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When a wealth of silver is discovered in the vast Nevada desert, the small but almost immediately prosperous boomtown of Rejection is quickly established in order to support the Bottom Dollar Mine. De... read more read more...spite the riches beneath their feet that promise to put Rejection on the map and deliver wealth and prosperity to the small community, the fate of the town takes an ominous turn when 17 miners are mysteriously killed. As the fearful residents abandon the mines and flee the town, mine owner Hiram Gummer (series regular Michael Gross) takes matters into his own hands by leading the few remaining residents in a hunt to solve the mystery of the miners' deaths -- only to discover that the unearthly underground killer is a more powerful force than he may have ever imagined. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: S.S. Wilson

Release Date: January 2, 2004

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  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    September 7, 2011
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    A Revolution Has Begun...

    Very crappy as I expected, it was painful to watch as they have ruin such a great monster creature story with films like these and tremors 3.. They keep changing the directors what's up with that? Only watch if your a fan of the first 2 films.

    In 1889... read more, the town of Rejection, Nevada, depends on a nearby silver mine for its income. Rejection has a few residents. Christine Lord runs the local inn, which doesn't get a lot of business because Carson City is the busiest settlement in the area. Pyong Lien Chang, his wife Lu Wan Chang, and his son Fu Yien Chang are immigrants from China, and they own Chang's Market. Other residents include Old Fred, Brick Walters, Stony Walters, Big Horse Johnson, Soggy, miner Juan Pedilla, and Christine's friend Tecopa. When a hot spring causes four eggs to hatch, several men who work in the silver mine are killed by whatever hatched from the eggs. Everyone is too terrified to enter the mine. No one wants to risk their lives, even if shutting down the mine would mean the death of the town. With the mine shut down, the mine's owner, Hiram Gummer, arrives in the area from Philadelphia to investigate. Juan acts as Hiram's guide. As it turns out, each egg hatched a Graboid, but 1889 was about 100 years before they were called Graboids, so Hiram calls them Dirt Dragons. When the Dirt Dragons prove to be too much for the residents of Rejection to handle, Hiram calls upon Black Hand Kelly, the fastest gunslinger in the west. Kelly brings in the heavy artillery, which proves to be absolutely useless when the baby Dirt Dragons grow to enormous size, and one of them kills Kelly. As a result, Hiram decides to leave town, while everyone else refuses to leave the place that they call home. While Hiram is in Carson City, he intercepts a wired message that the Dirt Dragons are no longer in the area where the mine is -- they're heading right for Rejection. Hiram goes to a local firearms store, and he returns to Rejection, very heavily armed. With those weapons, which include a huge punt gun, Hiram and the townspeople prepare to defend the town against the Dirt Dragons.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    June 9, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    This film is very underrated. It was a pleasant film to watch, and is sure to appeal to every Tremors fan who've watched the first three. I think that this film is better than the weaker Back To Perfection. I think the reason that this film succeeds so much is because it returns ... read moreto the witty, more comical elements than the first two, instead of the irritating elements of the third. I just the concept of a Tremors film in old west, the only thing missing would be Henry Fonda and Clint Eastwood in the film to make it more awesome. The film is a nonstop laugh fest with Horror and Thrills all rolled in to one. The cast is also a very good one, and they give splendid performances, The Legend Begins, is a great way to end this fun little series.
  • deano
    June 28, 2009
    deano
    I am very impressed with Tremors 4. Most prequels have flaws, but this one has legitimate explanations for everything, such as why there is no mention of these incidents in the previous three movies. And Michael Gross is outstanding as Hiram Gummer, great-grandfather to Bu... read morert Gummer. Same actor, different character, but equally well-played. I think it's obvious now that if Gross were to ever leave the franchise, there probably wouldn't be anymore sequels/prequels made. He's made himself too important, and that's all the better for these movies.
    One thing that I was truly impressed with in this movie is that there is WAY less CGI than there was in the previous two movies. They've gone back mainly to puppetry and animatronics, just the way we like our special effects. Real. It helps us believe what we're seeing. For example, there is one moment where a graboid comes through the floor and a guy is lifted on its back.
  • puffchunk
    October 23, 2007
    puffchunk
    So bad. And this is comming from a huge tremors fan, ...they just shouldn't have.
  • Deano78
    June 10, 2007
    Deano78
    The weakest of the series I felt. This one goes back to the old wild west when they had their first encounter with the grabzoids. Meant to be a comedy, or was it?
  • skactopus
    April 27, 2007
    skactopus
    This was the worst of the series, but if your a fan you will most likely enjoy this. It did feel out of place compared with the rest, but that's most likely because it takes place in the wild west. The special effects are nothing special, but you will see where Burt Gummer gets... read more his gun addiction from.
  • fb573220345
    May 9, 2012
    fb573220345
    I am a long time fan of the Tremors movies but I think they milked it till so hard like the saw and hell raiser movies that once they got to Tremors 4, they were low on a budget and low on ideas and made me loose interest in following any further. All though the movie is still wo... read morerth a watch, I was not highly satisfied with it.
  • simeondeutsch1
    March 19, 2010
    simeondeutsch1
    The fourth in the horror/thriller series "Tremors", about killer worms that attack a small town in the middle of the desert. "Tremors 4" is a prequel to the previous 3; it's set in the 1800s, and is about the town's first encounters with the worms. Unlike the previous 3 films, th... read moreis one officially accepts its sense of comedy, which caused the acting to become stale and incredibly tongue in cheek, while still dealing with a serious topic. Overall, acting is beyond devastating, the action is nearly non existant, and the majority of the film is full of historical reanactments of historical innaccuracies. AVOID THIS FILM unless you are a die hard fan of the previous 3.
  • moviefan1725
    June 12, 2008
    moviefan1725
    A return to form for the Tremors series, this one is a prequel that takes us back to the Old West, when the town of Perfection was known as Rejection. Michael Gross returns to series, but not as his original character, but as his own great-grandfather. When local miners begin to ... read moredisappear, the owner (Gross) comes to investigate. What he discovers are our old friends, th Graboids. But not like you'd expect. Here for the first time, we see them at the beginning stage of their evolution. As smaller creatures, still capable of pulling a person underground, but can launch themselves out of the ground, and take a bite out of you. Gross rallies the townspeople as they try to save what's left of their homes, and fight the creatures off. A great performance by Gross as he has become the face of this franchise. A fun combination of the western and the monster movie, the final confrontation between the Graboids and the townsfolk is inventive and exciting. Another quality entry into one of the most solid franchises in this genre.
  • justybear96
    February 11, 2012
    justybear96
    No where near as good as the first three at all but again if your a fan of the first three you might want to see this not so good sequel.

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