Boa

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Summary: Boa (a.k.a. New Alcatraz)
Review: A super high - security prison is being built in Antarctica
. The workers soon uncover an 80 foot long prehistoric snake. Bad
CGI, inacurrate science, and well, it's just plain stupid. However, there is a certain charm.

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Summary: A great bad movie
Review: Let me assume that you allready know that BOA is a very bad movie. Let me also assume that you are fan of bad movies for there is no other reason to even consider buying BOA on DVD. What makes Boa great is that you can tell that the filmakers tried to make something good and just failed miserbly. The movie is very funny and the humor is almost completly unintentional. Let me share with you one of the highlights.
After shooting one of thier own men, the military guys think they have the snake trapped. They shoot at it hitting a gas line which sits on fire for about a minute without exploding. That is just enough time for the boa to excape and the entire security crew to show up and die when the gas line finally does explode.
The rest of the movie has the same type of stupidity to it. Boa is easily the funniest of the big snake movies. Oh my god! I almost forgot, DEAN CAIN is in the movie. Dean Cain!!!

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Summary: Giant snake vs. Dean Cain; as stupid as it sounds...
Review: "Boa" isn't the worst movie ever. Actually, yes it is. This movie from director Phillip Roth (Velocity Trap, Falcon Down) is a triumph in bad filmmaking. It's predictable every step of the way, right down to how the giant snake is going to tear its prey apart. It's about as likable as "It's Pat: The Movie," only a little funnier. The special effects are terrible, hard to see, and very confusing at times. UFO LLC usually has some pretty sweet effects in their flicks, but this movie is different. It suffers from minimal visibility and a terrible lack of anything scary, let alone coherent, in the film. At least Dean Cain got a paycheck. As long as he's making a movie, I suppose the world is a better place. As long as it's not "Boa 2: Snakes Alive."

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Summary: Giant snake vs. Dean Cain; as stupid as it sounds...
Review: "Boa" isn't the worst movie ever. Actually, yes it is. This movie from director Phillip Roth (Velocity Trap, Falcon Down) is a triumph in bad filmmaking. It's predictable every step of the way, right down to how the giant snake is going to tear its prey apart. It's about as likable as "It's Pat: The Movie," only a little funnier. The special effects are terrible, hard to see, and very confusing at times. UFO LLC usually has some pretty sweet effects in their flicks, but this movie is different. It suffers from minimal visibility and a terrible lack of anything scary, let alone coherent, in the film. At least Dean Cain got a paycheck. As long as he's making a movie, I suppose the world is a better place. As long as it's not "Boa 2: Snakes Alive."

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Summary: Misinformed!
Review: After much anticipation to view this DVD, I was extremely disappointed to find out that "Boa" on DVD is only available in the "Full Screen" format, which is actually "Pan & Scan". ... list this movie as being in Widescreen 1.85 Aspect Ratio. Please get your facts straight!!! I would have liked to have seen the rest of the movie (which I stopped once I realized it was not in Widescreen) because dispite its low budget and comic book style, it looked like a fun Saturday night type horror flick.

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Summary: Dean Cain vs. Giant Snake = So-So Movie.
Review: Another film in the never-ending series of "Giant Animated Snake Eats People" films that have been plaguing us for almost a decade. The creators of a maximum-security prison in the Antarctic drill into a hollow rock formation and disturb the ten-million-plus slumber of 80-foot hungry reptile.

There's nothing more to this film than that. "Boa" (also known as "New Alcatraz") actually takes itself seriously instead of reveling in its silliness, which I don't think was a smart idea. The technical team - photography, production design-set decoration, etc. - create a fairly effective, chilling atmosphere, but everything else about "Boa" is strictly routine.
Dean Cain does a job I would describe as tolerable, although Elizabeth Lackey is just that - lacking - as his wife, and the supporting cast (Mark Sheppard, Grand L. Bush, Craig Wasson) is just a touch more professional.

The film-makers actually make the wise move of mostly keeping the snake in the dark so we can't see just how fake it looks.

I don't really recommend it unless you actually happen to enjoy this sort of thing to begin with; other, similar titles include "Python" 1 and 2, "Anaconda" (the original hokey animated killer snake movie of 1997) and "Anaconda: Search for the Blood Orchid", and the inevitable "Boa Vs. Python".

The DVD includes a few trailers and filmographies for the director and principal actors.

2/5

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Summary: Not enough screen time for the snake
Review: Boa is a better story than python, but the main title creature
doesn't get as much screen time as the snake in python, it is
a decent little popcorn movie, don't expect too much and you
might be happy on a rainy saturday night. If you buy this
also buy python and enjoy a giant snake doubleheader.

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Summary: The worst snake movie ever! [...]
Review: Boa was entertaining and exciting, but the computer effects weren't as realistic as Python's and Anaconda's.

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Summary: What can you expect from a snake movie?
Review: I rented this DVD with low expectations. I wasn't expecting an ingenious, Oscar-worthy film... I was expecting to see some so-so actors get eaten by a huge snake. I got what I was expecting.

Boa takes itself too seriously at times and expands on the "New Alcatraz" plotline too much. It's funny at times, even though it's not supposed to be. I cheered when one particularly annoying criminal was killed. However, I was shocked that so many characters died. I thought more people would survive than how many actually did.

If you're fan of B-horror movies, then you might enjoy Boa. If you're a fan of Dean Cain, then you might like Boa. But if you're like me and you just want to see people get eaten by a giant snake, then you will probably like Boa.

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Summary: The big Squeeze
Review: I saw the made for television version of this on Scifi Channel. I thought it was a great move better than King Cobra and a lot better than Anadconda. A giant snake get loose in a prision facility in Alaska and begins kill the inimate. Scientis are flown in to help them elimate the menace.

Why not as big as the snake form python it is equaly strong and fierece. Cheesy parts at the end when the Plan take of the boa Is wraped around it. Saw it as a cheesy react mean of Sterling Horr from 20 thousand feet