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1.0 out of 5 stars
I want my 92 minutes back!, May 30, 2005
This review is from: Curse Of the Komodo (DVD)
Absolutely the worst plot - OK, maybe tied with Solarbabies as the worst plot ever.
So let's get this straight. You're a genetic scientist, you get your secret governmental funding from some upstart Navy commander who pays for your project out of petty cash and that empty coffee can next to the bottled water, you create giant carnivores to feed the world, left your daughter trapped on a deserted island with afore mention beasts for a meeting that you could have used your 1920's era two way radio for, power the "electric fence" and your only defense with a Honda generator the size of a shoebox, just happen to keep extra guns and explosives in that old shack a few miles away, know how to assembly any weapon but cant hit the broad side of a barn, just happen to keep some grain alcohol on hand for those downtrodden commando helicopter pilots that stop by for brunch, and you cant wait to sacrifice yourself to save the love of your life.
Right...... It all becomes so clear now.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Smells of Elderberries..., May 12, 2005
This review is from: Curse Of the Komodo (DVD)
This film stinks, there is just no way around it. Nonetheless, I had to give it two stars for incredible creativity in the face of overwhelming adversity. Truly, this is an amalgam of about five different concepts all put together in a blender. The plots concern (in rough order of importance): a military operation headed by a brilliant scientist and his daughter/niece (there seems some confusion on that point in the script) to grow giant komodo dragons the size of school buses alternately for military operations or as a food source to feed the world's hungry (Ponder.); a bunch of dimwitted casino robbers who serve to chew the scenery and in turn be chewed by the komodos; a government conspiracy plot having to do with bombing civilians; a couple of would-be love stories that go exactly nowhere; and a confusing object lesson about the importance of good transmission maintenance in helicopters.
Of course this mostly takes place on a deserted island inhabited by CGI lizards, and takes us past brief glimpses of beautiful waterfalls and pointless nudity that is so utterly predictable, yet illogical, as to be totally laughable. The computer generated lizards aren't the worst I have seen, honestly; and to be frank, some of the acting isn't too bad (I'm thinking of the scientist and the helicopter pilot here.)
The film is entertaining in a silly, B-movie manner. It is really not high in production values (I am especially fond of the use of obvious stock footage and sticks with lights on them representing an electric fence) but is fun in a quirky, schlocky kind of way.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The best giant komodo movie I've ever seen!, February 21, 2004
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This is a pretty solid monster movie, with good characters, competent acting, and passable special effects. It's about a couple of scientists and their busty daughter (and a couple of other komodo-chow guys) working on a government project to reduce starvation. Although it's not well explained, this apparently involves creating giant komodo dragons. I guess if they release these things in third world countries, the number of starving people will go down. They're stationed on an island, and are joined by a small band of criminals (one of whom is also very busty - what are the odds???) who crash land in a helicopter. The komodo proceeds to hunt them, as they scramble to keep the generator running to power the electric fence. All in all, the action moves along fairly well, though it does get a bit slow towards the end. Although I've only seen the edited for TV version, it looks as if the R-rated version has both busty babes topless. My one complaint about this movie is that the camera really needed to linger more over the babes involved. It's not like there wasn't ample opportunity. One neat little joke is how the military got the idea to make giant komodos in the first place - the commander was watching Dinosaur Island - another Wynorsky movie. Towards the end, the military decides to destroy the island, to wipe out any evidence of the project. As we've seen in previous scenes, the island is at least several miles across, but the military only sends two planes. I'm pretty sure the actual bombing footage was lifted from another film, as what gets hit looks an awful lot like a village in Vietnam. But hey, that's just the icing on the cake for us B-movie fans. I'd call this a perfectly satisfying waste of a couple hours. And that's all I ask from my entertainment.
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