Leofwine_draca A dumb, by-the-numbers exercise in B-movie monster madness which has a poor script, a dumb plot, awful acting and uninteresting characters. What makes it worth watching, you may ask. The answer lies in the title: the Komodo dragons in the film are worthwhile. Animated by CGI in long-shot and with animatronics in close-up, these big and slimy creatures are never less than convincing and make worthwhile movie monsters. In fact I was very impressed with them, especially considering that this is a straight-to-video fodder after all which usually means below average effects work. But no, it's the reverse, the effects are fine and its just everything else that doesn't work out.This film screams cliché. Whether its characters walking about in the darkness shouting "who's there?" or all the minor, unimportant characters getting killed off first, this rehashes all the old monster movie staples of the past thirty years into a tired concoction. The first twenty minutes are sentimental tosh involving a traumatised young boy - if I wanted a psychological drama I would have watched one! The rest of the film is straightforward action punctuated by the arrival and departure of minor characters.The action involving the monsters is great and as is usual for me with a monster flick, I found myself rooting for the creatures over the badly-acting human folk. Their various deaths by impalement and a flare in the mouth seem unnecessarily sadistic and mean-spirited; I know the creatures were faked but this kind of animal snuff reminded me of an Italian cannibal flick. Then there's a total lack of a climax, in which action is ripped off from the end of JURASSIC PARK and a guy survives being immersed in a pool of exploding petrol without so much as a singe. It's that kind of lame-brained film. Watch it for the cool effects; switch off for everything else.

Maciste_Brother I bought a KOMODO video for a penny and I regretted spending that much money and time on this sucky movie. Talk about lame! An idiot smuggler drops a couple of komodo eggs on an island in Florida and years later, the parents of a boy are killed by the now full-grown lizards. Then the boy, who's a traumatized teenager now, returns to the island with his counselor or something and all hell breaks lose. Terrible on all aspects: script, dialogue, music, action, logic, story, whatever! This film is totally illogical. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief to a certain extent but in this case, the idea that a big bunch of komodo dragons living on an island without anyone knowing about it except for those hired goons and oil tycoon guy was ludicrous. Avoid!!!

capkronos 19 years after some komodo dragon eggs were dumped on Emerald Isle, North Carolina (actually Queensland, Australia), a young boy (Kevin Zegers) barely escapes an attack that claims the lives of his parents and his dog. Months later, in an effort to trigger an emotional response from the traumatized boy, a shrink (Jill Hennessy) and an uptight aunt (Nina Landis) bring the boy back to the nearly-abandoned island and discover a dozen or so "fifteen" foot long komodo dragons, driven mad by starvation and eager to gobble up human flesh (hey, it's all that's available). A black ferryboat captain (an early victim), a scientist (used to explain all things komodo) and a gung-ho military type round out the cast of stock characters who've been around since the 1930's. I deduct more points for lack of any humorous touches, a half-assed (and very typical) cover-up subplot and several phony/sappy dramatic moments. The monsters, a mix of CGI and animatronics (some by Phil Tippett), are pretty good, though. Not surprisingly, the director and Tippett are two of the many masterminds behind the Oscar-winning FX in JURASSIC PARK, in which this is just a second-hand rehash.

Lawson The premise of the movie isn't very realistic. A counsellor brings her charge back to the island where he was living when his parents got eaten in an attempt to cure his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Of course she doesn't check if the bleedin' monsters are still on the dang island and his aunt gets eaten in front of him. The kid, who's been lying around staring at the ceiling since his folks became Komodo chow, suddenly morphs into Tarzan jr. and starts skewering Komodos. I feel for the poor kid. It's gonna take helluva lot of pills to get him back into society.Not too much suspense here and the Komodos look fake on occasion, which leaves action sequences, of which there is sufficient, but it's not enough to float this movie. 3/10