A big-budget but mediocre adventure yarn, THE SERPENT OF DEATH circulated through the domestic film market in videocassette form, which is not unusual but still a pity. Watching on a small screen diminishes the movie's undeniable star--the exotic and historic Mediterranean scenery of
Greece and Egypt, sumptuously rendered by cinematographer Fred Tammes.
Jake Bonner (Jeff Fahey) is a novice archaeologist with elastic ethics, who occasionally sells a museum piece on the black market to support himself. These underworld dealings come back to haunt Jake when his colleagues recover a small stone serpent from the Mediterranean Sea. The ancient writing
on the object ...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins