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When an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyon... Read allWhen an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyone in their path.When an American oil company sets up an experimental drilling plant out in the vast deserts of Mongolia, they awaken a nest. The deadly creatures begin to breed and spread, devouring everyone in their path.
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George Cheung
- Timur
- (as George Kee Cheung)
Matthew Tompkins
- Mr. Bixler
- (as Matthew Stephen Tompkins)
Grayson Griffith
- Boy #1
- (uncredited)
Tom Lopez
- Power Plant Worker
- (uncredited)
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Was I imagining it or was this movie somewhat devoid of the usual pacing?
Okay, there's a guy searching for treasure while two doctors are trying to reach civilisation and these people are kidnapped by the local crime lord and meanwhile some manner of drill-using company is having difficulty because all their workers keep slacking or getting eaten.
I'm confused. Very confused. I just wanted a monster movie. Was I that exhausted it all seemed complicated or was it really moving at speed comparable to erosion?
Stephen Monroe, director of the best Syfy-commissioned movie, Wyvern, meanwhile provides a film with characters more charismatic than your average Syfy-commissioned movie. Unfortunately the monsters are lame. Their victims are usually distracted by something else and those aware can easily defeat them with firearms.
Okay, there's a guy searching for treasure while two doctors are trying to reach civilisation and these people are kidnapped by the local crime lord and meanwhile some manner of drill-using company is having difficulty because all their workers keep slacking or getting eaten.
I'm confused. Very confused. I just wanted a monster movie. Was I that exhausted it all seemed complicated or was it really moving at speed comparable to erosion?
Stephen Monroe, director of the best Syfy-commissioned movie, Wyvern, meanwhile provides a film with characters more charismatic than your average Syfy-commissioned movie. Unfortunately the monsters are lame. Their victims are usually distracted by something else and those aware can easily defeat them with firearms.
I, too, am a sucker for a wonderfully terrible Sci Fi movie. This movie has been somewhat entertaining. There are a bushel of bad actors,terrible special effects, and awful story line. But, my greatest disappointment has not been in the aforementioned attributes. But, in the fact that this movie was not filmed in Mongolia. More like Podunk,Montana or Lampshade, North Dakota. When first choosing to watch this movie, I thought of "Centipede," a wonderfully awful film actually filmed in India...which made it that much better (worse). I jest, but the landscape of the film is in contrast to it's title....a definite disappointment for me.
Really, really bad movies delight me. To be a really, really bad movie a film must reach new heights of absurdity and make one laugh out loud at the ridiculousness of the events unfolding. Such movies, you think, must be written by those clever fourth graders, Kyle, Kenny, Stan and Eric. They are full of action, admittedly, very predictable action, and must have poor acting (although, one wonders if Meryl Streep could do them with any realism). Mega Piranha was a really, really bad movie. Death Worm of Mongolia, wasn't. It was extremely ho-hum with worse than usual acting, a silly story line and immensely, immense worm critters that were predictable and fairly easy to kill and outrun. The only redeeming feature in the movie was the Mongolian "Sherriff", who spoke perfect cowboy type English and drove around in a truck marked Police, need I say, printed in English. It took forever for the storyline to unfold and was a disappointment when it finally made sense. Also questionable is the apparel of the doctor who is wandering around Mongolia with some medicines to help people stricken with a disease she knows nothing about. I question if a doctor visiting a foreign country would parade around wearing a tank top and pedal pushers. It just looked inappropriate and quite unrealistic. Perhaps she would don such an outfit inside the shack they were using as a hospital, but outside...in public...very poor taste. All in all, I am sorry to say that Mongolian Death Worm was not a really, really bad movie, it was just boring dreck!
I will not waste much of the time of the reader with explaining how bad the movie is - if ever one has seen a SyFy "original" movie, knows what I am talking about. The only reason I am bothering to comment at all is because all the bad acting, script etc. all that pale in comparison with the "Mongolian scenery and terrain" we are presented. For Christ Sake - someone from the crew could have at least google some photos from Mongolia to see what it looks and feels about. How the Mongolians look like (not like Chinese, or Japanese etc.) in what they live and a whole bunch of similar things. I have been in Mongolia and I did not expected to see any close resemblance but at least they could have avoided the trees and the thick grassy spaces... and all the time they talk about the "Mongolian desert".... In short - run the hell away from this crap.
Mongolian Death Worm, I believe was fair movie, however, there was several minor errors, in the movie itself. First of the minor errors ( i.e plot over-sites ) was that though-out the entire movie there was no actual Mongolian, of Mongolian Cyrillic script ( i.e. Cyrillic writing ). I also noticed, that there was some Chinese script, on the crates, which, somewhat made since. The police vehicle for example( literally had the word POLICE written on the vehicles doors ( in other words the word Police should have looked like this here: Цагдаагийн ( Mongolian ), or Полиция, or Mолиция ( Russian ) . The issue in regards to the 9mm, and the revolver, I also notices, in regards to replace, for which, I tend to agree with the main post review, at present.
There was not that many ger's ( i.e. yurt's, depending on which way one views the concept of the Mongolian portal homes ), mostly standard army tents. A major note, and that is in regards to the constable ( i.e. the police officer. His shoulder boards had the American army rank of captain instead of Mongolian, or Russian rank. That in my opinion, is a complete plot over-site, there. Other then that the movie was quite entertaining, however, it would have been a little bit more believable if some of the actual Mongolian character names ( i.e. actor names ), would have had some actual Mongolian names, too, as well, along with some actual Mongolian speech, with a translator for the principal cast. I believe the executive producers, directors, and the script writers, should have done more research, into the making of this film, personally. Other then those few minor over-sites, the movie is strictly speaking, good for entertainment only.
There was not that many ger's ( i.e. yurt's, depending on which way one views the concept of the Mongolian portal homes ), mostly standard army tents. A major note, and that is in regards to the constable ( i.e. the police officer. His shoulder boards had the American army rank of captain instead of Mongolian, or Russian rank. That in my opinion, is a complete plot over-site, there. Other then that the movie was quite entertaining, however, it would have been a little bit more believable if some of the actual Mongolian character names ( i.e. actor names ), would have had some actual Mongolian names, too, as well, along with some actual Mongolian speech, with a translator for the principal cast. I believe the executive producers, directors, and the script writers, should have done more research, into the making of this film, personally. Other then those few minor over-sites, the movie is strictly speaking, good for entertainment only.
Did you know
- GoofsIt's understandable that an American facility in Mongolia would have interior signage in English. It's far less understandable why the local Mongolian cop would be driving a car with "POLICE" on the door in English only but nothing in Mongolian. The health facility in the tiny village also has a sign "HOSPITAL" only in English. At 34:51 a local vehicle license plate has European numerals and letters, but nothing in Mongolian.
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Mr. Bixler: [regarding Patrick] That boy is so jumpy, we need to change his name to Trampoline.
- ConnectionsReferenced in DVD/Lazerdisc/VHS collection 2016 (2016)
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- Giun Khổng Lồ Mông Cổ
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- Texas, USA(Closing credits)
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- 1 hour, 30 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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