Fire Serpent (2007) (TV)

Director:

John Terlesky

Writers:

Garfield Reeves-Stevens (writer)
Judith Reeves-Stevens (writer)

Release Date:

24 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Inferno is Upon us.

Plot:

Alien creatures emerge from the sun and attack Earth. |

Plot Keywords:

Sun | Alien Creature | Cover Up | Sliced In Two | Reporter

Cast

Nicholas Brendon	...	Jake Relm
Sandrine Holt	...	Christina Andrews
Randolph Mantooth	...	Dutch Fallon
Robert Beltran	...	Cooke
Lisa Langlois	...	Heather Allman
Patrice Goodman	...	Billie
Richard Clarkin	...	Kohler
Steve Boyle	...	Dave Massaro
Diego Klattenhoff	...	Young Dutch
Michelle Morgan	...	Donna Marks
Vito Rezza	...	Bartender
Joseph Motiki	...	Lieutenant
Marco Bianco	...	State Trooper

Also Known As:

Alien Fire (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent content.

Runtime:

Canada:89 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Kandu Entertainment

Trivia:

During one of his lines Dutch (Randolph Mantooth) mentions he previously worked as a firefighter in Los Angeles County - in the 1970's TV series "Emergency," Randolph Mantooth played firefighter Johnny Gage, which took place in Los Angeles County, Station 51.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end when Sandrine Holt was shooting at the fuel tanks she was using a Glock pistol, they show where she was shooting at and as they return to her she is now shooting a Berreta 92F.

Solar invader plots a hot time for Earth

A couple of campers, remembering Smokey the Bear's admonition that "only you can prevent forest fires" dutifully attempt to put out their campfire with water, only to be possessed/roasted by some angry fire entity (which occasionally growls or roars) that doesn't like water much. From there it torches or possesses anybody it can find, but it's out in the wilderness, so there aren't too many victims available. It's a smart fire creature, though, so it plots and executes a plan to...uhh, do something nasty, apparently.

Guess what? A government conspiracy, led by a lunatic who spouts off out-of-context biblical scriptures about fires, is trying to use the thing to wipe out people he doesn't like. Can you say "two-cliches-for-the-price-of-one?" Can you further believe this nut job with his "burning desire" is named (ready?) Cooke? Egad. His able assistant, unaware of his intentions, helps a firefighter find a way to extinguish the menace, with the predictable results as to who's going to end up french-fried and who survives. Theories about the invader abound: not only is it accused of apocalyptic tendencies, but apparently it came from solar flares. Because of these disjointed and impossible to reconcile backgrounds, plot holes proliferate faster than the charred bodies of victims. For example, why didn't these pyrotechnic wraiths sizzle the whole planet long ago?

The acting actually rises above the script and breathes some life into the characters' back stories and motivations. Special effects get a split-decision: some are impressive and interesting, others are just fake looking and cheap. Overall: watchable. However, nobody involved need write an Oscar acceptance speech.