Vipers (2008) Reviews

• And in the End, Everybody that Has not Died Is Happy

  claudio_carvalho2014-02-15

  There is a break in the Universal BioTech laboratory and vipers escape. The CEO Burton (Corbin Bernsen) seeks out Dr. Vera Collins (Jessica Steen), who is researching the healing of breast cancer using the vipers' venom, and tells that the secret facility was researching enhanced vipers to produce more venom. Meanwhile in the peaceful island Eden Cove, in the Pacific Northwest, the vipers attack the residents. The newcomer doctor Cal Taylor (Jonathan Scarfe), who has come from the army, leads a small group of survivors to attract the vipers and save the locals from complete destruction and they discover an evil plan of Burton and his chief of security John Staffen (Michael Kopsa). "Vipers" is a silly B-movie with a terrible conclusion. After the death of most of the residents, Nicky is happy in love with Cal and the annoying Maggie, who has just lost her parents, is smiling with Dr. Silverton. This is enough to qualify this movie as stupid and ridiculous. My vote is three. Title (Brazil): "O Ataque das Víboras" ("The Vipers Attack")

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• Great B-Movie

  Oddark1232009-03-15

  This was my sixth title I have viewed from the Maneater series. I wasn't expecting much at all except a way to waste a Sunday morning. However I was shocked. I was expecting them to use National Geographic footage of vipers lunging at people, but instead found a cool movie that I really enjoyed. Now some people just can't appreciate b-movies simply because they seem to actually care for the mainstream stuff and don't even want to give such stuff as Vipers a chance. If you want something award worthy your in the wrong place. However this is a fun little movie, I was into the characters and I'll say it's the best title I've seen from the Maneater series overall.

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• Awful ...wow ...terrible

  efman12008-07-10

  Where does one start? Crappy effects...brutal acting.... plot obvious from the 5th minute. Stereotype characters. Tara Reid. How low will you go? She wore a heavy vest through most of the movie which, I'm sure, was to hide her awful boob job. Poor Don S. Davis. One of his last films. Maybe the shame of the release was too much for him. Was there a script? A director? It looked like everyone was given an outline and told to improvise. OK. I take it back. This is so bad , it's funny. Go snakes GO!!!!

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• More Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' crap.

  poolandrews2009-01-09

  Vipers starts at a remote secret Universl Bio Tech research laboratory where they have genetically altered a bunch of Horned Vipers to make them produce they're venom quicker since it's a vital component in the companies newly developed miracle cure for breast cancer. Unfortunately as a side-effect the Vipers have become more aggressive & vicious, during a failed attempt to steal the Vipers the tank housing them is broken & they escape. Cut to the small coastal island community of Eden Cove where Kal Taylor (Jonathan Scarfe) is considering whether to take over the current but about to retire doctor's practice when a sudden spate of snake bites occur. Kal & a nice looking blonde bird named Nicky Swift (Tara Reid) soon discover that the escaped Vipers are responsible & no-one in Eden Cove is safe... This American Canadian co-production was directed by Bill Corcoran & is yet another awful Sci-Fi Channel made-for-telly 'Creature Feature' that is probably even worse than this sub-genre usually offers up. The script reads like a list of 'Creature Feature' clichés & is strictly by the number, there's the evil company or scientist or whatever, there's the genetic experiments on some sort of animal that mutates it to either a huge size or makes it more dangerous in some way than normal, there's the good looking teen cast, there's the has-been actor for 'name' value, there's the isolated community cut-off from the rest of the world, there's the impending threat they find themselves under, there's the typical 'lets barricade ourselves in here' sequences & of course there has to be some sort of military or private security force intervention. It's all here in Vipers but it's much, much worse than usual. I recently saw Ice Spiders (2007) & that's ten times better than Vipers, this has no pace, no excitement, rubbishy character's who have boring clichéd sub-plots (rebellious teenage daughter who doesn't like her parents, good looking new doc & good looking bird annoy each other at first but eventually fall in love in a seen it all before romantic sub-plot, the local Sheriff is a hero, etc.) & scenes which make very little sense. Where do the seemingly infinite number of Vipers come from in such a short space of time? Only four or five originally escaped the laboratory. How does a snake slither up a vertical windscreen? How is a bridge seemingly clear at first but then two seconds later there's a Viper there? Where was it hiding exactly? Where did that Viper in that guy's office at the end come from? Why are all the character's so stupid & make idiotic decisions? Total crap from start to finish & one of the very worst 'Creature Features' out there which is saying something. While watching Vipers I just couldn't get excited or motivated, I mean once the survivors have barricaded themselves in that house they should have been safe. What is a snake going to do? It has no arms or legs, it's not big or heavy & surely all they needed to do was find a car, get in, lock the doors & drive to the boat? It's not exactly difficult, is it? Like a lot of these Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Features' the makers have gone for CGI computer effects rather than on-set puppet work & the CGI is uniformly terrible. The Vipers all move in 's' shapes & it's so basic & poor looking it's hard to take them seriously. They also make some very funny noises like screams, growls & roars! Note to filmmakers, snakes hiss not roar! The version I saw was on telly (I'd have been even more annoyed if I had spent money on this rubbish) & I think it might have been an edited version since there's no gore whatsoever & some of the attack scenes are very badly edited seemingly with huge chunks missing. I believe the DVD version is longer & contains the missing blood & gore. The IMDb says Vipers had a $9,000,000 which sounds ridiculous to me, there's no way this rubbish cost nine big ones, no way. Surely if Vipers had cost that much the CGI effects wouldn't be so awful? Shot in Vancouver in Canada. Tara Reid looks nice enough I suppose but isn't the best actress ever & it comes to something when I have to say she puts in the best performance of the entire cast. The only other notable actor in this is Corben Bernsen as the money hungry bad guy. Vipers is a terrible film from start to finish, the CGI effects are awful, the story is predictable & clichéd & it feels like any other low budget Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' only worse. Not recommended.

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• I Want Those Two Hours Of My Life Back!

  kiawa772008-09-21

  I was utterly shocked about how bad this movie was. The all-around stupidity of it is just flooring. The first hour is basically a soap opera with some absolutely unrealistic death-by-snake scenes injected into the various subplots of who is sleeping with whom and who is mourning whom, blah blah blah. The deaths are totally unbelievable because the snakes jump, fly, scream, and devour human bodies in mere minutes. Granted, they are genetically engineered, but COME ON! Combine that with a mindless script, terrible acting, and bloopers such as no snakes on a bridge followed by dozens of snakes on the bridge a few seconds later... and you've got yourself one heck of a loser flick. Another shining example of the human ingenuity here is when the survivors are all holed up in the "hotel" (which looks more like a restaurant), and they've had quite a bit of time to fortify their location. However, everyone overlooked the gap between the floor and the bottom of the door, through which several bad CGI snakes strike before someone gets the bright idea of plugging it up. Brilliant. I must admit to chuckling at the howling death screams of the snakes. That fact, however, does not in any way restore this film to a rating higher than 1. And poor Don S. Davis... why? Why? Why would you be part of this rubbish??? I guess I'm just tired of these motherf------ snakes in this motherf------ film! ;)

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