It is not as if I immediately hate on low-budget movies, I have enjoyed and been entertained by some. Python is not one of those I was entertained by, in fact while the beginning sets things up nicely and has all the makings of an enjoyable enough movie it was simply terrible. I have seen worse special effects, but they do look outdated and close ups(and there are a fair few of those) are not kind to them. The gore looks like jelly or at least to me it did. The editing is also rather scrappy too. The dialogue is both cheesy and trite with nothing memorable or much that adds anything to the movie's quality. The story is also a disaster, I don't actually mind predictability but it was the complete lack of suspense, thrills or excitement, bland atmosphere and lethargic pacing that I did mind a great deal, and Python has all of these. Plus the predictability was so vast that you knew exactly what was going to happen next. The characters are insufferably annoying, while the snake is not just poorly rendered but not menacing at all and we learn next to nothing about its origins. The direction has no life and does nothing to help the actors or to make the story halfway interesting. The acting is dire all-round, particularly from a woefully miscast Caspar Van Dien. Robert Englund is the best of the bunch, and he has done and deserves so much better than this. In conclusion, decent beginning but not enough to save the mess that is the rest of the movie. 2/10 Bethany Cox
Review of Python
