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ACTOR
Brad JohnsonKeith StoneBrad GreenquistWendy Carter
DIRECTOR
Todor Chapkanov
SYNOPSICS
Copperhead (2008) is a English movie. Todor Chapkanov has directed this movie. Brad Johnson,Keith Stone,Brad Greenquist,Wendy Carter are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2008. Copperhead (2008) is considered one of the best Action,Adventure,Comedy,Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller,Western movie in India and around the world.
Small town in the Wild West is attacked by poisonous snakes.
Same Actors
Same Director
Copperhead (2008) Reviews
not bad for Skiffy
Someone else used my "Snakes on a Plain" gag, so I can't do that. Okay, what we have is a typical Sci-Fi Channel plot. Take the plot from any Zombie movie, set it in the Wild West, replace zombies with (badly done) CGI snakes. The movie's funniest line is uttered by the corrupt sheriff "Let's tie dynamite to the (prostitute), and when the snake eats her...BOOOM!" The Soup had a lot of fun with this line, and rightfully so. Still, the acting, action scenes, and even the characters were above par for a Skiffy movie. The weakness was the snakes themselves, poorly done CGI probably done on some nerd's computer before his mother told him to move out of her basement.
Copperhead
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.
A wild West town's daily gunfights get interrupted by slithering interlopers
Actually pretty entertaining. This movie doesn't ask you to take it seriously; all the characters have Western Movie cliché names right out of a Blazing Saddles type satire. What's odd is the attention to detail for the Western movie half of the story. You've got everything from gunslingers to saloons to spittoons to high stake poker players aiming guns at each other while they declare their hands, and so on. The sets, costumes etc. are reasonably authentic, more than one would expect from a movie like this. The other half is the mutated creature portion, which isn't put together as well, but the whole package woven together somehow works. That's not to say the story is entirely logical; plot holes abound. The origin of the snakes and why they behave as they do; the movie doesn't really explain, or even seem to care. The whole focus is on a town full of cowboys having a shoot out with the massive army of snakes, and on this silly level, it succeeds as entertainment. These battles are sent up with reckless dedication to outrageous fun: how often do you get to see somebody blasting thousands of snakes with a Gattling Gun? You know who's going to get croaked long before they do. The characters spout off comic one-liners when they should be terrified. The snake seen at the end looks about as real as a stick-man drawing. It's wacky, but a lot of brainless fun.
Snakes on a Plain, the first Sci-Fi flick that didn't feel like passing a kidney stone
Copperhead actually achieved a level I've never seen before on the Sci-Fi channel: not half bad! Some of the dialog, always a rusty nail in the foot for these films, is actually GOOD, well-thought out, and delivered professionally. The direction and editing give it pace that makes it a slither above its bad brethren. Lorenzo Senatore's camera work is also excellent. It is not perfect. Holes and gaffs: The dead horse raises its head. The crack-proof safe has drywall you can stick your finger through. The exciting shot of the snakes crushing the fire is spoiled by continuity lapses. Fully loaded guns are handed so you can see that they don't have any bullets in them. I suspect Nathan Furst had to sprinkle enough Morricone nods to make the producers happy (it's distracting and the score was good enough without it). The world's slowest gatling gun that also doubles as a poker/spear chucker (all without ever being tested). An explosion (nice one!) that rips the top floor of a saloon, conveniently killing every last snake, but barely singing two main characters. The main weakness is the snakes themselves. The scene in the stable where the first scofflaw gets it would have been done better Hitchcock style: NOT showing it! In fact, if we'd seen the snakes less and more computing power was available to render them, they would have made for more creepy critters. In conclusion, if Copperhead was on again, I might give it a second viewing, not to make fun of it, but because it was fun. A Sci-Fi first!
Wow! A Sci-Fi Channel Movie I ENJOYED!!
OK, it's no Oscar winner, but as westerns go, I have to admit it was pretty much OK. Can't wait for a sequel, you just know they left it wide open for one. One suggestion though, forget the snakes next time, make it a real western. Everyone in it did a great job, and yes there wasn't enough Billy Drago, but see what I said about being left open for a sequel. I think the director is a westerns fan, someone who knows his westerns, and is a little influenced by the spaghetti westerns of the 1960' and 70's. There was a touch of old fashioned TV western to the music also, little bit Bonanza, a little bit Rawhide, just hints. A competent western overall, the snakes were a bit too CGI, but that only added to the B movie feel. So, to the producers, a sequel please with the same cast, continuation of the story, but please, traditional western without the snakes.