"Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell"

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Like many, I have been a cult follower of this franchise for years. Even though I was too young to see the original when it came out in 1990, once I was old enough to watch, I was hooked. While the original didn't do so well at theaters, it holds a high record of video rental sales (back before video stores became extinct). Since then, it has had a prequel film along with a short lived television series (which should have had a second season in my opinion) and as of yesterday has welcomed its six installment.

Picking up not long after the last installment where our survival enthusiast hero Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) is back in Perfection, Nevada with the son he never knew he had Travis B. Welker (Jamie Kennedy) fighting off another pest problem, a Federal agent from the IRS that is taking claim of his property. While holding down the fort at Chang's market, that's when they get the call about a Graboid problem with a twist, they're in the Canadian Arctic. 
After a rough landing, they meet up with Dr. Rita Sims, the head of the research facility and Valerie McKee, a knowledgeable intern who has some Perfection ties in her blood. (Here's a hint: Bacon) along with their team. 
It isn't long before they find themselves under attack. Isolated, they must rally together and use their resources and wits to take them down, but there's a two catches. Burt suspects that these Graboids are not there by accident but are the product of government testing as weapons, but while he's trying to prove his theory, be starts experiencing crippling neurological attacks due to his past exposure to Graboid venom and the only antidote lies inside a live Graboid. 

Once again, the Tremors franchise does not disappoint its loyal fans. The action and humor that we've all come to expect along with creative fighting tactics come at you by the plenty. If you look and listen closely throughout the movie, you'll find subtle touches from the original film. My only complaint is the lack of Ass Blasters featured and once again no Shriekers. Though don't underestimate these Graboids. While they're not quite the same as the ones featured in the African adventure from the last film, these massive worms are a force to be reckoned with. Which is why despite the lack of variety in their evolution chain, it earn five G.M.Stars with me, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a fan, though I hope the rest of you fans out there will enjoy another adventure with Gummer as much as I have.

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