Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

2004 "A Revolution Has Begun..."
5.3| 1h41m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 02 January 2004 Released
Producted By: Stampede Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there's nothing left but a shell of a community.

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Konterr Brilliant and touching
GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.
jacobjohntaylor1 This is a great movie. The first Tremors movie is scarier. Tremors 2 After Shocks is scarier. But still this is one of the scariest movie form the last decade. It is a lot better then Tremors 3 back to Perfection. That movie is OK but this one is better. This is a prequel to Tremors. It is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. 5.4 is underrating this movie. It is a great movie. I give it 9 out of 10. This movie is a must see. Michael Gross is a great actor. Sara Bostsford is a great actress. S.S Wilson is a great film maker. See this movie. It is the best horror movie from the last decade.
GL84 Arriving in his Old-West mine, an owner find the land overrun by a series of vicious, multi-toned worms that have scared off his men and vows to rid the beasts before they drive out the survivors.This was quite a thoroughly enjoyable conclusion to the series. One of its better elements here is the Old-West setting, which is quite ingenious and original at this point, as there's not a whole lot to really use the concept. The dusty, abandoned town, horse-drawn carriages and firearms in uses her makes for a vastly original take on the genre here with the setting being quite a bit different from usual creature features. The worms being placed on that kind of situation does offer a bit of fun where scenes like the mine assault in the beginning, their first assault on the camp in the desert as well as the ensuing battle in the storage warehouse causes this to be quite fun as well as getting the most out of the setting. That also has a few quite entertaining and enjoyable action scenes which keeps this going along quite nicely as there's plenty of other encounters, from a thrilling chase on horse-drawn carriage, the fine battle with the snake-like tongues and of course the finale which is the final stand in town against the creatures and really puts in some ingenuity to dispatch the creatures once and for all to make for an exciting and thrilling scenes. Along with the fabulous effects work on the worms and some decent enough bits of humor, there's some good points here while there's also a few flaws in this to bring it down some. The biggest one present is the lack of true light-hearted slapstick and goofy humor that's always been a part of the series, and that tends to stick out a little more than expected here. It's quite a distraction as it was a pronounced feature that was so successful before but is sorely missing here, either missing the point entirely or filled with a lame series of jokes and gags that aren't in the slightest bit funny. As the majority of these scenes are in the first half based on his arrival into town and their reactions toward him, it makes for a slightly more troublesome entrance for the film than expected as well as dragging this one out a little more than necessary. Another problem here is the fact that the worms themselves are on screen so rarely. They are on-screen only for a few scenes and the finale, and the rest of the time isn't that filled with the worms. This really hinders a lot of the film, especially the middle section, which has very little to get interested beyond what the humans are doing. Otherwise, there isn't a lot really wrong here.Rated PG-13: Violence, mild Language and children-in-jeopardy.
Boba_Fett1138 This fourth movie out of the Tremors-series is actually a prequel. The movie is being set in the time of the old wild west and again features Michael Gross in the main lead, this time as the ancestor of the character he plays in the other movies. He is actually the only actor out of the series that has appeared in all of the, so far, four Tremors movies.This movie is directed by S.S. Wilson again, who also directed the second movie out of the series. He is also the writer of all of the Tremors movies and served as a second unit director and producer on some of the Tremors movies as well. In other words, here is a guy that really understands the series. Yet the two movies that he directed are also the worst out of the series. Not that they are horrible or anything though, just a bit messy and less interesting to watch.The movie seemed to have a good and original idea with its main premise of making this a prequel but they did too little interesting with this in the actual movie. It actually takes quite a while for this movie for its action to kick in. The action itself is also less tense and spectacular, which is probably also due to the time period that the movie is being set in.But you can say a lot of negative things about this movie. Fact remains however that for a fourth movie in a series such as this one, it certainly ain't a bad movie. It's still being entertaining for most part and if you liked all of the previous movies out of the series, there basically is no reason why you wouldn't like and enjoy this one as well.A certainly decent enough movie. They are still playing with the idea to make a fifth movie as well and I don't see any reason why they shouldn't make it really.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Paul Andrews Tremors 4: The Legend Begins is set during 1889 in Nevada where the residents of a small town named Rejection rely on a nearby silver mine for their income, however things are not well at the silver mine as several miners have been mysteriously killed there & no-one will now go anywhere near it. The mines owner Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross) travels from Philidelphia to see things for himself, he finds an almost deserted town with worried locals & a mine that is crawling with vicious worm like creatures. Hiram sends for a gunfighter & 'Black Hand' Kelly (Billy Drago) turns up, he agrees to kill the creatures but when they find the creatures they have mutated into huge worms that can eat a person in one go. As the giant worms move closer to Rejection the residents decide to stay & fight them...Executive produced & directed by S.S. Wilson this apparently had the working title of Tremors: Original Showdown & was the third sequel to the excellent 90's monster film Tremors (1990) which is generally considered a bit of a classic & while Tremors 4: The Legend Begins is hardly any sort of classic it makes for a passable period monster film that passes 90 odd minutes harmlessly enough. The script here does the by now standard plot device of introducing yet another new creature, this time little baby Graboids, but does a Back to the Future Part III (1990) & transports the main action back to the Wild West of the late nineteenth century & basically has lots of parallels with the previous modern day set Tremors films as the very beginnings of Perfection, the shop that ends up being run by a Chinese family named the Chang's & Burt Gummer's ancestor & how his family came to live in perfection along with various in-jokes & other references that foreshadow events & character's to come. Of course there's the usual Graboid action too which feels just like the other films with little new, I quite liked the period setting & the story was decent while when Billy Drago turns up & he & Hiram play off against each other is also fun & it moves along at a reasonable pace even if the first half can drag a bit at times although overall I thought this was a definite improvement over the previous sequel Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001).The idea of the mine setting could have been rather cool as the Graboids could have attacked from all sides, beneath, the sides & above but this potential isn't realised out of the opening sequence unfortunately. The previous two Tremors sequels introduced different creatures but neither the Shriekers or the ridiculous awful Ass Blasters are seen here. The special effects & CGI work is alright but nothing special & there's a bit more gore than expected with a decapitated head & a headless torso seen. The period production design is nice enough but it does feel like stock costumes & props with little to distinguish this although there's a ridiculously huge gun at the end the recoil of which would surely have broken your arm if you ever tried to fire it.The IMDb reckons this had a budget of about $5,000,000 & if that's true than that's a decent budget, it looks nice enough & is well made but nothing really stands out. The acting is fine, Michael Gross returns again as he becomes the only actor to appear in all four Tremors film while the always watchable Billy Drago is great although he is given too little screen time.Tremors 4: The Legend Begins is a pretty good third sequel to a somewhat tired franchise, there's nothing especially wrong with this but it's adequate & average at best. The IMDb lists Tremors V: The Thunder from Down Under (2010) as in production.