TREMORS 4: THE LEGEND BEGINS (2003)

MORGAN'S RATING

When workers in the remote mining town of Rejection, Nevada, fall victim to an unseen predator, the mines owner, Hiram Gummer (Michael Gross), great-grandfather to Tremors' Burt Gummer, hires a mercenary to destroy the carnivorous creatures before they swallow up his profits. What follows is an all-out assault that takes the battleground from deep in the earth to a suspense-filled showdown in the streets of Rejection! Tremors 4: The Legend Begins will thrill you with incredible action sequences, awesome bonus features and earthshaking special effects created by the award-winner team behind the original 1990 box office hit, Tremors.

Michael Gross (Hiram Gummer), Sara Botsford (Christine Lorde), Billy Drago (Black Hand Kelly), Brent Roam (Juan Pedilla), August Schellenberg (Tecopa), J.E. Freeman (Old Fred), Ming Lo (Pyong Lien Chang), Lydia Look (Lu Wan Chang), Sam Ly (Fu Yien Chang), Neal Kopit (Victor), Sean Moran (Western Union Clerk), Matthew Seth Wilson (Brick Walters), John Dixon (Big Horse Johnson), Dan Lemieux (Stony Walters), Don Ruffin (Soggy), Lou Carlucci (Mine Foreman.

GET READY TO BE SHAKEN TO THE CORE BY THE ALL-NEW PREQUEL TO THE ORIGINAL TREMORS!

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: S.S. Wilson (Tremors II: Aftershocks). WRITERS: S.S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Nancy Roberts and Scott Buck. PRODUCER: Nancy Roberts. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Linda Drake. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: S.S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. LINE PRODUCER: Jon Kuyper. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jay Ferguson. DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Home Entertainment.

QUOTES

Hiram Gummer: They spring from the ground like, like some demonic trout.

[Tecopa is reaching for his gun] Black Hand Kelly: I recommend that you keep that hog leg skinned, unless you got a desire to be jumpin' over hot coals in hell.

FACTS

[Hiram is being helped up on his horse] Black Hand Kelly: Gummer, dang nabit, ain't you got no pride? Get up on the horse by yourself. Hiram Gummer: Should I ever again require horsemanship, I will engage a tutor. Black Hand Kelly: Well, I'll tell you one thing, I ain't got your book learning, but I know this, ebing full growed don't make you a man.

RELEASE: January 2nd, 2004 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE) SHOOTING DATES: February 2003 -- ??? - This fourth installment was originally titled Tremors: Original Showdown. - Filming on this prequel commenced shortly after the completion of the first season of Tremors: The Series, the show based on these popular films.

Black Hand Kelly: Hiriam, it's about time you learned how to use a real piece. Hiram Gummer: That's your job. If I need a gun fired, I hire a gunman. Black Hand Kelly: If you want to bed down with a real pretty woman, I suppose you hire someone to do that too.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"It's been thirteen years since the original and with Tremors 4: The Legend Begins the franchise has begun to show its age. Still, there is some creative energy left, thanks mostly to a welcomed new setting and the always dependable humor and gun play." -- Morgan Muscat, The Action Kings

Tecopa: Let's do what we can with what we have. Hiram Gummer: Well said.

Tecopa: You missed! WITH A CANNON!