Being a Tremors fan, of course, I was going to watch this movie and I'm glad I did as it turned out to be better than some of the Tremors sequels. However, don't get me wrong this isn't a fantastic film, though I did find it entertaining.The story isn't that original and the climax is as predictable as it can be, the writers, Neil Elman, Kevin Leeson, and Steven R Monroe (who also directs) doesn't give the audience anything new or any surprises along the way. It's pretty average standard fayre for SyFy movies.Monroe however, does a slightly better job of directing and goes for the roller-coaster effect which works well. When the action starts he builds up the pace and the slows it down accordingly at other times. The trouble is he's not too good at building up tension, anticipation, and excitement; any of these would have made for a better film.It's Sean Patrick Flanery as the wise-guy treasure hunter Daniel, and George Cheung, as the self-confident police officer, Timur, that make this film an enjoyable watch. Their characters get the best lines and when they meet up you can tell theirs a chemistry between the pair as they work well off one another. The rest of the cast are also good and do a credible job with their characters and add strength to the story and film.The CGI special effects for 2010 were pretty good, remember this is a TV movie so doesn't have the production of bigger budget movies. One of the better aspects of the Death Worm were its teeth. You definitely do not want a love bite from one of these. If you like Tremors or monster movies then you may like this, it's at least worth watching when it come on again, though I'd say I wouldn't spend money on buying it.

Mongolian Death Worm is like a Tremors rip-off of sorts and it had a 3.3/10 rating at the time I wrote this review. Okay, it was a made-for-TV Sy-Fy channel movie with what looked like giant killer sleeping bags devouring an oil refinery (which was obviously a dam if you know what to look for), of course it's a bad movie... but 3.3/10 stars? Is that really fair? I watched this movie expecting it to be terrible, but it wasn't so bad, in fact it was a cheesy, funny horror movie with a story that managed to be engaging enough that I could ignore the various flaws in the film. I love cheesy, bad horror movies (my first was the underrated 1982 Canadian film Deadly Eyes). Maybe I'm giving this movie a much higher rating than it deserves, but I still enjoyed it.Pros:-A story that holds up and manages to be engaging -A cast you can laugh at (the characters were pretty funny, too) -Cool shots of an industrial dam, or the "oil refinery" -Half-decent CGI -Okay soundtrack -No nasty fart jokesCons:-The "death worms" were eating people throughout the movie, but they hardly looked scary or threatening at all, in fact they looked sort of cute... not good for a horror movie. -The do-gooder doctor lady's character got on my nerves -Enviro-propaganda anti-fracking message added in it, which was highly annoying (oil drilling/fracking employs much of my province and other Canadian areas (out west there's a large oil industry and here in the east we've got the potential for hydrofracking) and things like these movies are highly exaggerated, making fracking and drilling look bad -Terrible script lines -Not the best actors/actresses -Not a very creative title -Not a very original movieThe cons outweigh the pros but I've seen worse. I enjoyed Mongolian Death Worm much more than that Hunger Games cr*p that's out everywhere right now and movies are made not always to be good, sometimes just to make people laugh. It's obvious that the production company knew MDW would never get any further than a direct-to-DVD, low-rating release, and I stand by my opinion that it was a fun little movie to pass the time with.

Was I imagining it or was this movie somewhat devoid of the usual pacing?Okay, there's a guy searching for treasure while two doctors are trying to reach civilisation and these people are kidnapped by the local crime lord and meanwhile some manner of drill-using company is having difficulty because all their workers keep slacking or getting eaten.I'm confused. Very confused. I just wanted a monster movie. Was I that exhausted it all seemed complicated or was it really moving at speed comparable to erosion?Stephen Monroe, director of the best Syfy-commissioned movie, Wyvern, meanwhile provides a film with characters more charismatic than your average Syfy-commissioned movie. Unfortunately the monsters are lame. Their victims are usually distracted by something else and those aware can easily defeat them with firearms.

Mongolian Death Worm has a lot to offer and more importantly, is a lot of fun. The script was well written and the directing by Steven R. Monroe made for a pretty good made-for-t.v. movie. Sean Patrick Flannery did very well on delivering his lines. The dialog in Mongolian Death Worm was clever and humorous which is essential for good movies these days. I have to mention the the CG worms in the film were actually done very well and completely believable in several scenes. The movie had a wide range of personalities for their characters and even had a swap of likability between the Sean's character, Daniel and the bad guy at the oil rig. Mongolian death worm is no masterpiece, but is a very well-made, made-for-t.v. movie that is definitely worth checking out.