This review is for the standard DVD edition of 'Komodo vs. Cobra' released by Lions Gate in 2006.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO WINS... go to the bottom to SPOILER ALERT & BATTLE RESULTS.
If you saw, 'Curse of the Komodo' and you loved it then you might like this movie. It has a lot of the same plot elements.
This is a TV movie so therefore it is not rated 'R' like the previous movie in this short series.
PLOT/SUMMARY: This movie is very thin on plot. It doesn't make much sense to detail it. I'll keep it brief:
A group of environmentalists along with a reporter and cameraman charter a boat from a local to to to an island run by the military. Their goal is to expose the military for treating animals inhumanely. When they arrive, they discover the island is deserted except for one woman who is the sole survivor of experiments gone wrong. Her dad led a team of scientists who were experimenting with growing larger food so they could end world hunger. Unfortunately, once the islands animals started eating the crops they then became enlarged. A giant Komodo Dragon and a Giant King Cobra have emerged. These two beasts have killed everyone on the island. After sending in a military team to kill the creatures fails, the military decides to firebomb the entire island. Unfortunately for the environmentalists and company, they are stuck on the island with no way off after there boat is sunk. Our heroes are left wishing they were voted off the island.
COMMENTS:
-This movie is supposed to be a sequel to 'The Curse of the Komodo', the plot is basically the same. Even the ending is close to the same. I know the budget is low but couldn't we get just a little originality? At this rate, the United States won't have any generals left if they don't stop blowing up islands with giant laboratory created reptiles.
-They destroy the same island twice? Didn't they just do this in the last movie? The director also gets credit for writing this. It might as well have been a remake rather than a sequel.
-We didn't even get to see Glori-Ann Gilbert's 'assets' in this movie. From the way she was dressed, you wouldn't even know that she is known for her acting without her clothes. Of course her role was as that of a 'tree hugger' so she was in character. Nothing revealing and not much make-up. As a made for TV movie, she didn't get to show her talents.Too bad she didn't stick around longer.
-I'm so glad Jerry died. At least they got that part right.
-As a made for TV movie, it is not particularly bloody nor is it disturbing in any way. The deaths look so fake that you can't possibly take it seriously. You won't see anything close to nudity either.
-Michael Pare of Eddie and the Cruisers fame is our hero. He is also an Executive Producer on this movie.
RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: I can only give this movie 2 stars. The plot was just too weak, what little there is of it. There isn't much in the way of extra's to add value. The plot is 1 star and the CGI isn't fantastic and/or well integrated but it's still superior to the first movie. I've seen too many movies worse than this to give it 1 star so 2 stars it is.
This is an inferior sequel to 'Curse of the Komodo'. The 'advertised' battle between the Komodo and Cobra barely materializes and it isn't much of a fight. So if you are looking for a monster battle, look elsewhere.
Recommended only for completionists who have 'Curse of the Komodo'.
Barely recommended for fans of monster battles.
Barely recommended for fans of the low budget giant reptile genre.
*****SPOILER ALERT******BELOW
*****BATTLE RESULTS*****BELOW
The fight scene was awful. I'm not even sure you can call it a fight scene. There is only one real meeting. The two creatures just stare at each other and feint and hiss for a minute or two. Even this is interrupted by cut scenes of our heroes trying to escape the island. There is one brief moment where the Komodo bites the Cobra and then is forced to let go a few seconds later. And that's it before they are both sent to the great reptile in the sky after a military strike. The director, Jim Wynorski has done this sort of thing more than once. For instance, 'Dinocroc vs. Supergator' has a very brief and unmemorable battle also. Of course, this is probably not his fault and more the fault of the budget and/or CGI team. But he is the director and he must have given the CGI team some sort of instructions.
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Great and entertaining B-Movie, just know what you're getting!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
Before you buy this you have to know it's a B-movie that looks like it was made in the mid 80s. Don't be fooled by the cover artwork of decent looking monsters fighting to the end, the actual giant cobra and giant komodo dragon in this look terrible (almost comedic). This is no Jurassic Park level monsters. In the ball park of , but slightly lower quality than, for example, Anaconda with Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez. But definitely a few steps above those old 'clamation' special FX of Jason and The Argonaughts or 7th Voyage of Sinbad style movies. That all being said, this movie is a great B movie, the acting is decent enough and the story is decent enough, and the pace is good. Just know you're getting a B-movie and you will enjoy this 100%.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
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