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'''''Python''''' (theatrically released in the Philippines as '''''Anaconda 2000''''') is a 2000 [[made-for-TV]] [[comedy horror film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/python-v225879|title=Python (2000) - Richard Clabaugh | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> film directed by Richard Clabaugh. The film features several [[Cult following|cult]] favorite actors, including [[William Zabka]] of ''[[The Karate Kid (1984 film)|The Karate Kid]]'' fame, [[Wil Wheaton]], [[Casper Van Dien]], [[Jenny McCarthy]], [[Keith Coogan]], [[Robert Englund]], [[Dana Barron]], [[David Bowe (actor)|David Bowe]], and [[Sean Whalen]].
The film concerns a genetically engineered [[snake]], a [[Pythonidae|python]], that escapes and unleashes itself on a small town. It was filmed in [[Los Angeles]] and [[Malibu, California]].
==Plot==
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At a swimming hole the next day, John Cooper, his girlfriend Kristin, his best friend Tommy, and Tommy's girlfriend Theresa find a pet [[Burmese python]] thatthey recognize as belongedbelonging to Lisa. Deputy Greg shows uparrives, mentioning that Lisa is missing, and takes the snake. When Lisa's body is later found, appearingheavily todisfigured haveby beenacid, corrodedthe bypolice acids. Greg suspectssuspect John, sincewho heis worksemployed at a plating plant that usesutilizes acidsacid.
Greg is also Kristin's ex-fiancé, with her having left him when her first love came back to town.
Meanwhile, NSA Special Agent Parker meets with scientist Anton Rudolph while preparing to recapture the python; Anton (who was part of the team that created the creature) explains its origins as a genetically-engineered hybrid of several snake species as well as its defensive capabilities - including being able to expel highly-corrosive stomach acid - and concluding that Parker's men don't stand a chance.
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The next morning, the python attacks Theresa and kills Tommy at their home; Theresa drives away, but the python follows and disables her truck, forcing her to hide in a nearby crevice. John and Kristin go looking for Tommy and Theresa after they fail to arrive and find the wrecked truck; Theresa tries to warn them about the snake, which chases John and Kristin to the water treatment center, where they find both Theresa and a shocked Anton. Realizing that they must do something about the python before it gets to town, John calls Greg on the radio and fills him in on a plan they have devised to trap and destroy the python.
Theresa's morning shower is interrupted by the snake. Though she escapes, the snake eats Tommy. Theresa drives away, but the snake follows. It gets in front of her and disables the truck. Theresa hides in a crevice.
They lure the python into the water treatment center by having it chase John through a shaft, while they set a bomb near the entrance and John escapes through a hatch too small for the snake; however, the bomb does not detonate when triggered. Anton runs back in to reset it, sacrificing himself by detonating manually when confronted by the python. Though the others celebrate their apparent success, the python emerges unscathed. While fleeing in Greg's police car, the group construct an alternative plan to penetrate the python's hide by luring the python into a vat of acid at the plating plant. They are able to push the python's underbelly into one of the vats, causing the python to be killed by the acid.
When Tommy and Theresa do not arrive, John and Kristin go looking for them, finding the wrecked truck. Theresa tries to warn them as the snake approaches, but they cannot hear her. John and Kristin escape using Tommy and Theresa's bikes from the truck. They make it to the water treatment center, where Theresa later joins them, and find Anton in shock. The group realizes that they must do something about the snake or it will get to the town. They call Greg on the radio and fill him in on a plan they have devised.
Six months later , Greg has been accepted into [[FBI Academy|Quantico]] to be an [[FBI]] agent, the plant has been reopened as a bar/bike shop where the snake'sdeath skinof the python is used as a sales tool ,; Greg has been accepted into [[FBI Academy|Quantico]] to be an [[FBI]] agent and John findsgleefully outannounces that he and Kristin are soon to be parents. ▼They lure the snake into the water treatment plant by having it chase John through a shaft, while they set a bomb near the entrance. Kristin drops a line down another shaft for John to escape. They pull John out and the python is unable to climb up the shaft. Trapped in the tunnel, the python returns to the doorway entrance. The group returns to the entrance to trigger the bomb, but it does not detonate. Anton runs back in to reset it. Anton detonates the charges while confronted by the snake, sacrificing himself. While the other four are celebrating their success, the python emerges unscathed.
The group flees in Greg's police car, planning to penetrate the snake's hide by luring the snake into a vat of [[acid]] at John's plating plant. They are able to push the snake's underbelly into one of the vats, causing the snake to be killed by the acid.
▲Six months later, Greg has been accepted into [[FBI Academy|Quantico]] to be an [[FBI]] agent, the plant has been reopened as a bar/bike shop where the snake's skin is used as a sales tool, and John finds out that he and Kristin are soon to be parents.
==Cast==
==Reception==
''Python'' was originally broadcast in the United States on August 9, 2000. In the Philippines, the film was theatrically released as ''Anaconda 2000'' on October 25, 2000,<ref>{{cite news|title=Opens Today!!!|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jJ4VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6496%2C2953118|access-date=February 11, 2022|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp.|date=October 25, 2000|page=23|quote=Just when you thought you were safe from the big bad snake}}</ref> connecting it to the unrelated 1997 film ''[[Anaconda (1997 film)|Anaconda]]''.
''Python'' received mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/python.htm |title=Python (2000). Moria - the Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review |access-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004100849/http://moria.co.nz/sciencefiction/python.htm |archive-date=October 4, 2011 }}</ref> Critics praised the ensemble cast, but criticized the special effects and plot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movie-gurus.com/content/reviews/p/1345/index.html|title=Movie Gurus - The Movie Review Community|website=movie-gurus.com}}</ref> Others thought that it was an above-average television film with good special effects.
==See also==
*[[List of killer snake films|List of killer python films]]
==References==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0209264|title=Python}}
*{{Allmovie title|225879|Python}}
*[http://www.rclabaugh.com/python.html Director Richard Clabaugh's talks about Python]
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