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Komodo vs. Cobra

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Another entry in the Sci-Fi channel's series of giant monster movies. The effects in this one are below average, much inferior to KOMODO. There is the usual techno-babble explanation for the existence of these giant predators, and as usual it makes little if any sense. More of the standard "Don't mess with Mother Nature," and "Anything the armed forces are involved in is evil," the message of almost all sci-fi/horror films Hollywood releases. While I enjoyed this more than Sci-Fi's last "Versus", BOA VS PYTHON, it is small comfort. The movie never really delivers on the build-up as it meanders aimlessly to an unsatisfying ending.

I love monster fights, I really do and I tried to like this one but unfortunately it is tooo cheap and boring to be a good b-grade movie like Crocodile. The part that I was excited about is the fight but it is so quick and poorly done. When I turned it off I was really disappointed. The effects could of been done better too. Let's hope this director doesn't get lazy on the amazingly awesome b-movie Dinocroc vs. Supergator.

Ready for another CG-laden movie about genetic experimentation gone wrong? Well, here's KOMODO VS. COBRA, a rather misleading title since the climactic battle at the end is left unresolved. But, this movie isn't as bad as it could have been. The effects aren't superlative but they're not bad for one of these quickie flicks. Michael Pare sleepwalks through his role as the ex-military captain whose services as a boat commander are solicited by environmentalists out to expose the wicked treatment of animals on a remote South Pacific island. Along for the ride, naturally, is an ambitious tv journalist out to make the "big story", and you know that most of the cast will end up as appetizers for the monsters, but that's what you expect in these kind of films. If you're a fan of giant monster movies, this one's okay.

Well. I have to admit that I am the first one to enjoy a nature runs amok epic. I love big critter movies so when I get 2 big critters I'm in scifi heaven. Is this cheesy? of course, as a cheese lovers pizza. Is it fun...you bettcha! This isn't oscar whoha. This is action, adventure and really bad overacting! But people get ate! Yippee! And lets face it, the final fight sequence is more realistic than Stallone's new Rocky film. Sit back and enjoy. A great way to kill a rainy day.

"Komodo Vs. Cobra" is nothing more that badly done CGI reptiles thrashing about with the help of hero Michael Paré and a bunch of preachy environmentalists out to expose yet another horrible conspiracy from the military-industrial complex. Paré, who lethargically turns in his lines here, is an ex-soldier turned fishing boat captain. He agrees to take the whiny media-crazed twentysomethings to a restricted military island near Bora Bora to investigate "Project Carnivore." The self-righteousness of these characters, combined with the extremely low quality of the script and acting made this extraordinarily difficult to endure.

After getting to the island, they find cornstalks two stories high and a mansion that's unoccupied. It's kind of like "Fantasy Island" meets "The Most Dangerous Game." They have no problem trespassing or breaking and entering the home of famed geneticist Dr. Richardson (played, conveniently enough, by Jay Richardson,) but instead of finding him, they find his daughter Dr. Susan Richardson (played in extremely unconvincing fashion by the midriff-baring Michelle Borth,) another scientist. The film revolves around the concepts of capitalism and the US military as evil, but shows this with some stock footage of Israeli Air Force F-4s and F-16s, and a military headquarters occupied by the nefarious overactor General Bradley (Rod McCary.) This headquarters looks like a suburban insurance agent's office, further adding to the incredible authenticity of the film. The military wanted to use the "growth matrix" (discussed in great detail in flashbacks featuring the Richardson team and their fellow scientists) for some bizarre military purpose, under the premise that whatever makes corn grow will also make animals grow. (The actual experiment involved putting animal DNA into corn, which makes it grow ludicrously. Somehow.) So the military has Richardson and company start experimenting on a komodo dragon and a cobra. As a biologist, I can certainly understand the desire to begin tests using the most outlandishly hazardous subject animals that you can find, especially when you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen. Great idea. What could possibly go wrong?

The cast gets chased all over the island and progressively thinned out by the ridiculous looking computer generated reptiles, firing their pistols without effect at them. How much ammunition do they have? An infinite supply, apparently. They will stand for several minutes firing their weapons with little CGI muzzle flashes without changing a clip. Speaking of gunfire, which is generally pretty loud, the film has terrible sound balance: keep the remote control handy for the volume, as speech will be nearly inaudible, so you'll turn it up to hear. When the inevitable explosions come, you will need to scramble to turn the volume down. It's just one more way to annoy you.

It turns out that Paré is also a helicopter pilot from his time in the Airborne (anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the military will know that his professional history is a load of nonsense) and there is a helicopter in the center of the island, which the scientists conveniently located on a rugged mountain as far away from their headquarters as possible. After the Israeli Air Force sinks Paré's boat, and the cobra pops the zodiac with its fangs (in the most laughable and my favorite scene in the film,) they hike to the helicopter, with plenty of time for whiny dialogue, a romantic subplot between Paré and Borth, and loads of pompous bloviating about the evils of the US military, the US government, and capitalism in general for the camera by a media wannabe.

While wading across a river, environmentalist-in-chief Jerry Ryan (the unbearable Ryan McTavish) gets bit by three two-foot long leeches. In a bit of bad news for Ryan, Richardson reveals that anything on the island that transfers DNA from one being to another might become monstrous after being infected by the "DNA matrix." As they approach the helicopter, the evil General orders the island to be bombed (this is not quite so simple a thing to order done in the real world, but I digress) and the Israeli Air Force stock footage commences its attack, with resultant CGI explosions. To distract the komodo from the helicopter Ryan creates a diversion, and the audience cheers as he becomes an appetizer for the cobra. Of course Paré and three female cast members escape and go public with the story, the General is exposed, and the military sets the island on fire, but did they get everything? In a word, no. Of course not, but the closing shot of the forked-tongue zombie is not only gratuitous, but has nothing to do with the rest of the film: nowhere was it hinted that the DNA matrix could turn dead creatures into forked-tongue zombies. Pathetic.

This movie is one of the most ghastly of Michael Paré's career, and that's saying something. I love B-movies, I love camp, but this is utter tripe. It's not good enough to be scary, and features an abysmal script and even worse acting, but neither is it enjoyable as many campy B-movies are (including some of Paré's own films) as it is heavy handed, and tries to be preachy without giving the audience any reason to sympathize with any of the characters or causes.

Apparently when this was made the filmmakers had a huge dose of DNA matrix reserved for experimenting on a turkey: I can think of no other conclusion.

Fantastic recently within the last couple months i have become a Bmovie Enthusiest and this one is top notch, Bout a government experiment helped to make humans better and then they extend research on animals and they get loose...awsome....

This movie is a big joke! Its so obvious the Komodo and Cobra are computer animation rather than real creatures (they look very fake). But its hilarious to watch the actors screaming and running away from the animated creatures like as if they were real. Storyline? I was so busy laughing I didn't realise there was one!! haha

Komodo vs. Cobra does absolutely nothing even remotely good. The acting is downright pathetically bad, and the actual special effects involving the Komodo and the Cobra are completely out of place and disturbing to watch as a result.

Whenever you see a violent scene involving the Komodo or the Cobra killing someone, you can very obviously see it's not really happening. Nothing was done to make it look realistic. It's *that* cheesy of a movie.

It's hard to imagine the writers actually thought anything taking place throughout the movie is worth the time of day. Everything about it is just really painful to watch.

On second thought, perhaps I'm completely wrong about this film. Perhaps it's an obvious attempt at making fun of two huge popular creatures, such as what other movies were attempting at the time. So perhaps this is *supposed* to be a humorous storyline.

This would definitely make better sense than to actually believe Komodo vs. Cobra is supposed to be an implementation of frighteningly realistic creatures coming out of the water and killing people. If THIS is true, well my goodness... *goes completely silent*

I recently picked up a copy of KOMODO VS. COBRA at my local video store and was pleasantly surprised to discover that Glori-Anne Gilbert was in the cast. But I was disappointed that she never took her top off (that's gotta be a first!) and astounded when she got slurped by a giant Komodo Dragon! What an icky fate for such a lovely lady!

Any way, the movie is not very good. The acting, the CGI, and story are only average. Still I gave it 3 stars because of Glori-Anne's appearance and Michael Pare's 60 shooter. At one point, I counted up to sixty shots that he had fired from that hand gun of his without reloading....and he was still firing when I lost count! Amazing! Does anybody know where I can get one of those things?

An environmentalist group has learned of animal testing being done on a remote island near Bora Bora. They bring a journalist, hire a boat, and set out to investigate with the idea of exposing the unethical treatment of the animals. They get more than they bargained for when they discover that the experiments have created giant Komodo dragons (although only one shows up for the big battle) and a giant cobra.

They soon link up with the lone survivor of the research team and learn the whole story of what is going on. Meanwhile the military is learning about what is going on and are trying to put a lid on things and hush it up. Monsters, civilians, and a military coverup. Put them all together and you just have to sit and see who survives and just what happens to those who don't. The ending is a little better than I was expecting but the title battle was very disappointing (much different than in Boa vs Python where the point was to get one to defeat the other).

This is a semi sequel to Curse of the Komodo. The storyline mostly follows the earlier movie and uses some of the same sets. However, the Komodo lizards look quite different and some of the original cast returns in all-new rolls. This can make things a little confusing at first. Also we now have a giant cobra (don't know how it got on the island). This cobra seems to live underwater. Not only that, sometimes it is in fresh water and sometimes in salt water. This is a silly film. In one scene, one of the characters decides the way to defend against bullet-proof monsters is to carry a length of bamboo. But as silly as it is there is some charm to this. Maybe it lies in anticipation of how bad it will be. Anyway, the title should put you in the right expectation for this film. If you want a silly monster film you could certainly do worse.