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.

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

Color:

Color

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 Spooks Run Wild (1941)

Soundtrack:

It Feels So Right

Better than Mansquito

Not a *good* movie exactly, but a significant improvement over most Sci-Fi Channel original movies. It had some humor, and the movie worked best when it was its silliest. The more serious scenes tended to just slow the movie down.

If you like Vincent Ventresca (Invisible Man), he does some decent work with a not too great script. There are some other good actors too, but they don't quite manage to rise above the script as much.

Unfortunately, the best that can be said about Mammoth is that it is an improvement for Sci-Fi Channel. Hopefully their original movies will continue to improve.