Boa vs. Python

Boa vs. Python

Year: 2004

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: David Flores

Horror

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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1

Boa and Python grapple in Atlantic City; Broddick and Eve watch

Two masked wrestlers, Boa and Python, grapple in Atlantic City, drawing a crowd including Broddick, a multi-millionaire casino owner, and his girlfriend Eve. A phone call arrives from Ramon in York, Pennsylvania, informing Broddick that his mysterious package has arrived overseas and promising a lucrative reward. The moment blends spectacle with danger as the plot threads begin to pull Broddick into a deadly enterprise.

Night Atlantic City, New Jersey
2

Convoy ambush: the container awakens and the snake escapes

During a convoy, the container's contents awaken and attack. Ramon halts the group, arms a tranquilizer gun, and opens a panel. A serpentine tail bursts through, tearing through the back of the truck as a guard's shots hit the main control circuit. The sealed door swings open, revealing an enormous reticulated python; it wrecks the vehicle and slaughters the men as Ramon detonates a bomb to destroy the convoy, but the creature survives.

Night On the highway, en route
3

Broddick vows urban big-game hunting; the python becomes prize

Broddick announces his plan to turn extreme big-game hunting into a city-wide entertainment, with the python as the prize. He envisions the ultra-wealthy attending the hunt and celebrating the capture. After news reports confirm the convoy's destruction, he resolves to assemble a hunting entourage and pursue the escaped snake.

After convoy destruction
4

FBI and scientists assemble a plan to track the python

Forty minutes outside Philadelphia, FBI Agent Alan Sharpe investigates the wreckage and finds a large snake scale among the debris. He recruits herpetologist Dr. Steven Emmett and marine biologist Monica Bonds to devise a plan to stop the threat. They propose merging Monica's dolphin-camera headgear and tracking system with Emmett's engineered giant Scarlet Boa, Betty, a 70-foot-long predator, to locate and kill the python.

Forty minutes after wreck Outside Philadelphia, PA
5

Betty deployed to water-treatment facility for tracking

The team finalizes Betty's deployment and transports the giant boa to a water-treatment facility for field work. The tracking system delivers only sporadic coverage, complicating the operation. They hope Betty can locate the python and act as a hunter capable of ending the threat.

Shortly after deployment Water-treatment facility
6

Broddick's hunters reach the facility; nest and Eve's death

Broddick and his hunting team reach the facility's far end and discover a nest of eggs guarded by Betty. Betty constricts Eve and kills her, provoking Broddick's fury. He escapes to regroup as his remaining team is overwhelmed by both snakes.

During pursuit Water-treatment facility
7

Sharpe is killed in crossfire

A furious gunfight erupts as the snakes strike at the humans, and FBI agent Sharpe is accidentally killed in the crossfire. The escalating chaos underscores the deadly stakes of the pursuit.

During pursuit Water-treatment facility
8

Broddick captured; tracking system restored

Broddick is captured, and the tracking system comes back online. Emmett and Monica press the pursuit, closing in on Betty as they aim to protect the nest and their quarry.

Post-capture Water-treatment facility
9

Nest located beneath nightclub; hunt intensifies

Emmett detects Betty's nest and resolves to return to protect it, with Monica choosing to accompany him. They locate the nest beneath a nightclub, setting the stage for a dramatic confrontation with both snakes.

Approaching confrontation Nightclub
10

Disco-floor showdown; Broddick's end

Betty bursts through the nightclub floor and the two snakes engage in a brutal struggle beneath the disco lights. They seize Broddick in a violent tug-of-war, and each predator consumes half of him in a grim display.

Under the disco Nightclub
11

Chase to subway tracks and train collision

The fight spills onto subway tracks as a speeding train approaches. Emmett activates an electrical spike device implanted in Betty's head, stunning her and sending the python off the rails just as the train slams into them, decapitating the python.

Night Subway tracks
12

Betty escapes; eggs to be protected

Although the hosts celebrate a victory, Betty has crawled away. Emmett and Monica return to the treatment facility to bring Betty and her remaining eggs home, hoping to safeguard the creatures from further harm.

After train incident Treatment facility

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