Claudio Carvalho In 1986, in Tennessee, the father of the boys Lester and Duff Daniels is murdered by a snake in a weird ceremony. Twenty years later, Duff (John T. Woods) collects snakes while Les (Michael Shanks) fears them.One day, Duff visits the Kitawa Indian Screaming Hawk (Ben Cardinal) to buy snakes and sees a small snake in a jar. He decides to buy the snake, but Screaming Hawk tells that the species is not for sale. He explains that it is the dangerous Unteka that has three rules to raise it: (1) never let the snake out of the jar; (2) never let it eat living animals; and (3) never fear the heart of the snake. Duff steals the Unteka and brings the snake home. However, he accidentally drops the jar and the snake eats his cat. The snake gets bigger and bigger eating animals and the locals. Now Les, his former girlfriend Erin (Siri Baruc) and Screaming Hawk have to stop the Unteka to save the local population."Mega Snake" is a funny and entertaining Sy Fy production absolutely underrated in IMDb. The story uses elements of "Gremlins", "Anaconda" and "Jaws" and the director Tibor Takács makes a good B-movie with his limited budget combined with humor and funny characters. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Megasnake"

Paul Andrews Mega Snake? More like Mega Turkey... Rating 3 *** This comment may contain spoilers *** Mega Snake is set in a small town in East Tennessee where Les Daniels (Michael Shanks) works as a paramedic & lives on a chicken farm with his old mum & his brother Duff (John T. Woods) who happens to be a snake wrangling Christian preacher. Don't ask. While searching for some snakes to wrangle Duff visits some native Indian dude who has this really evil snake in a jar, according to the native Indian dude this snake is the last of it's kind & is evil. Duff steals it. Later that night Duff knocks the jar it's trapped in off a table & it breaks on the floor releasing the evil snake which then eats all the family pets & chickens & starts growing at an incredible rate. Before long this once small harmless looking snake has turned into a Mega Snake! Scary eh? It's up to Les & local female Sheriff Erin (Siri Baruc) to save the town from the Mega Snake that seems to have an insatiable appetite for human beings...Directed by Tibor Takács this awful 'Creature Feature' is yet again another monstrosity from the Nu Image & Sci-Fi Channel stable that brought us such 'classics' like Shark Attack (1999), Crocodile (2000), Octopus (2002), Rats (2003), The Snake King (2005) & their recent masterpiece Shark in Venice (2008) amongst countless sequels & other terrible films. I won't beat about the bush here & I will be blunt & simply say that Mega Snake is another awful by-the-numbers generic 'Creature Feature' of the most moronic & stupid kind that defies any real logical or analytical attempts to understand it. The plot doesn't make any sense, I mean this last living snake in a jar that can grow to an enormous length for no apparent reason is as deep & meaningful as it gets. The character's are the usual clichéd cardboard cutouts like the local Sheriff, a couple of farmers, a bit of comedy relief & a typical bad guy who refuses to believe in the existence of the giant snake. The start of this is a Gremlins (1984) rip-off as a mysterious shopkeeper with an unusual animal discusses three golden rules you must not break which invariably Duff does & which even more invariably lead to death & destruction. He deserved to get eaten. In fact everyone in Mega Snake deserves to get eaten. While I'm at it I also think everyone involved with the making of Mega Snake deserve to get eaten too. The plot is very predictable & you can guess who will live, who will die & who the heroes are.The CGI computer effects in these cheap made-for-telly 'Creature Features' are usually terrible & while Mega Snake doesn't have the worst effects ever they aren't exactly impressive. If I was being generous I would the CGI effects on the Mega Snake are better than one might expect but that's not any sort of praise in it's own right. There's a bit of gore including some guts, some blood splatter, a crushed head & a skinned goat. If you like these sorts of 'Creature Features' then Mega Snake might appeal to you although I thought it was terrible & to add to my misery Mega Snake was the second awful 'Creature Feature' I have endured in the space of two days after I watched the even worse Sabretooth (2002) a couple of nights ago.Although set in the US in Tenessee this was actually filmed in Sofia in Bulgaria in Eastern Europe. At least the American cast got a free holiday. The cast sucks but does include Michael Shanks who appeared in nearly 200 episodes of Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007) although I personally have never even seen one episode of it.Mega Snake is yet another terrible Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' with awful CGI effects, a plot that makes no sense & all the clichés & problems of the genre in abundance mean Mega Snake is a Mega Turkey.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) SciFi Channel makes a movie featuring the "Who Wants To Be a Superhero?" series winner "Feedback". But the movie wasn't about him, it's about a snake that grows many feet and kills it prey unlike any other reptile ever could. You got two brothers, one does the handling of very dangerous snakes. He gets fascinated with one that's so dangerous, he's got to have it. But, he ignores the warning of the seller. It was not for sale, and do not let it feed on anything living. It kills the cat, the brothers' widowed mother, the dog, and so forth. It was venomous, and other kill techniques are in it as also. The two drunk snake killers seem to have a better head on their shoulders than the local sheriff. The paramedic brother, the brainy ranger, and the snake wrangler were pretty much the heroes of this movie. As for the hero Feedback, he held his part on keeping the public safe from evil. The movie could have gotten more watchable when they show more "Feedback" and less of the monster snake. It could have been a better movie. It was too much of "SSSSS" reject. Other giant snake movies were a lot more fun than that! 2 out of 5 stars!

slayrrr666 "Megasnake" is one of the more impressive Sci-Fi Channel creature features.**SPOILERS**Fearful of snakes from a young age, Les Daniels, (Michael Shanks) carries the phobia into adulthood, which is starting to affect his relationship with Erin, (Siri Baruc) his girlfriend. His brother Duff, (John T. Woods) brings home an incredibly poisonous snake kept inside a small jar that soon gets loose and begins growing bigger. Taking out the members of the town one-by-one, while no one notices the disappearances, he deices to try to get his relationship back together. Finally noticing the disappearances around his house, he starts to suspect that a snake could be behind it when animals start turning up dead or missing. Finally convinced that a giant, supernatural snake is behind the attacks, the remaining townspeople band together to fight off the snake before it kills the entire town.The Good News: This one here wasn't all that terrible. One of the better aspects of this one is it's titular snake itself. This is a pretty original snake conception, and that puts the creativity of the film nicely into question. That also accounts for the rarity of the snake itself, as it's mentioned that it's not a normal species and the actions prove it. Doubling in size, toying with prey, and using various methods to kill are just perfect examples. The fact that the traditional method of the lower jaw expanding here looks twice as impressive here as the jaws unhinge to a huge level at times, and with the row of teeth, it gives it a far more impressive look. The blood-stained head, horns atop the nose and gigantic size also help give it a better impression. The fact that this one builds up to the giant monster by going after smaller prey before going after humans is a great move, suggesting it's terror before just throwing it out there because of the creature type itself. That also gives it some more fuel to keep going as the mystery throughout of what's killing the animals and the occasional human disappearance is a little mysterious and gives it a little suspense. Even the human confrontations are pretty good, and are actually staged attacks rather than just appearing out of nowhere and taking a bite out of someone unsuspecting it. The family attack on the lake is one shining example of this, and the forest chase is really great for this kind of film. The film's at its best, though, with it's utterly spectacular assault on the carnival at the end. This is pure action-packed mayhem, as the snake carves out a path of destruction that is just fun to watch, and it manages to take out a larger number than expected for this type of scene. From the jaw-dropping attack on the Tilt-a-Whirl, which by itself is the creepiest one in the film, to the chilling encounter in the haunted house and the general mayhem caused with the bumper cars and Ferris Wheel attacks, this one is simply non-stop and contains the best scenes in the film. That also puts out a large number of deaths as well, which this one does. Many are repeated several times, but there's some rather nasty bites, a multiple decapitation, several are swallowed whole from both ends of the body and it's centerpiece kill, where it constricts a victim against a tree branch that yields a rather gruesome surprise at the end. Nothing too major, but its satisfying in this area, and that's what matters. Overall, this was a really pleasant surprise.The Bad News: This one here really only has minor flaws. The never-ending concept of using horrendous CGI for the snake is still a weakness, as here it doesn't mesh at all with the surroundings. Several times it's apparent that the creature isn't even touching the surface its actions indicate it's doing, and the effect is cheesy. This is at the worst during its big carnival assault, as the snake is on-screen for several seconds before anyone reacts, yet the thing's in plain view of everyone. Little touches like that still pop up and ruin the effectiveness of the creature. The trotting out of several timeless clichés, namely the canceling of the big town event, the disinterested official and the unbelieving co-workers here just come off simply as clichés and nothing more, even if mildly connected to the events at hand. The last problem is the fact that there's way too much family drama going on at the beginning of the film. It takes up way too much time and is then promptly dropped after the snake attacks. These flaws notwithstanding, this is a really nice creature feature.The Final Verdict: With only minor, hardly damaging flaws, this one is one of the better creature features from the Sci-Fi Channel. Recommended highly to those who love they're films, cheesy creature features or killer snake films, while those that aren't that high up on cheesy creature features might look else.Rated R: Graphic Violence, some Language and aftermath animal violence