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I saw this cos my nephew wanted to watch something with a big snake.

Big mistake. Revisiting Anaconda or any 50s creature films wud have been a better option.

Generous with a 2 cos of Eric Roberts. Just for old times' sake.

When I stumbled upon the 2021 movie "Megaboa" here in 2022, of course I had to sit down and watch it. I do find these gargantuan creature features to be fun to watch. Sure, most of them are really, really bad, but still, every now and again there is one that proves enjoyable.

And when I saw The Asylum's name on the screen, I have to admit that I went from having zero expectations to the movie to thinking 'oh no'. But still, I carried on and opted to watch "Megaboa".

Luckily then "Megaboa" is not the archetypical mockbuster that The Asylum is mostly known for, so on that account then it was a step in the right direction. But "Megaboa" wasn't exactly a top notch creature feature.

The storyline told in "Megaboa", as written by Alex Heerman, was pretty generic and typical for a creature feature. So you are not in for anything grand here.

Then there was the matter of the cast ensemble and the acting performances. Well, it is no secret that with a movie such as "Megaboa" then there is a snowball's chance in Hell of you being in for Shakespearian performances or anything even overly great. And on that note, then "Megaboa" delivered what was expected. It should be said that the movie has Eric Roberts listed as the main attraction, and boy is he cringeworthy to watch as he stumbles through what can only be guessed is supposed to be acting and delivering dialogue.

Visually then "Megaboa" was actually adequate. I mean, the CGI animated snake looked fair enough. It wasn't spectacular CGI, but it worked out well enough for a movie such as this.

If you enjoy monstrous creature movies, then "Megaboa" is not the best of options.

My rating of "Megaboa" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

Strictly for those die-hards of a disposition to enjoy snake thrills (also some spider thrills). Bigger than Titanoboa, that's a Megaboa! Don't look for subtlety or nuance, just lots of schlock snake fun.

Script: appalling. Plot: unbelievable. Acting: worse than amateurish. 'special' effects: laughable. Suspense and horror: non-existent. Characters: hysterical women trying to be in charge, men clueless as usual in this type of throw-away movie.

An insult to the intelligence. How much longer must we put up with tripe like this?

Megaboa" is a pretty by-the-numbers creature feature, you know the usual drill. Cardboard characters walk through the woods because you can film without permits there, get eaten, people mourn for about ten seconds and on to the next one. This movie doesn't stray much from that formula, and would be unremarkable if it wasn't for the Eric Roberts material.

Roberts is in this movie a lot more than I expected, actually. Usually B-movies like this just get him for a day and keep him in one location to get their name actor footage as quickly and cheaply as possible. There's a lot of talk about famous people phoning in performances, but Roberts often does that literally. His 'characters' in creature features are actually authority figures (generals, federal agents, things like that) that spend all their screen time speaking on the phone or through a headset. Just to see him in the same shot as the other characters was pretty shocking to me.

The best part of this movie is how laid-back his character is while there's a megaboa devouring everyone. I don't know if he had weed on him but geez, he doesn't care at all! He looks at drone footage of a gigantic, agressive snake like he's watching "Blue's Clues". My students are about to die? Ah, they've probably had a good life. His Southern drawl and big white smile just add to the fun. Did I mention he's in a lawn chair for much of the movie? And hell, a snake eating people will never not be entertaining, even with dollar store CGI and a truly anti-climactic ending. I guess I... recommend it?

I was able to watch until the Boa showed up for the first time and then I realized how bad it´s gonna be. Fastforwarded the rest of the movie to see if it got any better but it did not. The only scary part about this movie is the question how there is money/financing to make this kind of productions??

No beating around the bush on this flick. It is as bad every negative reviewer has already stated but it's not as bad other movies released in 2021. Bad acting, bad dialogue, stupid decisions and plot holes big enough to drop an entire galaxy into. Knowing that this was a cheesy sci-fi made by Asylum I figured it might be a coin toss if I'd even be able to bear watching it to the end. Surprisingly I did manage to stomach the stupidity to the end and found myself rooting for the snake.

An example of the bad acting and dialogue was when the bimbos are arguing with the poacher asking why he didn't mention the snake, duh, he did when you first met at the campfire dummy. And the biggest let down was that not all of the more annoying younger characters were killed off by the snake.

Terrible acting, casting, directing and script but the worst was the 1970"s cartoon quality special affects of a 200+ foot snake with all the actors claiming it was "50 to 60 feet". You could make a better jungle thriller with actual college students in a park with a rubber snake and filmed on iphones. Probably the only redeeming quality of this film is the great drone shots of bare wilderness but you can easily skip through this one in under 10 minutes without missing any plot or thrills.

This is going to be difficult without using a few choice four letter words, so instead... Do Not Bother. If you decide to venture on in, prepare yourself for a crap ride of bad acting and life choices.

The snakes name is wrong for a start. The biggest snake that actually existed was Titanoboa, I'm not going to even start on the effects or acting. Can't get my head around why they make trash like this, avoid. Trust me, look up the snake on YouTube, you'll enjoy the videos much more than watching this kackka.

"Megaboa" only eats males?

Is that the influence of left wing culture, or the producers weren't able to hire a female performer willing to get eaten by the CGI ?

And if your reading reviews on this, yeah, standard Asylum quality, but hey, the dialog is clean, no Nolan Mumblecore here, just screams and squeals between the exposition.

Yes I know all of these types of films have terrible cgi and acting. This time around the boa wasn't great but atleast it moved well. Eric roberts wasn't to bad and was enjoyable enough. Overal a decent monster movie if you like this kind of film.

How are you even going to look at this cover or watch the trailer and think "I'll bet this is one of the greatest movies I'll ever watch!"? No, you should know what you're getting yourself into from the get go so to give it a 1-3 means you really shouldn't have watched it in the first place. It's an Asylum film. It's only going to have one actor you know, if you're lucky, and the graphics will be passable. And what's with the Eric Roberts hate? He's a fantastic actor. This isn't his best work, granted but if you don't like him why would you watch this? Anyway, decent enough if you're honest with yourself.

This is the worst movie I have set my eyes on in 2021! Not the worst 2021 production I must add as I'm always careful with the stuff I feed my head when it comes to rating but a friend left this and I perused though it for like 5 minutes... Worst 5 minutes of my life!!! I am still in shock that someone spent any dime to make this piece of garbage! If you decide to see this, be prepared for the worst moments of your life!!! Damn now I gotta watch all 3 parts of the Lord of the Rings to get myself back to normal!!!

Boa constrictors have killed less humans throughout history than most pets, agricultural livestock and even horses. Most Sub species of boa couldn't even wrap around a human and most are not poisonous. I'd go on but this movie isn't worth the full review.

Do yourself a favor and waste your time with something else even useless stuff is much better than this useless content , stupid and childish joke , Skip this movie also skip all future movies by Director Mario N. Bonassin and Writer Alex Heerman.

I haven't even finished watching the movie, and this "megaboa" is completely unrealistic. I'm not even referring to the animation. They got many things wrong when creating this snake. First off, Boa Constrictors bite their prey to hold it still while constricting it, and at one point ate a character without even bothering to constrict him. Boas don't eat live prey. Secondly, they stated that "megaboa" is "bigger than Titanoboa," but the fact that Titanoboa was so big is the reason that it mostly stayed in the water. Titanoboa would've been completely weighed down on land, so "megaboa" being that fast on land, and seemingly never going in the water is insane. And lastly, why does "megaboa" have fangs? I'd overlook this if it at least bit its prey when it was constricting it, but it doesn't. So what is the use of the fangs?