Python 2 (2002) (V)

Director:

Lee McConnell

Writer:

Jeff Rank

Release Date:

17 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The beast is back.

Plot Keywords:

Electric Shock | Security System | Python | Shot In The Head | Russia

Cast

William Zabka	...	Greg Larson (as Billy Zabka)
Dana Ashbrook	...	Dwight Stoddard
Alex Jolig	...	Matthew Coe
Simmone Mackinnon	...	Nadia (as Simmone Jade MacKinnon)
Marcus Aurelius	...	Col. Jefferson
Mike Mitchell	...	Hewitt (as Michael Mitchell)
Anthony Nichols	...	Keruptkot
Vladimir Kolev	...	Crawley (as Victor Kohl)
Ken Evans	...	Boyer
Raicho Vasilev	...	Dirc (as Raymond Valley)
Vince Diamond	...	McEwen
Velizar Binev	...	Aziz
Tyrone Pinkham	...	Pilot (as Tyron Pinkham)
Robert Sands	...	Co-Pilot (as Sgt. Robert Sands)
Maxim Gentchev	...	Old Soldier (as Maxim Genchev)
Hristo Shopov	...	Doctor
Ivaylo Geraskov	...	Zubov (as Ivailo Geraskov)
Ivan Barnev	...	Russian Soldier #1 (as Ivan Burnev)
Georgi Ivanov	...	Russian Soldier #2
Ivan Panev	...	Scientist #1 (as Ivan Panez)
Stanislav Dimitrov	...	Scientist #2
Robert Zachar	...	Father
Bojka Velkova	...	Mother
Kiril Hristov	...	Spencer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Assen Blatechki	...	Ramon

Directed by
Lee McConnell

Writing credits
Jeff Rank

Produced by
Jeffery Beach	....	producer
John Capilla	....	line producer
Melanie J. Elin	....	producer
James Hollensteiner	....	executive producer
Thomas J. Niedermeyer Jr.	....	executive producer
Phillip J. Roth	....	producer
T.J. Sakasegawa	....	associate producer
Richard Smith	....	executive producer
Plamen Voynovsky	....	line producer (as Plamen Voinovsky)

Original Music by
Richard McHugh		(as Rich McHugh)

Cinematography by
Azusa Ohno

Film Editing by
David Flores

Casting by
LariAnn Lang
Shala Lang

Production Design by
Georgi Todorov		(as George Todor)

Art Direction by
Bobby Michaels		(as Borislav Mihailovski)

Costume Design by
Brianna Simer

Makeup Department
Francie Hart	....	key hair stylist
Francie Hart	....	key makeup artist
J.M. Logan	....	special makeup effects artist
Mariana Love	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Janine M. Clark	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Victor Bojinov	....	second assistant director
Alexander Kossev	....	second second assistant director
Joel Morales	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Nikolay Popov	....	on-set dresser (as Nicholas Belvedere)

Sound Department
Bill Reinhardt	....	sound mixer: Bulgaria
Anders Ross	....	sound effects editor
Ken Skoglund	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital compositor
Steven M. Blasini	....	visual effects coordinator
Yancy Calzada	....	character animation supervisor
Kevin Gendreau	....	digital artist
Michael John McCracken	....	visual effects designer
David Ridlen	....	digital artist
Jason Shulman	....	digital artist

Stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Vasil Galabov	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Todor G. Todorov	....	colorist
David Block	....	colorist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Alexander Peytchev	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Cherise Honey	....	assistant: Mr. Beach
Krasimira Karachorova	....	script supervisor
Peter Nikolov	....	assistant armourer

Production Companies

• Python Productions LLC
• Sci-Fi Channel, The
• Unified Film Organization (UFO)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Third Millennium (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Unified Film Organization (UFO) (2002) (USA) (TV)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

"Python II" - USA (DVD title)
"Pythons 2" - USA (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and creature violence (DVD/VHS version)

Runtime:

Germany:85 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R (DVD/VHS version) | UK:15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Python Productions LLC

Trivia:

The cave in the beginning of the film was also shown in Darklight, Dragon Fighter and Phantom Force.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Boa vs. Python (2004) (V)

Manages to be even worse than the original

I do like low-budget movies when they're entertaining and have a story and characters to care about. I greatly disliked the original Python, and when I read that there was a sequel I decided to see it just to see how it compared. I'd go as far to say after watching it that it's even worse. It makes all the mistakes of the original film, and in most cases it does those mistakes worse. Like the original, Python 2 looks cheap, the settings are nothing new and look bland and the photography and editing are choppy, but they are at least a little better than the special effects(which the close-ups are not kind to), to say that they are cartoonish is an insult to the word cartoonish. The antagonistic snake is not menacing in the slightest, we learn nothing about it and it is utilised poorly. The script is contrived often and sometimes feel like padding, and the story(you decide whether the fact that it has no connection in this regard to the original Python is a good thing or not) is so predictable and lacking in suspense you'll know how it'll end even at the halfway mark. There are so many laugh-out-loud ridiculous moments that you can write a book about them as well. The characters are every stereotype you can think of, and to make it worse they are both obnoxious and poorly developed. The acting, like the original, is dire though at least the original Python had Robert Englund trying hard with the material working against him. Here everybody is either over-compensating or going through the motions. In conclusion, a terrible sequel that manages to be even worse than the original. 1/10 Bethany Cox