Quick Review: Q: The Winged Serpent

[jeriendhal]

Summary: The Big Apple is terrified as a resurrected Aztec god attacks, with only a small time crook knowing the location of her nest, while David Carradine and Richard Roundtree track them both down.

Review: This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a good movie, but it is a fascinating one. Shot on a shoestring in 18 days in 1982, it was done entirely on location in a manner that's hard to imagine today. It's New York, not the clean half-Disneyfied version we have today, but the ugly mess from the 70's, loud, obnoxious and perpetually on edge during the long hot summer. The storyline is complete 70's monster schlock, but it looks beautiful, and the final battle is well done for the budget they had.

Comments

[allah-sulu.livejournal.com]

I bought this years ago (because of the "Q" in the name), but have yet to get around to watching it. I'm glad it won't be a waste of time when I do.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

It's worth it jsut for the location shooting. No time to build sets realy, so when you see them crawling around inside the cap on the Chrysler Builder, they're really there.

[eric-hinkle.livejournal.com]

Well, I like it -- okay, "like" is a bit strong. It's not a total waste of time as a film, and it was good to see someone using Aztec mythology. And giant monster movies are usually to my liking when they're even remotely well done.

Though a part of me wished they could have done it in the Southwest to bring in all the modern mythology about the Texas Behemoth ansd Arizona pterodactyls and whatnot.