Product Description

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/02/2009 Run time: 86 minutes Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56348 in DVD
• Brand: TCFHE
• Released on: 2009-06-02
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 87 minutes

Customer Reviews

Snakes On A Submarine
Silent Venom: DVD Review

Grade: B-

Alright--so the plot isn't that original. Ever since Snakes on a Plane (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series), there have been numerous rip-offs, from Snakes on a Train, to this movie, Silent Venom. The title should be Snakes On A Submarine though--that's all the plot really is.

Luke Perry (90210) plays a retiring submarine captain. For his last mission, he must take a decommissioned submarine to Okinawa, Japan. But on the way he has to pick up some scientists on a island, along with their cargo. And it's not very long before some dumb crew member gets curious, and opens up the cargo...Letting 20 highly venomous snakes loose. And then later in the movie, 2 giant genetically engineered snakes get loose too.

Sounds like a typical Sci-Fi channel movie. (I'm surprised--it actually isn't.) Silent Venom has it's fair share of cool scenes, but I just wish the giant snakes would be in the spotlight more. (They're probably not because of budgetary reasons....) Even though the giant snakes are just CGI (really bad CGI), they still look laughingly cool. Alas, they are seen only in the first minutes of the movie, and the last part of the movie. For the rest of the movie, it's just regular snakes loose on board.

I did like the way they didn't make the regular snakes CGI though. Although it looks rather bad when the giant CGI snakes and regular snakes are together, it makes the movie more believable. (Vipers should have used real snakes too...) The only other problem with this movie is something other people have mentioned before--the actors are all to serious. For a movie called "Silent Venom" (I didn't know it made noise before?), the actors need to loosen up. They all look like they just want to collect their money and get out of there. The only one who even looked remotely believable has to be Tom Berenger, who plays an Army Lieutenant. All the others should just realize that this is a campy B-movie, made to be fun. Seriously, I don't think a giant snake movie is ever going to be scary anymore.

Still, Silent Venom manages to be more than just decent. Although it does lag in the middle, the fake giant snake action is enjoyable to watch. The actors though, aren't.

good scare for youngsters
No cussing, has mutant snakes but not real scary, has some good acting from newcomers.

a good imitation
I know this is only an imitation, like one of those hundreds of Alien imitations but like the Stones say it is only science fiction, but i like it.It looks like a made-for-TV movie and would have been a great film if the budget was a little more generous. THE surprises are, luke perry and tom berenger are the worst actors in the movie and the crew is very convincing