Silent Predators

Story byProduced byRichard D. Arredondo
Randy SutterStarringCinematographyJohn StokesEdited byTod FeuermanMusic byMichael TaveraDistributed byTBS Superstation91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Silent Predators is a 1999 American horror television film directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Harry Hamlin and Shannon Sturges.

Plot

After a truck carrying a rare species of tropical rattlesnake crashes, the snakes escape into the wild. Twenty years later the snakes have bred with native rattlesnakes to create a highly aggressive and lethal new species that begin to slowly overrun the southern California town of San Vicente. After the deaths of several residents of a housing development, local fire chief Vic Rondelli tries to convince the city government that the snakes are a serious threat despite opposition from Max Farrington, a land developer more interested in finishing his work than the people's safety.

Cast

• Harry Hamlin as Vic Rondelli
• Shannon Sturges as Mandy Stratford
• David Spielberg as Mayor Parker
• Patty McCormack as Vera Conrad
• Beau Billingslea as George Mitchell
• Phillip Troy Linger as Dr. Matthew Watkins
• Jack Scalia as Max Farrington
• Paul Tassone as Stranded Motorist
• Dominic Purcell as Truck Driver

Production

Silent Predators was based on a script John Carpenter wrote in the 1970s.^{[citation needed]} The movie was mostly filmed on Queensland, Australia, and Los Angeles, California.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Silent Predators received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, who criticized almost every aspect of the movie. Michael Speier of Variety called the film "absurdly unrealistic and dramatically inept", stating: "'Predators' is visually unspectacular, and the scare tactics are buried beneath Michael Tavera's heavy-handed score and some poorly realized jump-cut editing from Tod Feuerman".^[1]

References

External links

• Silent Predators at IMDb
• Silent Predators at Rotten Tomatoes
• Silent Predators at TV Guide