Tubi Thursday: Snake 2 (2019)

 I'm powering through the pain and slow typing for a good cause.

Yep, another Chinese Monster Film...

The Plot has a boat full of people attacked by, guess what, a giant snake.

Why it swims around and attacks it?  Nobody knows.

As to why they put Chinese Lara Croft on this (when she's not in the Film, everybody knows,

The narrative splits on the island when the boat is sunk.

Some are swallowed and dumped in a cave by the snake.
Some travel inland to find them.

The latter allow the Film to go full Skull Island here, as they are attacked by a slew of creatures to pad out the runtime.

Flying fish- sure.
Killer trees- sure.
Giant frog/lizard thing- yep.

Oh and the snake...eventually.

For a Film that is 80% just monster attacks, it kind of drags.

Is it...because it is 80% just monster attacks?

Who will survive?  To find out, stream the Film. 
Hey look- Miss Not in This Movie is back.

A Film that can't quite be what it wants to be.

Snake 2 wants to be a monster mash.
Snaked 2 wants to be an emotional drama.

It can't be both- at least not this time.  This can work if done right.  It is obviously not here.

The idea is that the survivors want to get to the others and must fight their way there.  That means cutting back to the cave to see how bad things are there.

The big issue is that there's not nearly enough content in the cave.  It is just 'A thing is hatching' and 'We're sad.'  The drama with the survivors is pretty muddled as well, having something about stolen money...or something.  I couldn't be bothered, clearly.

A little, but also big thing.  They set up obvious pay-off on the boat and when it happens, they *sigh* show you the Scene again.  Yes, I remember what happened an hour ago!!!!

Snake 2 is an odd mess, with fun monster attacks, tedious drama and weird mixing of the two throughout.  At least my future is set for next week....

An odd mix of a Film that wants to be emotional but can't be bothered.  The silly monster fights are fun though, for a time.