Sand Serpents (TV 2009)

Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big ... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Renfroe

Writer:

Raul Inglis

Stars:

Jason Gedrick, Tamara Hope, Elias Toufexis

Cast

Cast overview:
Jason Gedrick	...	Richard Stanley
Tamara Hope	...	Jan Henle
Elias Toufexis	...	Private Andrews
Sebastian Knapp	...	Oscar Kaminsky
Michelle Asante	...	Susan Eno
Chris Jarman	...	Sgt. Wilson
Viscreanu Constantin	...	Morales (as Constantin Viscreanu)
Duma Iulian	...	Bates (as George Iulian Duma)
Jonas Khan	...	Amal Jazeer (as Imran Khan)
Andreea Coscai	...	Isla (as Patricia Lavinia Coscai)
Andreea Paduraru	...	Asala
Roman Florentin	...	Taliban Leader
Bryan Jardine	...	Colonel Jones (as Bryan Wilson Jardine)
Emil Hostina	...	Taliban Officer

Storyline

Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big worms prove to be an ally of sorts by doing better against the Taliban than themselves but battling these enemies is something not covered in their training.

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Plot Keywords:

taliban | child in peril | explosion | animal in title | abandoned mine | 

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Taglines:

Terror Lies Beneath

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Thriller | War

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arenas mortales

Filming Locations:

MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Media Pro Pictures, Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When they are going to the mine with the radio and battery one Private has his insignia correct then it is upside down. After he walks in (the one without the glasses) his insignia is right. Then when him and the other private went to go look out for the sand worms it is upside down.

User Reviews

97% bad, 3% fun = SAND SERPENTS

Contains some very general spoilers.

When watching news reports about todays combat troops on the front lines, two of the things that come to mind are how shockingly young all of the soldiers are, and how shockingly short all of their haircuts are. In SAND SERPENTS, the cast looks like it was plucked from a Green Day mosh pit. These actors are about as solder-like as my left foot, and my left foot is not all that military. The actors are too old and they don't look or act like elite special forces military.

Here is the 3% fun in SAND SERPENTS... it is kind of fun debating with fellow viewers whether the sand worms in SAND SERPENTS are copied from the sand worms in TREMORS or are instead copied from the sand worms in DUNE. The rest of the movie experience is bad in a dull sort of way.

SAND SERPENTS has pretty good pacing, but other than that it is difficult to find good things to say. There are better monster movies out there where the cast dies one person at a time. And there are much better sand worm movies out there, so please watch one of those.