Snakeman (2005)
"The Snake King" (original title)

An object is found that points to the secret of eternal youth so a research team is sent to find the fountain only to find it is protected by a giant snake

Director:

Allan A. Goldstein

Writers:

Declan O'Brien, Kenneth M. Badish (story),

Stars:

Stephen Baldwin, Jayne Heitmeyer, Larry Day

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Baldwin	...	Matt Ford
Jayne Heitmeyer	...	Dr. Susan Elters
Larry Day	...	Dr. Rick Gordon
Gary Hudson	...	Dr. John Simon
Ross McCall	...	Timothy
Phil Miler	...	Dr. Richman (as Phil)
Gideon Rosa	...	Dahar
Jorge Tarquini	...	Jonathan Rodgers
Caco Monteiro	...	Will Bahia (as Caludio de Carvalho Monteiro)
Shelly Varod	...	Sid
Mike Zafra	...	Rush Fernandez
Narcival Rubens	...	Tika
Lucas Wilber Silva Laborda	...	Bada
Charles Paraventi	...	Ronald
Michael P. Flannigan	...	Jim (as Michael Flannigan)

Storyline

Anthropologists deep in the Amazon uncover the remains of a man they come to determine was approximately 300-years old when he died. This leads to a second expedition to discover the reason behind his longevity, but there's a major problem in the form of an Amazonian tribe that guards the proverbial fountain of youth and the giant, five-headed snake they worship.

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Plot Keywords:

snake | giant snake | longevity | amazon | amazon tribe | 

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Taglines:

Pure Venom.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence

Details

Official Sites:

SciFi Channel

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Snakeman

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, Active Entertainment, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 96 min (DVD) 120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Boring, pretentious rip-off of Anacondas.

Okay, I liked Anacondas. I thought it was a fun, old-fashioned jungle movie. But why on earth would you pick that movie to rip-off? It strikes me as a one-time deal, and it's really amazing it turned out as good as it did. Snake King is a pretty much carbon copy, with almost all the enjoyability taken out and a ton of pretentiousness put in. It starts out looking like an enjoyably predictable jungle adventure with giant snakes and human-sacrificing tribes. However, half-way through it takes a hard right and portrays the tribe as a peaceful, wise group who will all die if the snake is killed (because the script says so, okay!). The villain, heroine, and hero are all immediately identifiable as such (incidently, the hero never does anything heroic except for arguing with the villain. otherwise he's generally being saved all the time.) The snake in the movie makes no sense. It apparently has multiple heads, but why is never even touched on, nor is it touched on how the water gives you immortal life, or anything (the snake, like the tribe, is allowed a certain "heroic" stance, despite the fact that it was just scene killing many people in gruesome ways, like the tribe. But, you know, PC). Ultimately, not a movie to waste your time on, except perhaps from a bad DTV standpoint, but even then the lack of anything interesting for the monster to do (and the attempts to make it seem less of a monster for no reason) does take away considerably from the fun.