Review – Snake King

Okay, reviewing this one is a problem. Normally with movies that run on the Sci Fi Channel I can just toss in some random rude remark – such as “Snake King, you make my butt sting” – and call it done. The quick treatment is a strong temptation. The hero is played by Stephen Baldwin. The monster looks like the CG baddie from Basilisk: The Serpent King, only with more heads. And don’t even get me started on the talking-like-Tonto jungle denizens. But buried somewhere under all that there’s something else going on. The bad guys turn out to be the people pillaging the rain forest, not the monster. And the Snake King actually manages to live to the end (sorry if that’s a spoiler). So even though this follows the usual plenty-terrible formula, it actually turns out to be a notch or two above most other pictures of this ilk. Mildly amusing