n Python, a 60-foot bioengineered snake gets away from its government handlers when an airplane goes down near a small mountain town and the townsfolk must band together to defeat it. In Pythons 2, a plane goes down over Russia carrying a bigger and meaner version of the first snake.
Back from the first movie is Greg Larsen (Zabka), who has gone from being a local cop to working for the CIA. Larsen hires an American ex-baseball player named Stoddard (Ashbrook) and his Russian wife, Nalia (MacKinnon), to help transport the "cargo" from a small Russian military base across the border.
However, when Larsen and his team arrive, they find the base deserted and quickly discover the python is on the loose. By the time Stoddard and Nalia realize that Larsen was being less than honest with them about the cargo, they find themselves in a fight for their lives as the snake begins to pick off members of the team one by one. Things become even more complicated when they realize the acid-spewing people-chomper isn't alone.
With a covert contingency plan in place to make sure the python doesn't escape, Larsen and the gang find themselves trapped in the depths of the base in a race against the clock . And when one member of the team is ordered to make sure there are no witnesses, Stoddard and Nalia realize the pythons aren't the only snakes they have to deal with.
Big snakes equal little excitement
If ever there was a movie that cried out for a sequel, Python isn't it. While the original movie at least had Casper Van Dien, Wil Wheaton, Jenny McCarthy and Robert Englund, Pythons 2 has only ex-Karate Kid Zabka. Even though the leads are okay in the new flick and the snake effects have some moments, the film's creators didn't give Python 2 one ounce of creativity.
The big culprit here is the script, which offers nothing but ridiculous, humorless action with lots of shots of extras getting gobbled up by the python. While there's a hint that the script wants to delve deep into Stoddard's past and perhaps give some of the actors something to work with, nothing is done with the opportunity, and the action gives way to far too many stupid-horror-movie moments and unanswered questions.
Why is the python in Russia to start with? Why don't Stoddard and Nalia leave when they have the opportunity rather than going into the base where they know bad things have happened? Since the evil government guys developed this thing, why haven't they come up with a way to neutralize it? Another problem with Pythons 2 has to do with the ludicrous use of flashbacks, which sometimes show scenes that happened minutes before. None of it makes sense, least of all the second python or the magical ability these snakes have to eat dozens of people, one right after another.
Yes, the pythons look kind of cool in a cheesy-horror-movie kind of way and Zabka's pretty good, especially considering how little he's given to work with. However, there's simply nothing else in this movie to recommend.
