Just perfect...

Beautiful, moving film.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Arriving to be the town's new doctor in the Pacific Northwest, a local finds the townspeople suddenly bombarded by a series of attacks by a special breed of genetically-engineered vipers that are used in the making of a miracle cancer drug, and soon helps them get away from the deadly creatures.This one wasn't bad at all, and actually had some good parts to it. One of the best parts is that the film really gets a lot of good stuff from the snakes in here, starting with the fact that real snakes are used for the majority of the scenes here, as this a big step up from the usual Sci-Fi Channel scenes where the obviously fake creatures are shown, and showing the real snakes being in the action makes them work nicely. The fact the snakes are shown with a love to swarm victims and attack in high numbers is another big positive, which makes them really dangerous and allows for some pretty good scenes. There's a lot of fun to get from that behavior with plenty of biting all over the body, a savage-looking feasting sequence and rather good stalking scenes in here making for a series of pretty tense showings. The last plus is that there's a lot of action present in the film, as the snakes here are loose really early, tending to a lot of big scenes here. The initial attack on the town is pretty well-done including where they're forced to take cover despite not knowing what's going on that includes several really good sequences, from the attack at the police station to the cover in the van and finally the big part, where they find themselves forced out of the van and across the ground to shelter nearby with the snakes nipping and leading at everything that moves. There's also plenty of fun to be had from the opening in the lab when they get loose and the big attack at the bridge, while the ending attacks are the most fun. There's several fun swarming scenes on the escaping townspeople, a couple of inventive scenes that show them all battling back at the snakes, and all of the fun of the confrontation in the greenhouse is superb. From the stalking of the victims through the walkways through to the way the snakes are always present and manage to present great obstacles for them, and along with the fun kills present in the scene, and film overall, make for some fun times. While these are what make it really fun and enjoyable, there wasn't much else wrong with this one. The biggest issue here is the usual flaw regarding Sci-Fi Channel films about the utterly atrocious special effects for the snakes is still in effect for this one. The snakes in here, despite looking much better than usual, is still plagued by the fact that most of the time they still look patently fake when the snakes are active and moving about, which is where the fake-ness of them comes about most clearly. They don't look too bad when they're merely staying still, but moving around is not when they look good at all. The other flaw to this one is the fact that there's way too much family drama going on at the beginning of the film. These are in no way interesting or exciting, and all they do is make the film a pain at the beginning, not something that starts off the film on a good note. These here are the film's problems.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity.

A set of vipers has been taken by the scientists, and they have mutated them to make a cure for cancer... then their experiment goes awry, and all these vipers escape into the woods, and they are not only biting people, they are actually killing people, in a little town.I had low expectations because of Tara Reid, but frankly she was no worse than anyone else in the movie and may actually have even been good by comparison. I hate to almost say a good word about Reid, but there it is, the closest I may ever come.The problem with this film is easy to point out: the special effects. Snakes that take over an island and eat people (apparently including their clothes, bones and tents)? Sounds pretty good, like a classic 1950s sci-fi movie. Well, not this time. The snakes look so poor, they just ruin every scene they are in (which is most of the movie). SyFy has made a lot of poor special effects decisions, but this may be their worst.

"Vipers" qualifies as a genuinely exciting horror chiller that will make your skill crawl about genetically enhanced snakes that invade an isolated vacation resort island in the Pacific Northwest and turn half of the residents into luncheon meat. Tara Reid of "American Pie" stars as a savvy blond horticulturist who grows pot when she is not selling bonsai trees to tourists and Jonathan Scarfe plays the new guy on the island who has come to take over for the old doctor who plans to retire. Happily, this Sci-Fi Channel creature feature from producers Robert Halmi Jr., and Robert Halmi Sr., surpasses their other schlocky made-for-cable outings like "Grizzly Rage." Although the computer-generated-imagery of hundreds of snakes run amok has elicited jeers galore, the serpents do not look that cheesy. Of course, you can tell from the start that the snakes are fake, but you have to approach this epic some suspension of disbelief if you want to enjoy it, and "Vipers" is entertaining.Director Bill Corcoran, who has done a little bit of everything in terms of television shows, knows enough to never let the momentum flag in the preposterous Brian Katkin plot. Elements of Katkin's screenplay movie recall "Deep Blue Sea," where experiments were conducted on genetically enhanced sharks to yield a cure Alzheimer's disease and "Jurassic Park" where replicated dinosaurs broke out of an island research facility and swarmed into California to raise havoc. Corbin Bernsen has a minor but important role as a villain bereft of a conscience who is prepared to sacrifice lives so that his company can reap millions for their stockholders.Universal Bio Tech Industries has achieved astonishing results in the containment of breast cancer by using the venom from horned vipers. Indeed, idealistic Dr. Collins (Jessica Steen of "Armageddon") is gratified that she helped save one 28-year old woman from the ravages of the disease. Her celebratory attitude dries up when she learns from amoral company CEO, Burton (Corbin Bernsen of "Major League"), that a disaster has occurred at a remote island research laboratory that may endanger their successes. It seems that the horned vipers, which were supposed to be destroyed, have gotten off the island. These genetically enhanced reptiles are stealthy, extremely lethal, and agile. In the opening scene, a crook security chief tries to steal the snakes but he is thwarted. A shoot-out ensues and the glass container that houses these evil snakes shatters when bullets strike it. The nasty snakes slither out and start biting scientists. Immediately, we know that these hideous snakes represent a terrific challenge that our heroes are going to have to use their "MacGyver" like ingenuity to overcome. These evil things not only bite but they also dine on the flesh of their victims. Somehow, these snakes escape to Eden Cove and all Hell and hysteria breaks loose. Burton dispatches Dr. Collins to Eden Cover to assess the situation. Little does she know that Burton only wants his men to retrieve a snake and then have the island destroyed using Homeland Security to eradicate a possible plague.The cast is first-rate and you feel sympathetic toward them. For a change these victims show some sense. They figure out a way to distract the scores of snakes surrounding them to go elsewhere while one group rushes to a boat and flees the island to stop Homeland Security from obliterating Eden Cover at sunrise on the following day. The camaraderie that develops between the contentious factions in this group so that they band together to help each other makes this an above-average horror movie. Romance blossoms between the new guy doctor and Tara Reid because he was with her boyfriend in the Gulf War when the unfortunate fellow died. He tells her at one point that her boyfriend and he used to quote Pink Floyd lyrics to keep from going insane and the night that he died they were doing this when their Humvee struck an improvised explosive device. When the group that plans to distract the snakes so the other group can make it to the boat sets off on their mission, the two shared Pink Floyd lyrics. You can see that "Vipers" amounts to more than a schlocky science fiction saga. People who abhor snakes should avoid this shiver-inducing saga.

Genetically altered CGI vipers go on the rampage on a small island in this SCIFI original film. The plot has something to do with a cure for cancer in the venom of the snakes and the evil company that tinkered with them to get better results.Scifi has been churning out made for TV horror and scifi flicks for years now and they've become so generic that at least among my friends we describe films as the sort of thing they might run. Vipers is that sort of thing. Its a low brow horror film that gives you exactly what you expect from a film that premiered on SCIFI-and viewed in that vein worth a box of popcorn and a soda.