I saw this cos my nephew wanted to watch something with a big snake.
Big mistake. Revisiting Anaconda or any 50s creature films wud have been a better option.
Generous with a 2 cos of Eric Roberts. Old time sake.
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A group of college students head into the rainforest to look for cave drawings. But a once thought to be extinct fifty-foot boa constrictor is out hungry for blood.
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I was ready to overlook the terrible effects knowing that it's made by The Asylum but the tons of chit chats n lack of kills made it a torture to sit thru.
Nothing outstanding here...
When I stumbled upon the 2021 movie "Megaboa" here in 2022, of course I had to sit down and watch it. I do find these gargantuan creature features to be fun to watch. Sure, most of them are really, really bad, but still, every now and again there is one that proves enjoyable.
And when I saw The Asylum's name on the screen, I have to admit that I went from having zero expectations to the movie to thinking 'oh no'. But still, I carried on and opted to watch "Megaboa".
Luckily then "Megaboa" is not the archetypical mockbuster that The Asylum is mostly known for, so on that account then it was a step in the right direction. But "Megaboa" wasn't exactly a top notch creature feature.
The storyline told in "Megaboa", as written by Alex Heerman, was pretty generic and typical for a creature feature. So you are not in for anything grand here.
Then there was the matter of the cast ensemble and the acting performances. Well, it is no secret that with a movie such as "Megaboa" then there is a snowball's chance in Hell of you being in for Shakespearian performances or anything even overly great. And on that note, then "Megaboa" delivered what was expected. It should be said that the movie has Eric Roberts listed as the main attraction, and boy is he cringeworthy to watch as he stumbles through what can only be guessed is supposed to be acting and delivering dialogue.
Visually then "Megaboa" was actually adequate. I mean, the CGI animated snake looked fair enough. It wasn't spectacular CGI, but it worked out well enough for a movie such as this.
If you enjoy monstrous creature movies, then "Megaboa" is not the best of options.
My rating of "Megaboa" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
It's as bad as they say but it is watchable
No beating around the bush on this flick. It is as bad every negative reviewer has already stated but it's not as bad other movies released in 2021. Bad acting, bad dialogue, stupid decisions and plot holes big enough to drop an entire galaxy into. Knowing that this was a cheesy sci-fi made by Asylum I figured it might be a coin toss if I'd even be able to bear watching it to the end. Surprisingly I did manage to stomach the stupidity to the end and found myself rooting for the snake.
An example of the bad acting and dialogue was when the bimbos are arguing with the poacher asking why he didn't mention the snake, duh, he did when you first met at the campfire dummy. And the biggest let down was that not all of the more annoying younger characters were killed off by the snake.