 
A head
marine named Richard Stanley (Jason
Gedrick) and his crew are stranded in an
Afghan desert as well as being terrorised
by their enemies of Taliban soldiers in
which they are killed off by giant
wormlike creatures from underground and
then aim at the marine's in which they
try to find a way of escaping this
madness until help comes.
One of the locals named Amal Jazeer
(Imran Khan) and his little girl Isla
(Andreea Coscai) try to help them out but
even they are stuck in situations where
they go to an underground station to get
weapons and explosives which is
surrounded by many deadly booby traps. To
top it all off the creatures are on their
trail too.
Alright, when I
first watched this flick we spot soldiers
walking into the deserted sand and rocky
areas which looked like this would be a
knock off to the Transformers flick and
thought to myself will this be a horror
film? I gave it a chance and yes it is a
horror film but not overly scary at all.
Nice close
up shots on a Taliban leader
hitting the people like Oscar Kaminsky and others while trying to hold them
hostage.
There's a nice moment with Sgt. Wilson getting aggressive and
demanding towards him when he
is sulking about stuff which looked
strongly done with a camera shot
looking up on Wilson and a
camera shot looking down on Oscar.
There's the nasty Taliban army
terrorising this army group with cheesy
moments holding them for hostage but then
they spot what seems to be like an
earthquake as they go out to find out
what's causing this and suddenly things
are way too quiet which makes the film
impressuive that something deadly is
happening.
There's a great moment with the people
walking along the deserted land spotting
a helicopter and a good shot on the
ground moving with an anxious moment on Private
Andrews getting anxious
telling the rest what he spotted. There's
also nice shaking moments with all their
reactions when this is happening as well
as trying to run back after the serpeant
tries to charge after them which also
looked very suspensefully done.
A good moment with the people in a
vehicle driving along trying to get away
from the serpeant as well as a good shot
on Amal Jazeer jumping
in front of the vehicle along with a
great suspenseful shot on the vehicle
swerving and spinning around.
A nice shot on Susan Eno crushed by the
vehicle and hollering in pain which
looked well paced as well as the rest
trying to pull the vehicle off of her and
then tells them to go while she tries to
attract the serpeant in an aggressive
tone and making noice which looked very
energetic.
A good discussion between Amal and Oscar with some good
emotional moments between the two of them
talking near a window and good shots on
the two of them having this conversation.
A good moment with Oscar howling in pain while being bandaged and
then trying to struggle to run away from
the serpeant chasing after them as well
as good shots on everyone falling down
and trying to run away again.
Many great dark camera takes on
the people wandering through an underground
area with flashlights and torches.
There's also a good shot on Amal stepping on a trap with a nice shot on
his feet pressing onto the trap and then
him getting scared and emotional telling
the rest to take care of his daughter as
well as a great shot on an explosion.
Terrific camera shot on them
running away while dirt and other stuff
starts to shake as well as a great
special effects shot on the serpeant
closing in on Private Andrews which
looked exciting to watch.
There's of course the spotting of a sand serpeant attacking a helicopter which looked quite excting which was one of the good elements saved from bombing this flick as well as them trying to survive this madness as well as terrific close up camera shots on
the expressions and reactions of Richard Stanley, Jan Henle and Isla noticing
a serpeant trying to attack them inside a
helicopter.
Yet most of this is just that about
everyone trying to run away and hide from
these sand serpeants with nothing but a
deserted area and the odd abandoned
buildings which isn't anything too
special.
I do love how these sand serpeants attack
people by shooting up in the air and face
down on their meal. I mean it looks like
a drive in classic on a cheesy monster
flick. There's also fun moments with the
serpeants attacking the enemies which I
got a kick out of but then the same
boring moments.
Yet quarter way through, the surviviors
go into an underground area collecting
weapons as well as running into the odd
deadly booby traps which finally changes
a setting for once as well as a sand
serpeant slithering in and trying to
attack one of the survivors too which
looked creepy.
Then there's a real classic ending of the
film that I won't give away as just when
you think you're on your way of escaping
from this madness one of the creatures
won't allow it and someone must risk
their lives with an explosion. That was
another good pointer in the film and
that's the end of the movie.
Bottom line is this is a ripoff to Tremors except it doesn't take place near a ranch
with hillbilly's it takes place in a
desert with soldiers plus these things
are enormous but not necessarily more
scary. I can also see why there's alot of
remakes since there's garbage like this
and not having enough ideas for a strong
plot since the writer seemed to have run
out of an idea from the beginning to the
end.
The acting is
fairly well done in which lead actor Jason
Gedrick (Richard Stanley) really
knew how to portray a real tough as nails
attitude as the leader of the army by
getting incredibly aggressive and
demanding with the other cast members
involved. He proved to show alot of
powerful energy in his role and had the
right rough looks too. He's make a great
superhero.
Imran Khan (Amal Jazeer) had a great
striong accent as an east indian local
trying to help everyone in which he
really brought out alot of
characterisitcs in his role and nice
emotions too. He could get more work in
better shows due to his great performance
in this one.
Andreea Coscai (Isla) seemed to
bring on a nice little girl charm to her
role as his daughter in which I really
admired and she seemed to really get into
her role by trying to be brave about
everything. She could get work as well in
other shows too for a child actress.
Sebastian Knapp (Oscar Kaminsky)
really drew attnetion to the picture as
one of those wimpy types in which he
comes across as someone with a very low
courage level and not taking anything too
well. He really gets into the mode with
all of this.
There's two actors who stood out the most
in the film even if they were the first
two who got killed off but they were
worth mentioning:
Michelle Astante (Susan Eno) really had a nice
black tough girl look to her role and
also knew on how to act strong with her
battles and discussions too by acting
very serious and reliable. She seems like
one of those likeable types and not
someone who is arrogant and does her
tasks without letting anyone down. She
was a true character actress.
Chris Jarman (Sgt. Wilson) lived to
portray this part with his muscular build
and rough looks. He also knew on how to
act incredibly aggressive and demanding
on everything that he does. He just comes
across very powerful with his speaking. A
shame he was the first one to get killed
off since I found him to be the best
actor in the film.
There's alot of
strong drum poundings suitable for the
moments with the soldiers trying to fight
these serpeants as well as other
soliders. We hear the odd metal clanging
sounds too. Also alot of violin orchestra
music too in which had a great touch to
the film all done by Pierpaolo
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