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The live action version of the Alaskan Bull Worm Well this is a strange set of circumstance. Mainly because I have not seen the second nor third movie. I have seen the 1st movie. I love the first movie. I’ve seen that movie multiple times over and over again ever since I was 10. Fantastic monster movie, 10/10 always recommend. Then I guess people decided to make a franchise out of it because Netflix has 7 movies available, the last 2 I’m 75% sure were specifically Netflix made. So how it happened was I saw the title for the 2nd movie: looked like a fun romp with a different cast. Saw the title for the 3rd movie: Burt comes back for revenge so…yeah I skipped that. 4th one tho? Where it’s the 1800s and they are fighting the giant worm things that took and entire gun arsinal from the first movie to kill one? Sign me the Hell Up. Overview: In the town of Rejection where the economy is set on a local silver mine, mysterious deaths happened to the miners, and scared everyone away. In order to save his business, Hiram Gummer comes into town to fix the problem, only to realize that both he and the town residence are in over their heads. Now it’s no longer a battle for the mine, but a battle for their very lives. Got to love a good plot summary.

Yes, we are indeed following the 1800s version of Perfection. Not just the town, but the inhabitants. The general store is run by a chinese family, like Chang in the first movie. There is a family, so we have children running about. And there is the outsider entering the town ( Rhonda from the first movie, Hiram in this one).

I think the best of all of this is that Hiram is canonnly an ancestor to Burt. Even played by the same actor Michael Gross. And he is everything that Burt isn’t, which is beautiful. Yes they can be a little thick headed, but Hiram is neat, orderly, the air of wealth around him, not above being a dick to children to get his things, the “gruff ruff ruff how dare you sir I’m a gentleman” which is a great antithesis to who Burt is. And it plays great because his entire character arc is him learning not to be a dick and to be basically more like Burt, at least in terms of asserting oneself and a sense of community.

It isn’t just Burt Ancestor, but Heather too. The hotel owner Christine is, first of all really cool, but is like the stand in for Heather (Burt’s Wife). And she really is so cool here. Stands her ground, the matriarch leader of the town that the community gathers behind. And they did a really good at the romance between her and Hiram. The movie takes place over the course of months as opposed to the two days from the first movie, so there is a real natural slow burn to their romance that makes freaking logical sense. It felt like I was watching the romance between Burt and Heather from the first movie, if Burt was a dork rich boy.

Tremors is so good with the supporting cast. Everyone is so loveable in this film. The Chang family are sweet and the kid is so flipping cute. Tecopa is funny when interacting with everything. It just feels like a small western town. And Juan, god Juan is so cool. He’s the local that saw the whole thing and warned everyone. He is my favorite character here. He just has a dream! He just wants to get enough money for his own farm! He doesn’t want to get hurt, but still helps the dumb rich guy in his investigation! And he does everything he can to help the town from these monsters! Like, my guy, love everything you do. You also see some really cool western gadgets throughout the movie. Telegraphs to figure out where people are at. Wagon races. Western Guns shooting at people. Just, when you put a monster attack in an era, you become very creative in your plot choices. And they don’t miss a chance here.

The cgi….look it can be better. It can be worse. It’s passable for the most part, so it doesn’t really hinder the movie, only when the worms are doing complex motions. Other than that, they use puppets like the 1st film, so it really feels like a classic Tremors movie. But I do like how they just build to the lore of the monsters. How they grow, their stages of development. It might have been touched on in the other 2 movies, but it is still nice to know that you don’t have to see the other two movies to understand how they work. Overall: Listen, seeing Western people deal with monsters is my jam. But I really wasn’t expecting much from them other than that. So having an actual plot, a wide cast of characters with their own personal struggles on top of a well executed monster attack, this was a great movie. A solid B Monster flick that anyone can watch.