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Release Date: 26 August, 2003 Retail Price: $19.95 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.96! Cast: Complete Cast (16 total) |
Q - The Winged Serpent Reviews
7 out of 100. Horrible.
Q, the Winged Serpent was one of the worst movies I have even seen. I went into the film knowing it was a "B movie", but still wanting to be entertained. I was not entertained.
For a 1982 film, the gore in Q, the Winged Serpent, probably shocked quite a few people. There is also a [...] scene that is quite enticing. But aside from these two points of note, the film offered little else, including entertainment.
The acting was passable, but of course with such a dull story and script to flesh out, the OK acting goes to waste.
Save your money. This is one of the worst movies ever made. There are far better B movies. It is the type of movie I would have liked in college in 1987, if I had been drunk and looking for laughs. But this is 2006, and there are better bad movies with better gore and nudity. You won't like Q, the Winged Serpent, at all. Even for the drunk college student, there are far better ways to spend 90 minutes. Stay away.
Total Score (out of 100) = 7
2 (out of 50). Enjoyment. A rating based on my overall enjoyment of the film.
4 (out of 10). Acting. How good was the acting?
1 (out of 10). Immersion. Did the movie suck me into the story?
0 (out of 10). Intangibles. Special effects. Movie pace. Is the movie forgettable, or something you will talk about and remember for weeks? Years?
0 (out of 10). Must see. Is this movie worth seeing/renting?
0 (out of 10). Must buy. Is this movie a must buy/purchase?
Who could resist?
I think I'll keep this one short. First of all, 'Q' features a stop-motion animated flying serpent-dragon-thing terrorizing New York plus Michael Moriarty and David Carradine in the lead roles. That alone should be sufficient to make you want to see this as far as I'm concerned. As is typical of the Cohen films I've seen, 'Q' is particularly interested in character, moreso than in the supernatural elements. It's almost a character study looking at Moriarty's Quinn, a fearful, paranoid small-time criminal who discovers the location of the murderous, resurrected Quetzacoatyl and his/her (?) nest and sees in this an opportunity to ransom the city. Moriarty's jittery, method performance is quite amusing, and provides an interesting counterpoint to his most famous role as Stone in the early seasons of 'Law & Order'. Hopefully you will find it amusing as well, as this makes up the bulk of the film. Carradine plays the cop leading the investigation of the serpent murders, as well as some ritual homicides that are, naturally, connected. His role is less important and less flashy, but I still like him a lot. His ability to keep a straight face through out the proceedings is admirable.
Admittedly, this is fairly implausible even as such things go, as it seems pretty unlikely that a giant winged serpent could successfully hideout in New York. But seriously, so what? This is a monster movie, take it or leave it. The beast itself is not of particularly high quality, even for something that is primarily stop-motion animated, but I for one and absolutely in love with the style, so it works for me. The various killing scenes are quite well done, particularly the opening one involving the murder of a window cleaner. Also, the film has got a decent bit of gore in it. Not a ton, but some, anyway. The final confrontation is totally priceless and the serpent swoops about and flings various people to their deaths. The beast probably didn't have quite enough screentime up to this point, but they definitely make up for it at the end.
Yeah, this is a fun movie. Check it out.
Grade: B
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