The Serpent is a very nice old fashioned film in the sense that it creates suspense from telling a very intricate story. I was at first sceptical if you can translate a Ted Lewis novel into France in the 2000s. But it worked really well. You keep wondering what is really happening and each time you think yoiu know the answer the story takes a new twist. The film is also very well made in terms of how it plays with our sympathies for protagonist and villain. It is just one of those films that keeps you drawing deeper and deeper into the story. The acting is superb with lots of gratuitous nudity by Olga Kurylenko. Visually the film is very well made with dark images, a great set and a very spooky final scene. So this film is well worth watching and shows what a timeless genius Ted Lewis was.
Review of The Snake
