Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
A Syfy channel original movie which is a fair bit of fun. Yes it's cheesy and yes the worm victims do tend to stand in just the right spot to get eaten but it rattles along and the frequent monster CGI effects really aren't bad at all.
With Victoria Pratt on board and Sean Patrick Flanery doing his best Indiana Jones impression we have a couple of almost stars who give it their all and have the acting nouse to carry films like this every day of the week. Plus - spoiler alert - it was certainly different for a film of this ilk to ramp up the sexual tension between it's two leads only for them not to make out at the end.
Once upon a time Syfy original movies were the laughing stock but now they have a level of competence that certainly makes them watchable even if the FX work pales in comparison to big studio blockbusters.
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