Copperhead

June. 28,2008      
Rating:
3.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Small town in the Wild West is attacked by poisonous snakes.

Brad Johnson as  Wild Bill Longley
Wendy Carter as  Jane
Billy Drago as  Jesse Evans
Brad Greenquist as  Garrett
Gabriel Womack as  Roscoe Burrell
Atanas Srebrev as  Josiah
Todd Jensen as  Sheriff Mercer

Reviews

FeistyUpper
2008/06/28

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Nessieldwi
2008/06/29

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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Arianna Moses
2008/06/30

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Nicole
2008/07/01

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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JoeB131
2008/07/02

Someone else used my "Snakes on a Plain" gag, so I can't do that.Okay, what we have is a typical Sci-Fi Channel plot. Take the plot from any Zombie movie, set it in the Wild West, replace zombies with (badly done) CGI snakes.The movie's funniest line is uttered by the corrupt sheriff "Let's tie dynamite to the (prostitute), and when the snake eats her...BOOOM!" The Soup had a lot of fun with this line, and rightfully so.Still, the acting, action scenes, and even the characters were above par for a Skiffy movie. The weakness was the snakes themselves, poorly done CGI probably done on some nerd's computer before his mother told him to move out of her basement.

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lost-in-limbo
2008/07/03

Just another cheaply made B-grade TV presentation from the sci-fi channel with sub-standard CGI effects… yeah but I actually came away really enjoying this feature even though in a laughable sense. My main fascination that drew me in was that Billy Drago was credited, but to my surprise he all but had 30 minutes. After the opening he disappears not completely knowing his fate. Anyhow what eventuates is some mindless and kooky snake-action on the western frontier. That's pretty much the story too. Predictable and not much meat to it, despite some of the characters having some sort of background story. Nothing is totally explored, but it's fulfilling. The action comes in spades, with plenty of bang for your buck with bullets and snakes making a great recipe. As for the snakes themselves, they look like you would expect for such a production. Glossy and overdone. Terrible wouldn't go astray either. Time flies by, while the script fits nicely and adds some digestible humour to the fold and the score (while on repeat) creates that western twang. Even the camera-work is crisp in movement and placement. Performances hold up with a solid lead turn by Brad Johnson and Drago pretty much steals the scenes in the opening encounters. Not a bad feature, which is amusingly fun and captivating throughout.

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Matt Ryan
2008/07/04

OK, I saw this movie on UK satellite! I have to say from reading the preview I had some high hopes for this movie but boy was I wrong! This was right up there with one of the worst horror movies I have ever seen! It was advertised in the UK as "Snakes on a Plane in the Wild West"! Although Snakes on a Plane wasn't an amazing movie, it was so much better than this tripe! A loner travels into a wild west town looking for his friend (who is dead) and soon becomes the local hero! Although he has some bad news for the local residents, he has news of a plague of snakes heading their way! He soon becomes the Posse leader and hatches various plans to defeat the scaled worms! As soon (within 2 minutes) of defeating the snakes, a local resident picks up a (obviously rubber) snake tail and from this he detects that they are babies and that the parent is close! Cue the GIANT 200 foot CGI snake....... Need I say more???? 1/10

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microx96002
2008/07/05

OK, it's no Oscar winner, but as westerns go, I have to admit it was pretty much OK. Can't wait for a sequel, you just know they left it wide open for one. One suggestion though, forget the snakes next time, make it a real western. Everyone in it did a great job, and yes there wasn't enough Billy Drago, but see what I said about being left open for a sequel. I think the director is a westerns fan, someone who knows his westerns, and is a little influenced by the spaghetti westerns of the 1960' and 70's. There was a touch of old fashioned TV western to the music also, little bit Bonanza, a little bit Rawhide, just hints. A competent western overall, the snakes were a bit too CGI, but that only added to the B movie feel. So, to the producers, a sequel please with the same cast, continuation of the story, but please, traditional western without the snakes.

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