Basilisk: The Serpent King (TV 2006)

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and ... See full summary »

Director:

Stephen Furst

Writers:

Wil McCarthy, Chase Parker

Stars:

Jeremy London, Wendy Carter, Cleavant Derricks

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy London	...	Dr. Harrison 'Harry' McColl
Wendy Carter	...	Rachel Donegal
Cleavant Derricks	...	Col. Douglas
Griff Furst	...	Rudy Skeeters
Sarah Skeeters	...	Sierra
Stephen Furst	...	Carlton
Yancy Butler	...	Hannah
Doug Dearth	...	Brock
James Graves	...	Captain Hinkley
Atanas Srebrev	...	Simms
Bashar Rahal	...	Bedouin Leader
Djoko Rosic	...	Elder Berber (as Djoko Rosich)
Martin Gjaurov	...	Berber #1
Velislav Pavlov	...	Berber #2
Daniel Gibson	...	Chubby Guy

Storyline

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.

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Plot Keywords:

monster | colorado | university | torso bit in half | nuclear power plant | 

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Taglines:

An Eclipse Awakens An Acient Monster Whose Gaze Turns Flesh To Stone...No One Knows How To Stop It...But One Woman Knows How To Control It

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

SCI FI

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

A kígyókirály ébredése

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sci Fi Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The US flag patches worn on the soldiers' sleeves are the wrong way around - the stars should always face the front, as if the flag was flying from a staff carried by the soldier.

User Reviews

This is why giant serpents are not allowed in shopping malls

Opening scene mayhem introduces a formidable beast, a serpent with spiritual vengefulness. It can petrify victims to stone in Medusan fashion, and it can swat you like a fly too. Odd that it has Greek Mythological power, since it's lurking in the Mid-East desert. Treasure hunters and a full moon unleash the giant serpent to emerge and wreak more destruction.

Promising start, but after that initial scene, this film decides it's a junior high school production, and degenerates into unbridled silliness. When the creature is unleashed, does it utilize its horrifying powers for a grandiose or symbolic attack? Like other monsters would? No, it just tears up a museum and a shopping mall. It also wipes out a bunch of "soldiers" who look like they trained for combat by playing war games with GI Joe dolls.

The acting is painfully bad. Somebody recites a line loudly, and then pauses expectantly, as if waiting for a laugh track to be inserted. It reminded me of one of those tween sit-coms on Disney channel. The archaeologist guy (a Robert Downey look-like) wanders around with a pie-eyed gaping expression. He makes dumb quips, and he just looks weird. There's a stock nerdy geek, who has neon-yellow bleached hair and horn-rimmed glasses. The female love interest looks like she's going to laugh hysterically at any moment.

The red-dress greedy rich femme-fatale wannabe girl deserves special recognition. Her tough vamp routine looks more like a shampoo commercial. She runs around with a big heavy gold staff, looking like she's going to trip over her stiletto heels any moment. One guess on how shampoo vamp ends up. And it'll seem way over due.

About as scary as a Care Bears cartoon. For its unintentional humor, it's good for a couple of laughs.