There were times when I got super excited about any new upcoming creature feature. Then I discovered Syfy channel productions and my excitement went down a bit. Years later I discovered Asylum and lost pretty much all hope for a good monster movies with old school special effects. I used to the fact that Syfy can't do any good movie, it would be just against their rules and then I bought 'Mongolian Death Worms'. I know, title says it all but I couldn't resist. I used to read a lot legends about the cryptozoological creatures known as 'Mongolian Death Worms' and thought once - hey, maybe Syfy Channel will make the movie about them. And they Did! What's more surprising, this movie is actually not that bad. I mean - obviously, It's still Syfy channel with all It's glory - cgi creatures, one good actor surrounded by a bunch of amateurs, moronic script, cliché storyline etc but It's watchable. CGI is actually very good(for syfy features), worms sometimes look like they would be actual puppets not cgi so the job is well done here. Acting is shitty as usual with an exception of Sean Patrick Flanery who did a good job with what he was given. His character is not interesting at all but his acting is good, makes him easier to watch and hear. Unfortunately he has no one to work with. Victoria Pratt might be considered 'hot' by some people(not me) but her acting is bad and when you combine it with usual doctor/scientist character she can get highly annoying. I was thrilled to see Andrew Stevens since he's credited to be in the movie but sadly his part lasts for like 30 seconds. I wonder why Stevens couldn't take on one of the lead characters. He was a producer, his company co-founded this movie and being legendary actor he could do a good job for a movie by acting in it. There is no gore whatsoever, whole film is kids friendly but It's still OK to watch, even with a Texas trying to be Mongolia, even with George Cheung trying to be Mongolian sheriff(driving American pick-up with a 'police' plate written on it) and stuff. I won't watch it again and It's not a good movie for sure but It's not that bad either. Give it a try once, if you feel you want to.

Really bad acting, bad plot and .. too much to critique. My FAVORITE is that in the Gobi desert, we have grass, trees and it a significant resemblance to middle America. Maybe that is why the Mongolians drive GMCs and the police vehicle says "Police".Didn't anybody involved in making this movie give a darn? It appears not.Cheesy movies can be good - Tremors for example, didn't take itself too seriously, but managed to engage us.This one is just bad.

Yes, it was filmed entirely in Texas, (as proudly stated in the credits), even though the film offered a quick panorama of a Mongolian plain at the start of the movie. The lead male star took a night off from his Friday night bowling league to make the movie, yet he is the highlight of this very badly acted mess-terpiece. With a sewage plant as the film's centerpiece, some cardboard shacks for additional props, and very poor CGI effects, the term "low-budget" is something of an understatement. The typical B movie lures, naked girls in the shower, buckets of red paint sloshed about in the death scenes, are all missing from this one. And, as other comments have noted, the supposed native characters look mostly Chinese or Mexican, not Mongolian. The "sheriff" looks like he walked right out of some small Texas town to join the movie. Something was definitely missing from this flick.

Mongolian Death Worm has a lot to offer and more importantly, is a lot of fun. The script was well written and the directing by Steven R. Monroe made for a pretty good made-for-t.v. movie. Sean Patrick Flannery did very well on delivering his lines. The dialog in Mongolian Death Worm was clever and humorous which is essential for good movies these days. I have to mention the the CG worms in the film were actually done very well and completely believable in several scenes. The movie had a wide range of personalities for their characters and even had a swap of likability between the Sean's character, Daniel and the bad guy at the oil rig. Mongolian death worm is no masterpiece, but is a very well-made, made-for-t.v. movie that is definitely worth checking out.