Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)

I just caught this on Showtime...ewwwwwww, not even fun in a bad movie kind of way. One of the lamest monster flicks I've ever seen. Plus the TV reporter in the movie was that annoying Jerri from a past season of Survivor. The only amusing thing was that the "secret base" was the house from Fantasy Island (and a million other movies and TV shows; the place is located in the L.A. area). I fully expected Mr Roarke and Tattoo to come out and greet the visitors. If Tattoo had gotten eaten by the snake, I might have given this movie a 2, but oh well. Watching people stand there and scream for five minutes while the Komodo or the cobra loomed over them instead of making a run for it was pretty funny, especially because you could really tell that they were just screaming at an empty spot where the computer animators would later paint in the monster. I nearly fell out of my chair, though, when in a flashback scene they brought in either the cobra or the komodo - then normal size - in some indestructible solid steel container with some air holes drilled into it. Wouldn't a wire cage have sufficed? LOL! Guess they couldn't afford to rent a real komodo and cobra. I have to remember I rent Showtime for their series and not their movies.

Komodo vs. Cobra (2005) * 1/2 (out of 4)Leave it to the stupid government to create a chemical that turns things large and then they decide to feed it to a komodo and a cobra. Leave it to a group of dumb, young protesters who go to the island to uncover the truth and sure enough they are attacked and eaten one by one. All of these leads to the final showdown between the two giant beasts. Director Wynorski got his start under Roger Corman and many people consider him the Corman of the past thirty-years because he deals with all sorts of "B" movies. SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE 2 and BIG BAD MAMA 2 are among my favorite cult movies but that certain charm the director can get out of a lower quality movie doesn't work here. The movie starts off mildly fun with its silly story, bad acting and outrageous special effects but in the end it goes on way too long to really work. At least Corman knew to keep these type of movies around the 70-minute mark but this one here clocks in at 94-minutes and by the end of the movie you can't help but feel bored. The human characters are all stereotypes that we'd expect from this type of film and the performances are what we'd expect as well. Michael Pare and Michelle Borth are mildly entertaining but the rest are pretty forgettable. The special effects, CGI of course, are extremely bad but they awkward enough to be entertaining in a so bad they're good way. The final battle isn't too bad but the thirty-minutes leading up to it are incredibly slow and boring. The dumbest thing in the film is that Pare has a .38 handgun, which never runs out of rounds. He constantly shoots off forty or fifty rounds and never has to reload somehow. Fans of this genre might want to check this out but others should stay far away.

probably the worst creature feature ever,boa vs python was a million times better then this & that wasn't great either,bad acting,bad effects & guess what the DVD is one of those one with 3 hours of previews before the main menu.probably the least scary movie ever,no blood or violence,people are stupid and keep using pistols when they have no affect on these animals, the only cool part was the radioactive leeches that was pretty cool,i name of the island is just a rip off of Jurassic park boring tiring & not worth even looking at but i suppose the characters stupidity is pretty funny so it would make a good comedy film but definitely not a thriller

I can admit right away that this is one of the worst movies i have seen in my life. And that is not saying a little, because i consider myself to be somewhat of an aficionado when it comes to crappy film. But this is beyond bad. This movie is so awful that there is no fun left in it, it's just bad.Reviewing this is almost impossible. There are no strong points and nothing positive to say. I'll just ramble about a few of the points that sucked. First off, the CGI has to be one of the worst i've seen. I can't believe this movie was made in 2005, the CGI reminds me of something i might have seen in Babylon 5 way back when CGI was new and fresh. It's poor beyond belief. Second, the actors all seem like they belong in the worst kind of daytime soaps. And looking at their resumes i see that i'm correct... Thirdly, being able to breed enormous reptiles is no match to the other technology they invented in this movie: the recoilless pistol with infinite ammo! Seriously, Michael Paré fires 100-200 times without reloading in every other scene... As if that was not enough there are also shape-shifting planes! At first they are regular F-16 fighters, in the next scene they are something else completely, and in the third scene they are F-16 again! If you're buying stock footage, please don't mix it like this! Honestly, there is loads more to say, but i think i'll stop. You all understand what i'm saying. Honestly i didn't think this kind of movie was made any more. It's like something Ed Wood would do. Completely ignorant of quality, not caring how anything looks... It's almost amazing in all it's awfulness. If i could give it 0/10 i would, but 1/10 is the lowest grade. So that's it.