Mammoth (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Tim Cox

Writers:

Tim Cox (writer)
Brook Durham (writer)

Release Date:

22 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

We hunted it into extinction... Now it's hunting us.

Plot:

On a hot summer afternoon in the sleepy town of Blackwater, Louisiana locals exiting a retro-fitted...

Plot Keywords:

Mammoth | Museum | B Movie | Curator | Special Agent

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 8

3:09 AM

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Cast

Vincent Ventresca	...	Dr. Frank Abernathy
Summer Glau	...	Jack Abernathy
Tom Skerritt	...	Simon Abernathy
Cole Williams	...	Squirrelly
Charles Carroll	...	Sheriff Marion Morrison
Mark Irvingsen	...	Deputy Dino
David Kallaway	...	Deputy Bud
Leila Arcieri	...	Agent Powers
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Agent Whitaker
Andrew Peter Marin	...	Floyd (as Andrew P. Marin)
Dan Radulescu	...	Moe the Monkey Man
Karen Parden Johnson	...	Gas Station Lady (as Karen Johnson)
Coca Bloos	...	Olive
Jennie Garland	...	Museum Girl
Samuel Garland	...	Museum Boy

Also Known As:

Outbreak (International: English title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Goofs:

Factual errors: Not a woolly mammoth! There were woolly mammoths further north, but the one in this film seems to be a Columbian Mammoth, which was not woolly.

Quotes:

Deputy Bud: [examining body in the road] . He looks like he had his insides sucked out his nose or something...
Deputy Dino: Well the sheriff said we'd see something peculiar out here.
Deputy Bud: What's that supposed to mean?
Deputy Dino: Oh, shut up!

Movie Connections:

References "Picket Fences" (1992)

Soundtrack:

It Feels So Right

Not bad, but campy. . .

This is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a great movie. I have long said SciFi Original is synonymous with "crap" when it comes to movies. They don't have a very good track record when it comes to movies, but I'm beginning to think that this one shows they know it.

The actors, mostly B-movie and TV types, with Summer Glau probably being the biggest name in it, aren't the worst actors SciFi has put in a movie. The writing actually has some quotable lines. The special effects are bad for modern era CGI, but we're talking about a low budget horror film. We've all seen them, and some of us actually enjoy them. So, if you like the corniness of so many horror films from the 50s and 60s, or maybe the camp of the Killer Tomatoes series or perhaps Tremors, you will actually enjoy this movie.