Lack of good storyline.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

After a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks, sexist reptile expert Tom Parkinson (Sam Chew) and feminist photographer Ann Bradley (Elisabeth Chauvet) are hired by the local sheriff to investigate, the pair eventually discovering that the snakes have been accidentally exposed to a top-secret biological weapon that has increased their aggression.This one kicks off with two young boys being bitten to death by numerous rattlers, followed soon after by a dog meeting the same fate; with children and cute pets biting the big one, Rattlers looks set to be a whole load of mean-spirited 'animals attack' fun. However, barring one memorable scene featuring snakes in a bath-tub, the rest of the film doesn't fulfill its potential.Too much of the running time is dedicated to the dull investigative work carried out by Tom and Ann, as well as their blossoming romance, when what viewers of this kind of trash really want to see are lots of terrifying reptile attacks, AND the grisly aftermath: the reality is little interaction between human and reptile, and absolutely no sign of the hideously swollen victims covered in puncture wounds.

This movie begins with two kids climbing up the walls of a canyon and falling into a rattlesnake pit. Because they are so disfigured by the repeated snake bites the local sheriff calls in an expert by the name of "Dr. Tom Parkinson" (Sam Chew Jr.) who works at a nearby college. Although puzzled by the numerous bites he doesn't really offer much help until other cases begin to emerge. After that he and a female photographer named "Ann Bradley" (Elizabeth Chauvet) are led by their investigation to a top-secret army compound which seems to be in the in the middle of all of the incidents. Now, rather than reveal any more of the movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this wasn't terribly bad as far as films of this nature are concerned. Personally, I didn't think the acting was too bad considering the awful script and some of the ridiculous scenarios the actors were given. That said, although I typically enjoy movies of this type I thought this particular film wasn't nearly as good as it could have been and I have rated it accordingly.

This (you might guess from the title) is one of them 'revenge of nature' films from the seventies. After two kids are killed in the desert by rattle snakes (somehow the bodies managed to roll away down the hill away from the pit, but let's not dwell on that), the local police draft in a snake expert to find out what's going on. After wandering about a bit, and picking up a two hundred dollar paycheck, he acknowledges that yes indeed, those kids were killed by rattlesnakes. With a bit of a shrug, he heads back home.Soon after, a whole army of snakes descend on a farm and kill everything on it, so the local police think that it's probably best to bring the expert back to track down these snakes. This time he's accompanied by a female photographer (Cue the old 'You're…a woman?' bit, and they find out a bit more this time, including the shenanigans of the local army base and their possible involvement in the new aggression of the rattlesnakes. Can our sexist expert and his sidekick stop the snakes in time? And what's the army got to do with it? Not exactly big on action, kills, or even gore, Rattles is still entertaining enough due to a very high cheese level (rated PG, for Parmesan, grated), bad acting, nonsensical situations and general daftness. I loved how our heroic duo had a quick holiday in Vegas for no real reason and then just headed back to their tent in the desert just in time to get attacked by snakes. Or when a cobra escapes our expert's lab and his boss nearly craps his pants in fear. The emergence of a crazy army officer and the subsequent gunfight were good too, plus the 'snakes in the bath' bit. Overall, a very tame film, but sometimes, when the acting is this bad and the situations hilarious, you can forgive the lack of action. I found Rattles to be quick a fun, daft, film. Also quite refreshing was the fact that the filmmakers didn't resort to killing any real animals, which is a bit of a change from your usual seventies films.

Okay, I'm exaggerating when I call this a classic, but I like these '70s revenge-of-nature films. I remember seeing the trailers for films like "Rattlers" and "Grizzly" and "Empire of the Ants" on TV when I was a kid. But would my parents ever let me attend these gems? Heavens no! So now I'm making up for lost time as an adult, rediscovering these terrible films from my youth. In many ways these films are like a time machine to another era--an era with bad clothing, terrible dialogue, cool cars, and in-your-face feminism, buster! While you can't really destroy the plot of "Rattlers" (rattlesnakes attack people, duh!), I would urge you to watch the film for the "performance" of the main female lead. You haven't seen cardboard until you've seen her. Wow. Awesome.