I love the Tremors movies. They're fun, they're surprisingly well made and they don't take themselves seriously at all...and neither should the audience.
The year is 18hundred-and-something and the Wild West town of Rejection is one step away from becoming a ghost town. The silver mines have been abandoned due to the mysterious disappearances of several miners. Prissy mine owner Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross) shows up in Rejection, determined to restore his mines to working order. With the help of a noble miner named Juan and a slightly insane gunman named Black Hand Kelly, Hiram sets out rather unwillingly to destroy the Graboids and restore order to Rejection.
This is a movie played mostly for laughs, and the cast does a good job with it. The entire premise is absolutely ridiculous, but everyone looks like they're having a good time. Michael Gross, the only member of the cast to appear in all four Tremors films, plays his role perfectly, making Hiram a multi-faceted character; arrogant jerk one moment, insecure nerd the next. Billy Drago, best known for his sleazy Bad Guy roles, almost steals the film as Black Hand Kelly, a typical, squinty eyed cowboy with a really weird sense of humor. It's nice to see him play a good guy for a change, even if his good guy is a little creepy and ends up as worm food far too soon.
Fans of the first Tremors film will definitely want to catch this prequel. Tremors 4 is the best film in the series after the first film, filled with the same sense of silly fun as the original as well as being an homage to it as well. 7 out of 10 stars for Tremors 4.
The year is 18hundred-and-something and the Wild West town of Rejection is one step away from becoming a ghost town. The silver mines have been abandoned due to the mysterious disappearances of several miners. Prissy mine owner Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross) shows up in Rejection, determined to restore his mines to working order. With the help of a noble miner named Juan and a slightly insane gunman named Black Hand Kelly, Hiram sets out rather unwillingly to destroy the Graboids and restore order to Rejection.
This is a movie played mostly for laughs, and the cast does a good job with it. The entire premise is absolutely ridiculous, but everyone looks like they're having a good time. Michael Gross, the only member of the cast to appear in all four Tremors films, plays his role perfectly, making Hiram a multi-faceted character; arrogant jerk one moment, insecure nerd the next. Billy Drago, best known for his sleazy Bad Guy roles, almost steals the film as Black Hand Kelly, a typical, squinty eyed cowboy with a really weird sense of humor. It's nice to see him play a good guy for a change, even if his good guy is a little creepy and ends up as worm food far too soon.
Fans of the first Tremors film will definitely want to catch this prequel. Tremors 4 is the best film in the series after the first film, filled with the same sense of silly fun as the original as well as being an homage to it as well. 7 out of 10 stars for Tremors 4.