Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins | |
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Nancy Roberts | |
Based on | Characters by S. S. Wilson Brent Maddock Ron Underwood |
Produced by | Nancy Roberts |
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Cinematography | Virgil L. Harper |
Edited by | Harry B. Miller III |
Music by | Jay Ferguson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million |
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (also known as Tremors 4 or Tremors: The Legend Begins) is a 2004
Prim East Coast dandy Hiram Gummer (Gross) arrives in the fictional town of Rejection, Nevada, to investigate a series of strange deaths at the silver mine he owns. Receiving help from local innkeeper Christine Lord (Botsford) and miner Juan Pedilla (Roam), Gummer finds out that gigantic killer worm-like graboids that can burrow underground are responsible for the miners' deaths. Hiram decides to recruit expert gunslinger Black Hand Kelly (Billy Drago) to save the day. However, the graboids grow larger, and the people of Rejection decide to kill them before they reach
Plot
In 1889, the inhabitants of Rejection are completely dependent on the income from a nearby
Inexperienced with and not fond of firearms, Hiram puts out a call for a gunfighter, to which Black Hand Kelly (
After two graboids are killed, the third one adapts and avoids all of the traps. Hiram tricks it into coming to the surface and then attaches it by the tail to the flywheel of a steam traction engine. The graboid is reeled in and slammed against the front wheels and boiler with such force that it is explosively decapitated on impact. With the creatures dead, the town decides to keep them secret out of fear that no one would settle in the area if their existence were known, and use the proceeds from the mine to pay for their belongings. Hiram settles in Rejection (renamed Perfection), building his home in the same place where his great-grandson Burt's would one day be. He is also given a Colt 1865 Gatling gun and begins target practice, enjoying it.
Cast
- Michael Gross as Hiram Gummer
- Sara Botsford as Christine Lord
- Billy Drago as Black Hand Kelly
- Brent Roam as Juan Padilla
- August Schellenberg as Tecopa
- J. E. Freeman as Old Fred
- Ming Lo as Pyong Lien Chang
- Lydia Look as Lu Wan Chang
- Sam Ly as Fu Yien Chang
- Neal Kopit as Víctor
- Sean Moram as Western Union Clerk
- Matthew Seth Wilson as Brick Walters
- John Dixon as Big Horse Johnson
- Dan Lemieux as Stony Walters
- Don Ruffin as Soggy
- Lou Carlucci as Mine Foreman
Reception
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins received mostly mixed reception from fans of the franchise. In a retrospective essay on direct-to-video horror sequels, Gavin Al-Asif for the Houston Chronicle wrote that "[Tremors 4] is noticeably better than [Tremors 3] in certain aspects, but also noticeably worse in others," critiquing the film for its unconvincing effects and hokey acting while praising the film for its fun characters, often clever humor, and western setting.
Browser game
A browser game tie-in called Dirt Dragons was created to market the film and released on January 2, 2004. The game concept, development, and programming was done by the Stampede Entertainment webmaster Allan Krahl.[1][2]
The game starts off with the premise that the town Rejection, Nevada hires an experienced gunman to eliminate
The official game site has since been discontinued, but the game is still available on other sites.[4]
References
- ^ "About The Game". DirtDragons. Stampede Entertainment. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ISBN 9780786458004
- ^ "Play Dirt Dragons". www.dirtdragons.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ "Dirt Dragons Game". www.playfg.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.