Boa vs. Python

Boa vs. Python

Year: 2004

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: David Flores

HorrorScience FictionMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseSci-fi horror creatures and aliensSci-fi monster and dinosaur adventures

After an ambitious businessman illegally imports an 80‑foot python to the United States, the massive snake escapes, leaving a trail of victims. An FBI agent teams with a herpetology expert, who devises a plan to pit the python against a genetically engineered 70‑foot boa constrictor, hoping the two apex predators will destroy each other.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey, York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia metro area, water-treatment facility, nightclub, subway tracks

The action unfolds along the East Coast, starting in Atlantic City and moving inland toward York and the Philadelphia area. The setting shifts from casino-glamour and nightlife to stark industrial spaces, including a water-treatment facility, a nightclub, and subway lines that become battlegrounds. These locations contrast opulent spectacle with brutal survival as two giant serpents wage war amid urban and industrial backdrops.

🎰 Gambling 🏙 Cityscape 💎 Wealth 🎭 Entertainment

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Dr. Emmett (David Hewlett)

A practical, science-minded herpetologist who becomes the technical backbone of the hunt. He partners with Monica Bonds to locate and neutralize the threat, blending biology with gadgetry. Under pressure, he remains calm, balancing concern for the animals with the imperative to stop the carnage.

🧬 Scientist 🧭 Problem-solver

Eve (Angel Boris Reed)

Broddick's girlfriend, immersed in the world of wealth and spectacle. She represents the glamour and risk-taking appetite of the hunt's audience. Her fate underscores the peril of chasing danger for entertainment.

💎 Wealth & Glamour 🎯 Ambition

Ramon (Assen Blatechki)

A scheming courier who informs Broddick that the 'package' has arrived, fueling the ruthless plan. He serves as a key intermediary in the operation, willing to push dangerous deals for payoff.

🕵️‍♂️ Covert Operator 🔗 Conniver

Broddick (Adamo Palladino)

A multi-millionaire casino owner who treats big-game hunting as elite entertainment. Cunning and ruthless, he orchestrates the plan and chases the prize with relentless zeal, only to be drawn deeper into the escalating danger.

🕶 Casino Magnate 🤑 Risk-Taker

Monica Bonds (Jaime Bergman)

A marine biologist who teams with Emmett, bringing tracking tech to the hunt. She is resourceful and brave, choosing to face danger to protect the nest and the creatures involved.

🧬 Scientist 🛰️ Tech-Savvy

Betty

Betty is a 70-foot-long giant boa engineered for the hunt, a predator with a nest of eggs. She represents both a biological marvel and a deadly threat, central to the film’s climax and emotional stakes.

🐍 Monster 🧬 Predator

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🤑 Greed & Spectacle

A casino magnate treats a deadly hunt as a high-stakes show for the ultra-wealthy. The plan relies on turning a monstrous creature into a profitable spectacle, exploiting danger for entertainment and prestige. Wealth and power drive reckless risk, blurring lines between sport and slaughter. The film critiques the commodification of life-and-death events when wealth controls the stage.

🧬 Science & Ethics

Dr. Emmett and Monica Bonds fuse biology with tracking tech to pursue and protect the creatures, raising questions about manipulating living beings for containment and spectacle. The narrative pairs cutting-edge science with primal threat, prompting ethical caution about engineering life for human ends. The pursuit tests the limits of innovation when lives are at stake. It questions whether ends justify means in the name of safety and spectacle.

🗺️ Chase & Survival

Law enforcement, private hunters, and two apex predators move through urban, industrial, and subterranean terrains. The hunt leads characters from casinos and clubs into tunnels, water facilities, and subway tracks, heightening tension at every turn. The pursuit emphasizes resilience, improvisation, and the high cost of victory in a world hungry for sensational danger. Survival hinges on the couple of steps that separate hunter from hunted.

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