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| Boa vs. Python | |
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| Written by | Chase Parker Sam Wells |
| Directed by | David Flores |
| Starring | David Hewlett Jaime Bergman Kirk B.R. Woller Adam Kendrick Angel Boris |
| Music by | Jamie Christopherson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jeffery Beach Phillip Roth |
| Cinematography | Lorenzo Senatore |
| Editor | Ayton Davis |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production companies | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment UFO International |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sci Fi Channel |
| Release | May 22, 2004 (2004-05-22) |
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Boa vs. Python is a 2004science fictionhorror film. It was directed by David Flores, from a script by Chase Parker and Sam Wells, and was filmed inSofia,Bulgaria. In the film, an FBI agent seeks help from aherpetologist and amarine biologist to release a specially bredBoa to hunt a giganticPython that has been attacking humans. The film is acrossover betweenPython (2000) and its indirect sequelNew Alcatraz (2002, also known asBoa).
Two masked wrestlers, one named "Boa" the other "Python", are grappling inAtlantic City, New Jersey. Enjoying this spectacle is multi-millionairecasino owner Broddick (Adam Kendrick) and his girlfriend Eve (Angel Boris). Their night out is interrupted by a phone call. The caller, Ramon informs Broddick atYork, Pennsylvania that his "package" has arrived overseas fromSouth America and is being delivered. Broddick is delighted and promises lucrative compensation to Ramon for his work.
During the journey, the contents inside the back of the truck has awakened and become enraged. Ramon stops the convoy and gets atranquilizer gun, ordering a panel to be opened. Unfortunately, a serpentine tail smashes through the panel and begins to wreak havoc. One of the men is startled and fires his gun, accidentally hitting the main control circuit on the back of the truck. The main door of the sealed container opens, and an abnormally large, nightmarishreticulated python, about 80 ft (24 m) long and 12 t (26,000 lb) in weight, emerges and kills the group. Ramon detonates abomb in the process, destroying the convoy, but the snake survives.
Broddick reveals his plan to bring extremebig-gamehunting to the city, as yet another pastime for the mega-wealthy, and the python is to be the quarry. Broddick then sees a news report detailing the destruction of Ramon's convoy. Now realizing the python has escaped, Broddick decides to bring hisbig-game hunting associates to their prey.
24 miles outsidePhiladelphia,FBI Agent Alan Sharpe (Kirk B.R. Woller) investigates the wrecked convoy and discovers a large snake scale on the wreckage. Quickly realizing what he is up against (Agent Sharpe is familiar with the events in the filmPython), Sharpe is determined to prevent the snake from killing more people. He enlistsherpetologist Dr. Steven Emmett (David Hewlett) andmarine biologist Monica Bonds (Jaime Bergman) to devise a plan to stop the python. They plan to merge Monica'sdolphin-camera headgear and tracking system to Dr. Emmett's giant 70 ft (21 m) long, 11.5 t (25,000 lb), genetically enhancedScarlet Boa named Betty. They hope Betty will seek out and kill the python.
The trio, now joined by a backup team ofFBI agents andUS Army soldiers, transports Betty to the water treatment facility. She quickly enters and begins to track the python. The tracking system proves faulty, providing only sporadic coverage.
Broddick and his surviving hunters enter the opposite end of the treatment facility and begin to track the reptile. They are surprised when they stumble upon a nest ofeggs, guarded by Betty, whom they had not expected to see. Betty constricts Eve, killing her, which causes Broddick to snap. Eventually, he makes his way out alone, the rest of his team being killed by both snakes; in the process Sharpe is accidentally killed by one of the hunters. Broddick finally meets up with Dr. Emmett and Monica. The python devours the eggs, enraging Betty, who engages the python in a fight.
Broddick is taken into custody. The tracking system starts to function again, and Dr. Emmett finally sees Betty's nest. He decides to go back into the treatment facility to save the nest. Monica goes with him. Broddick, however, has sneaked away and commandeered anAPC. Dr. Emmett and Monica, using the tracking system, track Betty to anightclub. Betty smashes through the floor, as does the giant python. The two snakes grab Broddick and, in a vicious and bloodytug-of-war, bisect him, each devouring their half. The two snakes continue their battle underneath thedisco, with Dr. Emmett and Monica hot on their trail.
The battling snakes end up fighting onsubway tracks, but a train is about to run over both combatants. Betty is saved by Dr. Emmett, who activates an electrical spike device he implanted into her head. The shock throws her off the tracks just as the speeding bullet train slams into decapitates the python. Dr. Emmett and Monica celebrate the death of the python, but become concerned when it is revealed Betty has crawled away. The duo heads back into the treatment facility to bring Betty and her remaining eggs home.
The film was released onDVD byColumbia Tristar on August 24, 2004. Tristar would later re-release the film on September 20 later that year and on October 1, 2007. It was later released bySony Pictures Home Entertainment as a part of a multi-film pack, which includedChupacabra Terror,Frankenfish, andLake Placid 3.[1]
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Boa vs. Python was panned by reviewers, who criticized the acting,special effects, and storyline.[2] It has been called a rip-off ofAlien vs. Predator (2004) and an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the more popularPython (2000).Reel Film.com awarded the film one and a half out of four stars, criticizing the film's special effects, and expressed disappointment with the film's lack of suitable violence.[3]