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Boa [VHS]

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

It is hard to imagine a monster movie that goes so wrong in so many different ways. BOA would have the viewer believe that a ten million year old huge reptilian-like snake could emerge from a nitrogen induced suspended animation to wreak havoc on the inhabitants of an Antarctic prison. Now I have no problem accepting the scientific implausibility of its sleeping for ten million years, after all, was the cloning of JURASSIC PARK any less believable? The problem with audience involvement is that the cast and crew show little respect for anyone's intelligence. The criminal residents of the prison were supposed to be the 'worst of the worst.' Yet, as I got to know them as individuals, they seemed a rather likable bunch. In fact, one of them, a nuclear missle smuggler, correctly identified himself as a political prisoner, a not inaccurate label since he intended to use that missle in defense of his homeland of Chechnya. Further, when he was released rather unwillingly by the warden to help fight the snake, it is he rather than the titular hero (Dean Cain) who emerges as the go to guy who has guns and guts. Cain, by contrast, seems wimpy and decidely uneager to tackle the snake, which, by the way, no one refers to as a boa. As for the snake itself, you would think that the advertised monster of any monster film would get plenty of screen time. This snake is seen slithering around mostly in the shadows and only parts of its anatomy are revealed. Rarely does the viewer get the snake's full monty. Much of the dialogue is predictably banal and heavy-handedly foreshadowing. When one of the criminals, an attractive IRA woman, tells Cain that because of her Irish fear of snakes, he should shoot her if the snake should capture her, then you know that is precisely what will happen. Most of the movie borrows shamelessly from other 'big snake' movies like ANACONDA and PYTHON. I have no problem with that either so long as the director does something novel with the borrowing. Not so in BOA. The best part was the grand finale, which involved the one who should have played the hero, the Chechnya missile smuggler. Here the director did something right. Rather than rip off snake movies, he rips off AIR FORCE ONE with the smuggler taking the Gary Oldman role. I am still trying to decide if the climax were dramatic or purposefully laughable. And this might be the underlying problem of BOA: modest laughter or even more modest shuddering.

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.

Boa is a smooth moving scifi flick. It has good qualities like Dean Cain being in it and the CG is handled smoothly. But good actors and well-motioned CG isn't enough to earn this one a 4 or 5 because even though the CG is handled well, you can still tell it is computer generated, and some of the prisoner characters are just ridiculous. Overall this is a movie you might want to check out, but rent it before you buy it.

Just read the Description behind the DVD or in amzon.com or yahoo.com! You'll be tantalized to watch this movie and after watching it, you'll regret of wasting your time! the story is great but the movie is terrible! I'm really sorry for Dean Cane cause after starring in the role of Super-man in great Louise & Clark TV series, accepts to play in such movies!

2 Stars is only for the good plot! and I hope, someday a good director with enough bugdet make a good movie on it!

This is the first time I have ever written a review here, so I will try to make it as clean and clear as possible.

I personally think that Boa is a good action thriller with some horror themes. It is about a large multi-national prison 20 kilometers north of the South Pole, built to house at least 25,000 prisoners! The people at the prison are drilling deep down into the ice and snow when they drill through a rock chamber containing nitrogen gas and, more importantly, a 100-foot long pre-historic boa constrictor.

The snake is still alive after 65 billion years because the nitrogen gas in the rock chamber stopped the beast's aging process completely. When the snake is released, it begins to kill devour people in the prison. I should note that the snake uses some very skillful methods in killing its victims. For example, not only does it constrict and bite its prey to death, it also has a sharp, deadly blade on its tail which it uses to stab and hack its victims to death. As you can see, not only is the snake deadly, but it is also very smart!

What I liked about this movie is the concept of a snake living in the snow. It is very a unique concept and I just think that it is so cool!

I don't know much about Dean Cain, but he did a really great job in this movie. His acting really shows us what its like in a cold, snowy world where you're being hunted by a giant snake.

Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. I'm thinking about buying it soon! I first saw it on the Sci Fi channel and I was inspired to think about buying it. If you like a giant snake in the snow, get this movie!

I hope this review was helpful to you. The trick to this movie is to just watch it yourself and see what you think. Don't just listen to what other people say about it.

I saw the made for television version of this on Scifi Channel. I thought it was a great move better than King Cobra and a lot better than Anadconda. A giant snake get loose in a prision facility in Alaska and begins kill the inimate. Scientis are flown in to help them elimate the menace.

Why not as big as the snake form python it is equaly strong and fierece. Cheesy parts at the end when the Plan take of the boa Is wraped around it. Saw it as a cheesy react mean of Sterling Horr from 20 thousand feet

"Boa" isn't the worst movie ever. Actually, yes it is. This movie from director Phillip Roth (Velocity Trap, Falcon Down) is a triumph in bad filmmaking. It's predictable every step of the way, right down to how the giant snake is going to tear its prey apart. It's about as likable as "It's Pat: The Movie," only a little funnier. The special effects are terrible, hard to see, and very confusing at times. UFO LLC usually has some pretty sweet effects in their flicks, but this movie is different. It suffers from minimal visibility and a terrible lack of anything scary, let alone coherent, in the film. At least Dean Cain got a paycheck. As long as he's making a movie, I suppose the world is a better place. As long as it's not "Boa 2: Snakes Alive."

This is about a giant snake that terrorizes the staff and prisoners (all 4 of them) at the world's most high-security prison, located in Antarctica. If you're a fan of low budget movies where "suspension of disbelief" is pretty much synonymous with "suspension of all thought processes", you may get a kick out of this. The acting isn't especially bad, the characters are basically likable, and the snake is bargain basement CGI. The sets and overall atmosphere are really the best part of the movie. The action moves along at a more or less acceptable pace, and the climax is so laughably stupid that you'll probably be telling people at work about it the next day.

Overall, not an especially good B-movie, but considering some of the utter garbage that's out there in the direct-to-video market these days, you could do much, much worse.

I don't know why many people did not like this film. Its true, the snake gets very little screen time and is kept in the shadows most of the time, but the plot and the sequence of the movie were very good in my opinion. At least the snake in this movie doesn't change in size like the one in python. I'm also aware that the film doesn't deserve 4 stars. In my opinion it deserves 3 but I do not think that the overall average rating of 2.5 stars is fair. The only of the many flaws that bugged me was the change of size of the snake's blade in the tail. It ranged from being as big as half a person to being as small as a kitchen knife. But for people who have seen this type of movies many times it should not be much of a problem to see this. Recommend this product for people who do not get bugged by some minor details.

I think that the BOA movie could have been better yes but it was a well written movie. The effects were well done and the film its self has very good parts as well.