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

Silent Predators
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Directed byNoel Nosseck
Written by
Story by
  • Patricia Arrigoni
  • Fred Brown
Produced byRichard D. Arredondo
Randy Sutter
Starring
CinematographyJohn Stokes
Edited byTod Feuerman
Music byMichael Tavera
Distributed byTBS Superstation
Release date
  • June 13, 1999 (1999-06-13)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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.

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Production

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Speier, Michael (June 9, 1999). "Silent Predators". Variety. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
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