There's a crisis in the Florida Everglades as giant pythons are threatening the alligator population.

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GuyNemeth from United States
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I don't follow the releases of SyFy movies at all, and so last night when it premiered I had never heard of it before. All I knew is that I was flipping channels and saw "Megapython vs Gatoroid" on my TV Guide and I stopped, about 15 minutes into the movie. From that point on I couldn't turn it off because I was laughing so hard. Obviously, this is a "It's so bad it's actually funny" type of movie, but it's quite obvious as well that that was the intention of the creators, and that it was never meant to be serious. At some points I found myself thinking what it was like for the actors, starring out at an empty lake, pretending to be terrified of the Gatoroid that had not been edited in yet. You could almost hear the director shouting in the background "Okay, now run this way, run that way, okay now look REALLY scared!" All in all to me this is a great movie to watch with a group of people and make comments throughout. Alcohol will definitely help as well. You just can't take it too seriously.

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bloodugly from United States
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OK. Debbie Gibson. Tiffany. Mutant creatures. Cheese acting. Cat fight between Debbie and Tiffany. Total crap as far as "good" movie standards go. However, if you're into crap sci-fi movies, and you are old enough to remember these girls from the eighties and being superstars, its a great watch. Perfect for killing some time or putting on to doze off to if you have a TV by where you sleep and need something to watch and listen to while you drift off. I seriously don't know why some of these movie snobs bother to watch these movies just to criticize. I know what good movies are, and I like good movies. This isn't a good movie. Its a movie for people who like bad movies, or just bad movie trash to doze off to at 2AM. Its great as far as that goes and I hope they never stop pumping out cheap readily available movies like this for those of us that just need something kinda funny/amusing to kill some time with. Also, Jack Frost (the horror movie with a killer snowman) is great in that regard. There's a second one as well. Also, Santa's Slay...awesomeness!

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RNHunter from California US
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Now, somewhere between the non serious title and the fact that this movie went straight to cable on the SyFy Channel, one certainly should get the idea that we are not dealing with "Gone with the Wind" here, but with a silly monster movie. But there is still a place for that. Sometimes some of us have had it with too many serious things in life and we just want to watch something light and silly, and movies like these fill that urge. The fact that several of us voted to watch it proves the point.

The good points? The rivalry between the two main actresses at times was interesting. The rest of the movie sort of went along with expectations. And by that I mean, the acting and drama did not even get to good, the special effects did not rival Jurassic Park, and no university professor (who is not high) is going to buy the explanation for the larger monsters and how they got that way. The bottom line is, if you are in the mood for something that you know is not serious nor pretends to be serious, this might fill some time for you.

Regrets from me after watching it? Some movies that know they are not the big time sometimes reach cult classic fame with the right amount of silliness and interest such as "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes". I think this movie tried for that category also, but I do not feel it achieved that either. But I give it credit for being honest as to what it really was - a non serious monster movie.

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MetalGeek from New Jersey, USA
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The Asylum and SyFy Channel's demented genius strikes again with "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid," the latest in their series of Z-grade monster movies with "Mega" in the title. This one came along with a bit more hype than usual for a SyFy movie, and with good reason, as it pairs up former '80s teen queens Debbie (now Deborah) Gibson and Tiffany, both of whom have both starred in prior Asylum monster mashes ("Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus" for Deb and "Mega Piranha" for Tiff) but are now sharing the screen for the first time... along with an assortment of badly CGI'd monsters, of course. "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" doesn't even pretend to be a "good" movie. It's schlock, it's an action comedy, it's, it's...oh, hell, you just have to see it to believe it.

The wafer-thin plot is basically thrown in there to get things moving: Debbie is an animal-rights activist who begins the movie by freeing a number of pythons from a testing lab, and unwisely sets them free in the swamps of the Florida Everglades. Eventually said pythons, being non-native species, grow to immense size (though they'll get a whole lot "immense-er" as the film goes on) and have begun decimating the local alligator (and human) population. Tiffany is a park ranger who loses her fiancée' to one of the hungry serpents, and in a grief stricken rage she gets the bright idea to pump the local gators up with steroids so they'll be big enough to combat the python problem. Of course, things go horribly wrong, and soon there are gigantic snakes and alligators the size of 747's rampaging their way out of the swamps and headed for Miami. Tiff and Deb, after an absolutely epic cat fight scene at a swanky party that is totally worth the 20+ year wait, finally have to put their differences aside and work together to stop the scaly threat (with some help from "L.A. Law" alum A Martinez as a reptile expert who's good with a shotgun and can fly an airplane).

As usual for an Asylum film, the special effects are absolutely craptacular (their CGI actually appear to be getting WORSE from film to film, as if they're not even trying to be realistic anymore) and the two leading ladies thankfully don't try to act like this is a serious, Shakespearean production, they just go with the campiness and chew the scenery for all it's worth. Director Mary Lambert (of "Pet Sematery" fame!) keeps the film going at a breakneck pace, so the viewer never has time to get bored or think about how over-the-top ridiculous the whole thing is. At the end, you feel like you've just gotten off a particularly rickety carnival ride.

As Asylum films go, "Mega Piranha" may still be my favorite, but I'd say "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid" has clawed its way to #2 on the list... mainly because of the aforementioned cat fight scene between Tiff and Debbie. Those of us who crushed on both gals during their '80s heyday have been waiting for 20+ years to see'em face off, and that scene was worth the price of admission all by itself! Lovers of "serious" sci-fi films can safely skip 'Mega Python vs. Gatoroid,' but fans of fast, funny, Z-grade films (i.e. people like me) will definitely get a kick out of it. Will Debbie and Tiffany continue their association with The Asylum now that they've completed their masterpiece? We can only hope.

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jmiller-84 from United States
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What should you expect from a title such as "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid"?

This is clearly not going to be a poignant exploration of the coming - of-age struggles facing a herpetologist, contrasted with the inner conflict of a widowed before even having the wedding game warden.

This movie is clearly a "Bad SciFi" production (as opposed to "Good SciFi" that does attempt to be cinematically relevant). However, the sheer level of badness makes it an enjoyable watch. How many other movies can give you the opportunity to shout at the screen "Oh, come ON!!!" as many times as MP vs G? Both Tiffany and Debbie Gibson recognize their own shortcomings as actors, and revel in them, as seen in the commercial insets.

Yes, the CGI ranges from bad to awful, but it is all the more fun because of it. Yes, the underlying science is unbelievable, but it hearkens back to the classic "B" movie formula of human actions affecting animals. Yes, you tend to laugh at the on-screen deaths rather than feel loss (Except for Kathryn Joosten, why, oh why did you have to eat Mrs. Landingham?!?!), but the debate afterward of eaten by gator or bitten in half by snake head was worth it. Yes, it is two hours you can't get back in your life, but you knew that when you started watching.

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid is exactly what it appears to be. It makes no pretense that it is a great film, and the viewer should not demand that it tries.

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o_mcguigan from San Bruno
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OK, here's the deal. Don't expect The Green Mile or Shawshank Redemption here. This is a B Grade Comedy that is very creative and fun. If you have watched the Mega Shark series and want more then this is by far the best of the lot. Its fun, silly and the dialogue is positively hilarious.

I suggest: Watching this with kids Watching it while high / stoned watching it if you are very forgiving of low budget fun movies.

I watched this with a 6 year old it it really is a great way to have fun with the family. Kids love the animals and Adults love the absurdity. People that rate this movie badly are equating it to big budget movies. That's hardly fair bu whatever, If you fall into any of the above categories then give it a try and be forgiving when rating this.

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plex from United States
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For those of you who missed the two showings of Megapython VS Gatoroid last night on the SyFy Channel, I highly advise you set your DVR for an encore. IMO,you wont be disappointed.

80's redhead lip-syncer, Tiffany has blossomed, with bosoms, and she ain't shy to show her creamy white DD (at least) décolletage. Slitely rubanesque , but still within the confines of prepubescent appeal and void of jejune from you daddy's old enough to know of her.

Debbie Gibson, looking like the 1st white poster child for Ethiopia, is so boney gangly it appears her skeleton has other ideas than being her support system. Things is with a nose job, and a pizza,she'd be kind of cute.

Premise: Too many people-eating snakes in the everglades! So cleavage Ranger Tiffany has this brilliant idea to stuff raw chickens with experimental growth hormones to feed to the alligators so they will grow big enough to eat the snakes. ( Why they didn't feed them to the snakes natural enemy- the mongoose, is a mystery to me). Of course the plan backfires as the alligators grow to the size of whales, and the snakes as long as a football field( I guess the snakes got some of that grow-juice too?) Well these two species sort of team-up to eat humans and cause general mayhem and destruction in Miami.

Mickey Dolenz ( of the Monkees fame) looking a little creepy, is the cameo VIP host for the fund raiser the clueless Ranger insists must occur so that the glades can survive. OF course the mascot for the ceremony is a monkey. But trouble is-a-brewing... (hiss)

The writers seem to have thought it would be funny to play the supposed real-life feud between Gibson and Tiffany into this film. They yell at each other a lot- you see Debbie's some sort of a nature doctor who wants the animals to be left alone as she believes that natural order of things is to let people get eaten by snakes, so she organizes a protest in front of Ranger Tiffany's headquarters. Even though the ranger's fiancé had just been eaten by a snake, Debbie cruelly tells Tiffany it we HER fault he died.

Debbie discovers incriminating evidence that the Ranger had caused this growth phenomena. So she crashes the fund-raiser to threaten the ranger with going public with it. What ensues is the BEST part of the movie as these two erstwhile pop teens have one crazy-ass cat fight with slapping, wrestling, and even a pie fight,that eventually ends in the glade swamp, but not before Tiffany delivers the money-line "Only In Your Dreams" when Debbie touts to Tiffany of the thrashing she is about to receive.

While they are writhing in the swamp, of course the snakes and gators are eating all of the rich guests and before Mickey can sing one Monkees classic (they probably couldn't afford the licensing) a snake swallows him hole. Apparently, rich people are some gun toting folks as every guest had one to fire, to no avail, at the giant reptiles.

On the topic of the critters- they have been computer-rendered on the level of PS-2 game.

I wont spoil the ending, but I'll say it involves TNT and crop dusting, and of course the best cleavage (or should I say breast cleavage) as I swear a couple of times I thought they were gonna fall out.

Enjoy!

( 5 stars for obvious tung&cheek approach)

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erin gaskell from England
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First off, i have got to admit that i have a slight obsession with these type of SyFy movies, there's just something about the outrageous plots, low profile actors and shoddy CGI that gets me every time.

The Plot: Trouble in the everglades becomes apparent after Dr. Nikki Riley releases pythons into the area which result in the dwindling number of alligators, and rising numbers in animal corpses. Tiffany who plays park ranger Terry swiftly takes it into her own hands to resolve the problem armed with chickens and steroids; for which disastrous consequences are lurking round the swamp door.

My Thoughts If you gave it a grade purely from it's technical side, well... let's just say it wouldn't be getting on the honor's roll anytime soon! The lead actresses, Tiffany Darwisch and Deborah Gibson's acting skill set, to put it more nicely, would not benefit any other channel but SyFy. If they were to leave the safety net of the souped up minds of the SyFy team, they just wouldn't be able to survive in the world of acting.

The pacing itself seems to be a bit slow in the beginning but soon grabs your attention with a vast array of humorous moments intertwined with suspense and thrill, you really are entertained from the start to the finish.. almost.

The Screen Stealers There were a minority in the film who definitely stole the show for me in regards to their acting ability in contrast to other various cast members, for instance; A Martinez did a fantastic job of playing Dr. Diego Ortiz, but unfortunately i believe he slightly let himself down in the aeroplane scene (or if you're American, airplane), his face just didn't really seem to convey as much pain as what he says he is in.. suspicious stuff.. eh?

The second of my shining stars has to be Kathryn Joosten, even though she doesn't have as much screen time as the majority, she is still absolutely brilliant at what she does, and what she does is she makes us laugh. It is entirely apparent why she has won two primetime Emmy awards. Bravo Kathryn.. bravo.

And the Conclusion is.. (Drum Rolls Please) Overall it's a bad film, yet still my heart tells me that it's completely amazing, in it's own special way. Even though it is quite terrible, you cannot disregard the pure entertainment value of this cracking movie and I would completely recommend watching this to any of my many friends cats.

What a "normal" person would think: 3/10 What an epic person with the whole SHABANG just like me would think: 7/10

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l bauldry from United States
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They did not pretend they were not a B movie, and as a B movie - I loved it! there was nothing but low budget here. BUT! again I say BUT! I ROFL at a lot of its idiocy. I see they had fun with it and I enjoyed having recognizable talent involved in a just for fun movie. We thought, why is a monkey so important to the fund raising event, LMAO when we saw "The Monkey". kudos to you, I had fun with it. you really have to look at this movie as not something trying to get a Oscar or academy award. I'm telling you the monkey thing got me the best. I see a street person with a little monkey when you say that. I got it first and had to say " No, Look - THE MONKEY!" thank you for this little bit of just silly. Deb and Tiff OMG! two singers being silly together. come on, this was fun.

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swedzin from Deadwood
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Don't you just love when the infamous Asylum production discriminates your brain? It's just intolerable! I know, now you're thinking "then why did you watch that film?", because I want to issue a warning to all people who loves to watch movies, to avoid this at every cost. So, this movie was directed by Mary Lambert who directed "Pet Cemetery" and it's sequel. But, Mary is definitely one of those directors whose career was washed up and so, she joined the Asylum. Now… I don't know… I bet that producers of Asylum are the fans of Debbie Gibson and Tiffany… And they took this failed director and these two failed singers… oh yes, how did they call them? The 80s pop sensations? What sensations? The two of them had only one hit song that sucked big time. And they obviously wanted to show some kind of rivalry between the two "pop sensations", and they did it with the duel on a party, which was one of the funniest things I have ever seen… especially in the film that, like… tends to be somewhat "serious"… That duel was predicted by Bill Hicks, if you ask me… Now, what to say? Directing was horrible, acting was dreadful (all actors in this film… wow… they never ever heard about acting. Tiffany and Debbie were characters that presented a last straw in this crap, two failed "pop sensations" in failed movie career. Are they that dumb, not to notice that the joke was on their expense?), editing, music score, camera work, well… that's asylum… and CGI which is the highlight of badness… no need to talk about this… in this moment, my fingers are shivering and my brain hurts! Avoid this and do something better with your life, fill your bathtub and practice holding your breath for a… two hours. It's far more exciting than watching this turd.

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Certifications:
Australia:MA15+ (2011) / Finland:K-16/13 / Germany:16 / Singapore:NC-16 / South Korea:18 / UK:15 / USA:TV-14