Tubi Thursday: Python Island (2021)

 I might as well get one more Not Syfy Channel Film out of this before October begins.

It is China vs. Snakes in...

A young boy is lost on a place called Cannibal Island and the Village must go rescue him.

The whole Plot hinges upon him and his Uncle coming 'too close' to the place.  Maybe avoid a place called CANNIBAL ISLAND!

They discover killer plants, lots of snakes and one big Snake (which is actually a Cobra).

They make it back and, gee, this is a short Film.

Oh...now his Mom died from a snake bite...while the villain didn't.  Ouch.

He raises a baby Python (there it is!) in his grief, but eventually has to set ashore towards Cannibal Island.

This all seems wrapped up now...

...oh, now we have a time jump (after a Title Card that they didn't translate from Mandarin) and the boy is a young Scientist.

As luck (and lazy Writing) would have it, his Company wants the Plants from Cannibal Island.

Double luck (for him, at least) comes in the form of the Island Residents being sick...for some reason.

Time to go back to Cannibal...er, Python Island.

Now accompanied by Security, the corrupt Village Elder, his Family, the Love Interest AND his Boss (also the Love Interest's Mom), he returns to uncover the mystery.

It's from 2021, so I won't SPOIL too much.

To find out how this turned out, stream away.

Another Film that is not exactly what is promised...but it is still better than the Kraken Film.  In place of too much CGI, they use wandering around an Island (Set), some traps and usually 'Adventurer stuff.'  It's still better than replacing a cool monster with one guy in a lizard mask.

That said, the Film still isn't great.  It's one of those Films that is both overly and under-ambitious. 
It is the former when it tries to cover a whole Plot with a lost civilization, snakes, snake scales that turn into plants and other such bollocks.  They just keep saying things and hope that you find it interesting and agree.

In the latter, the Island feels way too small and like a bunch of a Sound Stages out of Land of the Lost.

There are good ideas in this ones and some good Acting (albeit dubbed into English), so it's not a waste.  Just like this opening Teaser with no payoff, it's just kind of there.

A silly Film that can be fun when it isn't melodramatic.  It's a decent time-waster, especially since it still isn't even 90 minutes.