make the wise move of mostly keeping the snake in the dark so we can't see just how fake it looks.
I don't really recommend it unless you actually happen to enjoy this sort of thing to begin with; other, similar titles include "Python" 1 and 2, "Anaconda" (the original hokey animated killer snake movie of 1997) and "Anaconda: Search for the Blood Orchid", and the inevitable "Boa Vs. Python".
The DVD includes a few trailers and filmographies for the director and principal actors.
2/5
Movie Review: CONSTRICTED THRILLER
Summary: 2 Stars
It's hard to believe while watching BOA That Dean Cain once played Superman. Here he is supergeek, pathetically underacting a role that wasn't even needed in the film. Ditto to Elizabeth Lackey's lackluster performance as his obsessed paleontological wife. Only Mark Sheppard as the Chechyan prisoner brings life into a role that should have been expanded. His heroics at the end put Dean Cain in his place quite properly.Now as for the snake, there were times it looked frighteningly real; other times it was quite obvious the movie's budget constricted its monster. Craig Wasson who was so good in "Body Double" and "Ghost Story" horribly overacts his role as the Warden. The finale is quite good, and unexpected compared to the movie itself.
All in all, it's nowhere as awful as "Tail Sting", but it's not as good as it could have been under different guidance.
Movie Review: some good action but like no snake
Summary: 2 Stars
this movie was ok, defineitly better than boa vs. python and pythons 2, but still not to good. a prison in antatica is just being made and the engineers dig a hole to deep and wake the snake. it comes out and starts eatin people. then a group of soldiers come in along with cain and his wife, 2 scientists who for some reason are brought along. then the soldiers are running after it to try and kill it and then the snake kills all of them. so now its cain his wife and the warden and the prisoners tryin to get out of their. this movie had some good shooting scenes and action but u barely saw the snake and when u did u say lik parts of him or his head for lik 2 seconds. but the snake is pretty kool hough, its similar to the one in python but its a different color. this movie isnt rely worth watching but its not bad if u lik creature movies, but if not, its not rely worth it.Movie Review: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
It could have been better than Anaconda. BOA ( R ) a movie I picked up thinking it would have some Sci-Fi value. I was disappointed. The film takes place 12,000 feet below the earth's crust in the South Pole. A team of engineers are building the next Alcatraz to house the badest of the very bad. I guess the governments of 30 plus nations thought this is the best place to build it. The movie stars Dean Cain (TV's Superman) and he gets no help for an unknown supporting cast. Although I don't think a cast of Oscar winners could have kept this movie off the B list. Compare it to Alien, there is no comparison. If you're in the mood for a movie of big snakes, Anaconda with Jon Voight and Jennifer Lopez is a better choice. Or switch to big Crocks in Lake Placid staring Oliver Platt and enjoy a good laugh.