Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
This short film adaptation of Roald Dahl's story is a competent but modest chamber piece. The single-location tension works reasonably well, and the performances are serviceable, but the ending — while true to Dahl's cynical twist — lands with mixed effect in this version, feeling abrupt rather than impactful. The cinematography is functional rather than distinctive, and while the colonial India setting adds some texture, the execution doesn't elevate it far beyond its source material. A solid but unremarkable adaptation that stays safely within familiar territory.