Genetically-engineered Komodo dragons have become ginormous creatures hunting people on a remote tropical island. A small group of scientists must stop the dragons before they escape the island and destroy the rest of the world.
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Memorable in this film:the same scene of the party walking though the savannah pasted into a variety of different scenic backgroundseveryone who repents of their past mistakes and plans to do things better in future gets eatenthe same Komodo seems to vary in size from scene to scenecompletely gratuitous topless sceneIncidentally, Komodos are not the world's most dangerous reptiles (crocodiles and snakes are much more dangerous, and they don't walk on their hind legs like T. rex.
This movie is just Jurassic Park part 2, but without any budget, or good animals, or special effects, or actors, or even any good action.The funniest part of the movie is when the Komodos attack and they just stand above people doing nothing, the people are screaming below them, shoot it around 200 times without any effect, and then it just gives up and walks away. WHY DIDN'T IT JUST EAT THEM?!?!? In conclusion, worst movie ever. Don't waste your time. This pains me to say, but please rent Hulk Hogan movies over this. Trust me, its THAT bad. Just describing this movie to people is usually enough to scare them away from it.
The Curse of the Komodo starts on an isolated island near Hawaii as an army special forces operation is secretly taking place which ends up with them all being killed by a huge genetically engineered Komodo. The army have gotten cold feet over the experiment & orders the project leader Professor Nathan Phipps (William Langlois) & his assistant Dr. Dawn Porter (Gail Harris) back to the island to destroy all evidence of the experiment that was designed to produce huge genetic mutations to used as weapons against the enemy... Meanwhile thieves Drake (Paul Logan), Tiffany (Melissa Brasselle) & Reece (Cam Newlim) make good their escape in a chopper after robbing a casino but they run into bad weather & their pilot Jack (Tim Abell) has to land anywhere he can & in one of the film only type coincidences they land on Komodo island. They meet up with Phipps his daughter Rebecca (Glori-Anne Gilbert) & Porter who are protected by armed guards Jason (Jay Richardson), Hanson (Ted Monte) & Blake (J.P. Davis). Things quickly spiral out of control as the huge Komodo begins to systematically eat everyone in sight, will any of them survive?Directed by Jim Wynorski as Jay Andrews The Curse of the Komodo is one awful creature feature & just a downright terrible film. The script by Steve Latshaw is predictably rubbish, the rules for this type of film aren't hard to follow are they? You have your isolated location & stranded monster food, there's the giant dinosaur, genetically engineered creature or alien or whatever to eat the cast members one-by-one & the corrupt military involvement to introduce lots of guns & weaponry, simple right? Well not to Mr. Latshaw & Wynorski as The Curse of the Komodo fails in every department, there isn't one positive thing I can say about this film. The character's are boring cardboard stereotypical clichés the least about whom the better. The Komodo barely does anything & why did the military create giant Komodo lizards in the first place? Maybe they could have genetically engineered a huge hamster or something docile & cuddly, it would have been easier to control if anything went wrong, right? The film is really slow, dull & very boring as it's over forty minutes before the Komodo even shows up (not counting the opening sequence). The attack scenes are dull, unexciting & repetitive as the giant Komodo just stands there as our cast of humans just shoot at it for what seems like ages as their guns never run out of ammo. I have an intense dislike for films like The Curse of the Komodo, it's boring, poorly written & it's a film of absolutely no redeeming qualities. If the military had no conscience about napalming the island why didn't they do that to start with instead of sending in two scientists? It would have saved a lot of time, trouble & pain for everyone involved especially us the poor viewer having to sit through this crap!Director Wynorski has made over sixty of these low budget horror/sci-fi films & to be fair he knows how to make a film, unfortunately he doesn't know how to make a good film. The special effects are terrible, the plotting is awful, the logic is absurd, it rips off various other films & as a whole The Curse of the Komodo is seriously crap. Forget about any sort of gore or violence, the Komodo only eats one person on screen & even then just to their legs.Technically the film isn't too bad but it's all rather bland & forgettable. The acting is pretty bad & I didn't think the women were good looking enough either, Anne Gilbert gets her breasts out but that's about it.The Curse of the Komodo is total rubbish, it provides no entertainment value whatsoever & there are far better creature feature films out there. This is not a sequel to & has nothing to do with the film Komodo (1999) which is far better than this. According to the IMDb Komodo Vs. Cobra (2005) directed by Wynorski is in post-production, I shudder at the mere thought of it.
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 cant wait to sacrifice yourself to save the love of your life.Right It all becomes so clear now. You just want yourself and everyone you know to die and get off this movie.