Hissss Movie Reviews

Now she's a snake, pining for her lover or gorging herself on humans. Now she's a woman, shedding her clothes and sleepwalking through the city. That's all that Mallika Sherawat is supposed to do in a film that is neither a feminist tale nor a slice of mythology. So much so, the film backfires both ways: when it tries to portray Sherawat as a she-goddess, coming to the rescue of screaming women or as a serpent seeking vengeance against a hunter who has trapped her mate.

Indian mythology is an endless bank of fascinating tales. Director Jennifer Lynch uses one of the most popular Indian myths as the storyline for her film, Hisss. It is the legend of the Nagamani, a jewel that exists in the body of the Nagin. This jewel is said to give immortality to anyone who possesses it. George, a man dying of brain cancer, is on an expedition to find this Nagamani. Along with local Indian goons and villagers, he captures a male cobra

Mallika Sherawat, I guess most men will agree, is hot. Until she opens her mouth in her movies. She doesn't say a word in this film. Great! She appears butt-naked pretty much throughout, makes love to a snake (her soul-mate); pushes her tongue almost down the serpent’s throat as the thick, slithering animal makes its way up her thigh. Hush. This is pornography for the hormonally demented teen. Or maybe this is erotica. The only difference between pornography and erotica

If the sight of two snakes entwined, supposedly making love, doesn’t cause your stomach to churn, then the sight of Mallika Sherawat writhing on the floor with a snake between her legs most definitely will. In Hisss, directed by Jennifer Lynch, Mallika stars as a shape-shifting snake that’s been separated from her reptile lover by a crazy foreigner who’s seeking a naagmani that will cure his cancer. The outrageous plot involves this ichchadhari nagin

Rumble in the jungle. A white man discovers new medicine for brain cancer - the legendary naagmani providing immortality to anyone owning it. He mumbles 'get me the naagin muthaf***ers!' and 'been music play karo' in the most grating hinglish accent credited to a phirang. We sympathise not with his illness but the thankless premise he's put in. After capturing the Naagin's (Mallika) loverboy he plots to bring 'the bitch' to him. Easy as it may sound

Before you venture into Hisss, ask yourself, are you ready to see Mallika Sherawat make love to a snake. It slithers in between her legs and there is even a bit of tongue action. The scene is grotesque and ridiculous, much like the rest of this film. Hisss has marginally better special effects and much more nudity but the script is so deliriously inept that, in comparison, the average Ramsay horror film looks like a class act.