Copperhead (2008)

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Wild west clichés meet monster movie clichés in Copperhead, a slightly amusing Sci-Fi Channel (eh...SyFy) horror western about a group of rowdy outlaws and other stereotypes who stop fighting long enough to battle a deadly stampede of venomous snakes.My biggest question about Copperhead: Why are the snakes doing what they're doing? This is so monumentally illogical that only the Sci-Fi Channel could cook it up, though I must admit that it is a bit refreshing that the writers didn't invent some crackpot explanation for the events in the film.As ludicrous as it all was, I thought it was okay and the characters were fun, especially Billy Drago, who's a great actor and should have had more screen time.

Just few facts. First: It's a movie with a prep of 4 weeks. It's shooting schedule is 20 days. 8 weeks for the edit. 2 mounts for the CGI work. Do the math. Time. Time. Time. The biggest problem of all. Don't get me wrong - Always can be better. Always. May be someone can do better in the same time frame. May be not. Second: As we all know period piece movies are kinda hard. All the costumes, props, sets, etc. Day and Night exteriors. I just think everyone did an extremely good job, for the amount of time they had. Third: I'm happy to read positive comments. That's how it should be. The people who are able to pull out a movie that looks like that don't deserve anything else. I really think some scenes and shots are great. There's a 2 and a half minute shot. Very nice duel on the street. Very nice photography in general. And then again -- Imagine what could be done with just a little bit more time.

So flipping through the channels I noticed Sci-Fi was having a "Bad Movie Night" or something along those lines because ,movies like "SuperGator" and "Komodo Vs. Cobra" were being thrown in with a bunch of other movies. This is one of them. Set in the old west, this movie is about a cowboy riding to warn a town of an impending invasion of copperhead snakes. For those that know nothing of copperheads, please Wikipedia Copperhead and read the article. In short, it says they are docile unless attacked and their venom is only poisonous only if you are bitten by more than one at a time (but don't worry, there's plenty of that happening.So after a made for Sci-Fi movie defies science, it of course takes place in a time were the most advanced thing was the Gatling Gun, which is in the movie. So anyway, old Wild West Bill (no fooling) final convinces the town of the deadly snakes after about 30 minutes of the movie involves no snakes, but a wild west shoot-out. Grand as it is, the snakes attack, en masse.Well, not all of them are copperheads at least. In one scene, one of the harlots is clearly holding a python...But the unreasonable size of some of the snakes is revealed later. After much expected death and snake shootin', hat wearin', flame-throwin' man vs. snake action, hey finally blow up all of the snakes.*SPOILER*A giant snake eventually attacks the hapless survivors. Oh happy day when the Gatling Gun is turned into a harpoon gun to take down the big mama snake. A 40' copperhead is killed and the movie ends. There, if you haven't seen it, I just saved you 2 1/2 hours. CGI:Bad. Story: Terrible. Acting: Good, but only by one character, the bad guy, who dies halfway into the movie...shame...

A good attempt at making a Western by a foreign film maker. Attention to detail was very good on creating an authentic looking western town. Wardrobe was very well chosen and authentic to the time period being depicted. Props and Set Dressings were very well represented for the era. The Characters were very well portrayed. The Dialog of the Characters was very well written for each part played. I was very disappointed in their attempt at making computer generated snakes though as they were not very realistic looking. However, it was a good movie to just set back with the lights off eating popcorn with good company. Just a good movie to stay up late for and scare each other.