People have come to know this franchise for its extravagant comedic action style, and its heroic graboid killer; the legendary Burt Gummer played by Michael Gross. Even on straight to video/VOD humble budgets, the last 6 films have kept the franchise from going into the ground with the graboids so to speak after the original big budget classic from 1990. You always know what you're going to get from them, and while some people may find it cheap and run-of-the-mill they always deliver for the fans.
The seventh film is no different and benefits greatly from its island setting giving a new environment for the graboids/ shriekers to wreak havoc. The story has a decent subplot adding some depth with a semi villain played by Richard Brake that gives it some more entertaining insanity. Jon Heder also does a good job as the new sidekick for Gummer. While it does follow the same formula as far as people being devoured one by one and Burt Gummer and Co. having to stop them, the gutsy conclusion will catch a lot of people off guard.
The graboid/shrieker designs aren't practical at this point as we know, but the CGI was actually fantastically executed and you never feel like it's cheap SYFY caliber. They did a tremendous job with adding some new intricacies to the overall visuals of the creatures. The overall production value was executed well throughout. I do get a bit annoyed by the slow motion effects during the action sequences that they've used in these more recent sequels, and some of the editing is kind of ridiculous but those are minor nitpicks.
Overall imo this is the best Tremors film we've had since the 1996 Sequel, and while it may be unexpected in sorts, I think many people will enjoy it for what it is.
The seventh film is no different and benefits greatly from its island setting giving a new environment for the graboids/ shriekers to wreak havoc. The story has a decent subplot adding some depth with a semi villain played by Richard Brake that gives it some more entertaining insanity. Jon Heder also does a good job as the new sidekick for Gummer. While it does follow the same formula as far as people being devoured one by one and Burt Gummer and Co. having to stop them, the gutsy conclusion will catch a lot of people off guard.
The graboid/shrieker designs aren't practical at this point as we know, but the CGI was actually fantastically executed and you never feel like it's cheap SYFY caliber. They did a tremendous job with adding some new intricacies to the overall visuals of the creatures. The overall production value was executed well throughout. I do get a bit annoyed by the slow motion effects during the action sequences that they've used in these more recent sequels, and some of the editing is kind of ridiculous but those are minor nitpicks.
Overall imo this is the best Tremors film we've had since the 1996 Sequel, and while it may be unexpected in sorts, I think many people will enjoy it for what it is.