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One Point O (2004)
Badly done Matrix style rip-off
Simon is a computer programmer who is being pressured to complete a code. He begins to receive unmarked, seemingly empty packages from an unknown source. These packages add to his already paranoid state, making him install a high tech alarm system and put pad locks on everything. His only real communication with the outside world is the currier that brings him the items he requests, including milk, which he begins to buy and drink in large quantities. As he looks into who is sending him the packages, he discovers one neighbor is stockpiling cola and making internet "cybersmut" films through virtual reality programming, another neighbor has been using the smut program on a regular basis and is stockpiling juice, and yet another neighbor is stockpiling meat. The movie goes on to make you believe SImon is really going crazy, until near the end they reveal that he is just a very advanced computer, infected with an invisible program delivered through the empty boxes. Simon's creator was also a neighbor who admits to him the glitches in the program have cause him to become sick and the best thing is to end it all. This movie was basically a waste of time, but if you have 2 hours to kill and want something hard to follow to watch, then this is the movie for you.
Bloody Murder (2000)
Great for a B flick(some spoilers)
Yes, in comparison to other movies, this one is pretty lousy, however, based upon its own merit. The acting was bad, but comically so. The plot was unoriginal, but then again what movie plots are original nowadays? The end was fairly predictable, but as said before, what movie isn't? *spoiler* The chainsaw yielding killer, who's also the camp director was actually a decent actor, which considering that it is his first credit, is not too shabby.
There are a few redeeming lines in the movie, for example the "oh sure send me out into the woods alone with a killer named Jason no less, why not pin a sign on my back saying "please kill next"(or something to that affect).
Overall, i give this movie six stars, if only for its mindless ability to make me laugh.
Boa (2001)
Snake thriller
There have been many "big" snake movies made over the years, from King Cobra, to Anaconda to Python. Boa joins the ranks of these movies, both in subject and in cheese. While the movie was well casted, Dean Cain, was a good choice, the script and acting leave something to be desired.
The movie begins simply enough, a husband and wife team, two paleontologist, are recruited to vist the Antartic to observe a nitrogen discovery that might be millions of years old. They discover once they reach their destination, they have been mislead. They were in fact recruited for their theories on "antartic reptiles" a.k.a, the "Boa". Many of the issues brought up in, between the main character and his wife, are dropped, such as his desire to have a baby. Typical to B-rate films, or monster films in general,the story goes a lot like....snake is discovered, attempt to kill snake begins, snake kills all random non important people, main character goes after snake and figures out how to kill it...your basic sci fi movie, right? The plot holes are big enough to drive semi-trucks through. I would recommend this movie to any die hard snake movie fan, but be prepared to be more a amused than scared, and more confused than entertained.
Python (2000)
This movie's story line is too mini series/ soap opera
This movie on its pretense reminded me a great deal of Anaconda, you have your giant snake attempting to kill everyone in its path. However, where as Anaconda had a fairly basic script and decent acting, Python lacked both. THe script might have held up on its own, if it wasn't so "busy". The snake is a genetically mutated experiment made by the government that spits acid(um, King Cobra anyone?) that escapes after a plane crash. The snake is then lured into the developing neighborhood of a backwater town. (Do they ever go anywhere else?) That part of the script is simple enough, but then you throw in a handful of character that you never really care about. There is the hick sheriff that wants to be an FBI agent, his ex-girlfriend, who is currently dating the guy that used to be his best friend. The ex-best friend's father owns a chemical plant that produced acid Then you have the new bf's brother. Of course, who gets blamed when the towns people start showing up looking like they have been doused in acid? OUr hero and his brother. Then you have the token smartaleck tag along and his girlfriend, whom he wants to marry, but hasn't gotten into her pants yet. The creators spent too much time trying to make a complex script, and not enough time developing the story. The relationship involvements of many of the characters are just thrown in, then dropped. There are so many stories going on and so many new elements, that, what could have been a great overall story line, falls short because of all the choppy inner story lines. Of course the way the snake is taken care of, through an underground explosion, is totally unrealistic, and the snake itself looks like a bad Nintendo animated game from the eighties. However, on overall cheese and mindless stupidity, this movie is perfect.