Moviecut—Mongolian Death Worm

Once again, a Made For SciFi (sorrt SyFy??) came up with a ridiculous premise and CGI that totally sucked (literally as well as figuratively). Hasn't ANYONE out there seen the SpongeBob episode with the Alaskan Bull Worm?? Hasn't anyone out there seen "Tremors"? And Victoria Pratt....what WERE you thinking? You went from kick-ass Cyane in Xena:Warrior Princess to this dreck? I guess a paycheck is a paycheck but c'mon, we all KNOW you can do a lot better. Couldn't you get a guest shot on Burn Notice? Bad acting. bad dialogue, bad CGI, a ridiculous premise, bad continuity (did anyone happen to notice that the guy went from having an semi-automatic pistol in one scene, a revolver in the next and then back to the semi-automatic?). And when they were hiding from the "highway robbers and thugs" they pulled 2 feet off the road AND THEN BUILT A CAMPFIRE????? This movie was a train wreck. Which is why I watched it all the way through.

I saw Mongolian Death Worm as I had nothing better to do and had some time on my hands. I don't consider it an abomination, but there was a lot wrong with it. Sean Patrick Flanery tried his hardest with his role, and I liked the character of the Sheriff, but that was pretty much it. The special effects are very poor most of the time, the worms are cheaply designed and are not thrilling or terrifying let alone very well used, the direction was lazy and the editing didn't seem very focused to me. The dialogue was so cheesy and aimless it was enough to make me cringe in embarrassment, the story more times than not was dull and predictable with far too many suspend disbelief moments to be remotely believable, and the characters are not interesting and little more than clichés. Other than Flanery, the acting whether phoned in or over-played is terrible. Overall, a bad film but I've seen worse. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Really bad acting, bad plot and .. too much to critique. My FAVORITE is that in the Gobi desert, we have grass, trees and it a significant resemblance to middle America. Maybe that is why the Mongolians drive GMCs and the police vehicle says "Police". Didn't anybody involved in making this movie give a darn? It appears not. Cheesy movies can be good - Tremors for example, didn't take itself too seriously, but managed to engage us. This one is just bad.

This is timeless tale of a treasure hunter meeting a doctor and then worms attack bringing sickness to all of the villages in the area. You really can't get enough of a love story like this. I'm a sucker for the Syfy movies of the week. I've seen a ton of them and I keep coming back. This one was billed as being based on a real "Destination Truth" investigation, which made it even a more appealing. Also can I just say how do you not watch a movie called "Mongolian Death Worm". In reality it should be called Mongolian Death Worms because there is way more than one worm and they attack the crap out of anything they come across. This movie lived up to the hype. It was a good time and while it the cgi was by no means "Avatar" and the story wasn't "Chinatown" it was sufficient and entertaining. This get's a 8 of 10 based on the campy made for TV movie meter.