

They love the water so beware of pools and seal your drains. These little bastards can climb anything except glass and hard plastic surfaces. Out of all scorpions, these evil ones are the most venomous and are deceptive because they’re small. Jackson promoting the film at Comic-Con Convention in July 2006. The snakes were later released back into the desert. That’s not why they’re called Arizona bark scorpions, however, it is because they climb trees and are often found on tree bark. It was later revealed that one snake had made its way into the lobby of the theater on its own, and another had been found in the parking lot in a separate incident. Yeah, I know it’s called the Arizona bark scorpion, but this highly venomous creature, one of the Arizona’s dangerous animals, is also found in the Southwestern part of New Mexico.

Verdict: Sahara suffers from the comparison to Finding Nemo as it does not have the same emotional relevance, however, I think the quirkiness saves it from being a bore.The Arizona bark scorpion – Photo by Josh More There’s also some punny material, like a scorpion who complains that all her friends went to a Sting concert. He says stuff like “Do you guys have any pollen?” and “Do you even know who my dad is?”. It just felt too absurd to have a character like that in a kids’ movie! He doesn’t care about anything, not even his sister. I don’t always understand drug humor, but he made me laugh a lot. I won’t spoil the rest, but there is more eyebrow raising stuff after that.įor all its lack of originality, Sahara actually made me laugh quite a few times. There’s a prominent character (the female snake’s brother) who’s portrayed as a typical stoner / spoiled kid. The male snake and his pals run into a colony of creepy bio-luminescent bugs who operate a make-shift planetarium. Shed snake skins are clear and have the snake’s scale pattern on them.
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Shedded skin doesn’t rot, but some pest animals do eat it, so the old skin ‘may’ disappear. One cool thing was that the snake charmer’s music put the snakes in a trance. That leads to some slick snake action and a legitimately psychedelic 2D/3D mixed sequence set to strange music. Snake skins are a clear sign that snakes have been present in your yard at some point. The snake divide was an attempt at social commentary, but it was forgotten by the end. The show is bound to stir interest in the uniqueand mysteriousChristian sect. How many times have we seen a damsel in distress? To make things worse, the guy snake makes it abundantly clear that he’s only rescuing the girl snake for the chance that she’ll become his girlfriend.ĭespite the cliché story line, there are some interesting ideas peppered through the film. He plays mandolin, loves zombie movies, receives food stamps, has five children, and now is he is a star in a new 16-episode National Geographic reality series, Snake Salvation, premiering Tuesday about Appalachia’s serpent-handling churches.
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This last part cheapened the movie for me. The Sahara setting was unique enough to grab my interest, but the story wasn’t very original. It’s pretty much Finding Nemo with snakes instead of fish, the desert instead of the ocean, a snake charmer instead of a dentist and a love connection instead of a father and son bond. A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go. Review: Sahara is a fairly typical linear animal adventure-comedy. The male snake sets out on a quest to rescue her, recruiting the help of her stoner brother and his scorpion best friend.

Soon after, the female snake gets captured by a snake charmer. The colors and patterns seen in the film are instead. They run into each other as she’s trying to sneak out of the oasis and he’s trying to sneak in. The patterns displayed by the snakes in the film, however, are unlike anything found on actual serpents. On the other side, a young male snake dreams of an easier life. After their car breaks down in an isolated desert, a mother and young daughter are relentlessly pursued by a deadly snake. On one side, a young female snake dreams of adventure. With Jessica Morris, Oliviah Crawford, Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez, Israel Sez de Miguel. The blue snakes live in a canyon where they have to scramble for food. The green snakes live in the oasis where they enjoy a privileged existence. Overview: Desert snakes are divided into two groups. I have to applaud Netflix, they got this movie up very quickly. I checked out Sahara, a 2017 French animated movie released on Netflix this spring.
