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Summary: Great CREATURE MOVIE
Review: I saw Komodo at the Toronto film festival and have been keen on seeing it again. Now with the DVD I will get my wish. This is a scary, fun film with awesome special effects. Pop some corn, sit back and enjoy the ride. Definately worth the viewing.
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Summary: Good movie
Review: I saw this movie with my wife and her family,we all like horror movies and we all liked it. There have been a few people that have attacked it for one thing or another,one guy because he lives in Florida and is under the mistaken impression that it was supposed to have been filmed there. If you watch the opening sequence, it says it was supposed to have taken place in N.C. And others have said there were plot holes and the f/x were bad,well it's a good story and so are the f/x. If you want a good suspenseful movie,watch this,you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Cool effects, bad plot
Review: I was really excited when I saw the box for Komodo at the Video library, but it was gone. I went home dissapointed, but learned that my friend had just rented it that same day. Ironic, huh? Anyway, I went over to watch it with full hopes and left both satisfied and dissapointed. Good Points)cool jurrasic park CGI effects moderate excitement Accurate Komodo dragons Bad Points) Almost no plot Bad acting when they switch from cool CGI to horrible finger puppet effects doesn't go into depth with the dragons Basically, when somebody made a Komodo dragon movie, I was hoping it would be better than this one. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait a while longer. Too bad. p.s.Watch the making of the film at the end of the movie. It's interesting and it shows a real water monitor and several real komodos. signed, world renowned volderfreak reviews incorporated
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Summary: Cool effects, lame flick
Review: I was really looking forward to this film when I read an article about it in a recent Fangoria. The pictures looked awesome, and the fact that the creators of Anaconda and Jurassic Park were involved had me salivating at the possibilities. I should also point out that I love reptiles and actually own a Savannah Monitor, a nicer smaller cousin to the Komodo. I combed the city for the DVD, but could not rent or buy it anywhere. This was my second clue, the first being that it went straight to video. I located the VHS in my local Hollywood Video and raced home. The movie starts off in the typical way, and then uses the old Aliens aproach of "facing your fear" to get the protagonist back in the action. The action is pretty slow through most of the movie. When you do see the dragons, they look awesome, maybe half a notch below the quality of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. There were a couple of cool sequences like when the dragon comes and knocks over the table, or when the girl is hanging on to a hung dragon while another looks for her below. The supposedly dead dragon begins to thrash and the girl says "this is not happening". So there's glimmers of coolness here, but the leads are kind of stiff and their situations pretty unbeleivable. Mostly it's just boring. I was looking for Anaconda and got Bats. Rent Carnosaur instead, it's much more entertaining.
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Summary: Special Effects a 5! Story a 0!
Review: I was very impressed by the Komodo Dragon special effects, which were done by the team that did the dinosaur effects for Jurassic Park. I was not impressed by the story, which was disappointing. Some exotic animal smugglers accidentally dump a bunch of komodo dragon eggs on an island in South? Carolina, and 20 years later, starved and hungry, they attack a family. An evil oil company has been covering up the existance of the komodo's, as they are an endangered species and their discovery would interrupt their oil pumping. To make a long story short, the komodo's chase a bunch of people around the island, and try to eat them. Don't get me wrong, I love horror movies. But this one? It wasn't horror as much as it was just plain sad. It just seemed so senseless. In the film Cujo, Cujo is violent and terrifying because he has rabies. In the Birds, you don't really know why they're attacking, which is part of the fun. But this flick, the Komodos weren't meant to be there, they were just eating folks because they were hungry, and I don't know, I guess I just felt sorry for the big lizards. I know, I'm a softy when it comes to critters. If you are a fan of special effects, check this out. In my opinion however, just don't expect alot more than great special effects.
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Summary: Close- but no cigar.
Review: I watched the DVD free demo "screener" of this movie and I still wanted my money back! I work for a major video store chain and get to watch almost all new movies before they get released- and most are pretty good. When I recieved my demo copy of "Komodo" I got all excited. The cover artwork is great- there is a big red reptile eye peeking out at you- with referrences to Jurassic Park and Anaconda- but that's about it! This story takes place on "an island off Florida". In the opening of the movie we see a shot of an island off Florida with nice rolling hills and cliffs- and such. Well, I've lived in Florida for over 15 years now and I haven't seen a hill or a cliff yet- Florida is FLAT! But still- we see hills and mountains in some shots. The acting is good dough- the little boy in the movie does a great job and so does most of the cast. The special effects were not so great- the viewer could tell the lizards were "filmed in". The guy that did the special effects for Jurassic Park directed this movie- maybe he should of spent more time on the "special effects" for this movie. I still recomend this movie- it's worth seeing it at least once- we can hardly keep it on the shelves at my store- so maybe it's just me who didn't like it? I don't know- just watch the movie and see if you like it. lol
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Summary: Close- but no cigar.
Review: I watched the DVD free demo "screener" of this movie and I still wanted my money back! I work for a major video store chain and get to watch almost all new movies before they get released- and most are pretty good. When I recieved my demo copy of "Komodo" I got all excited. The cover artwork is great- there is a big red reptile eye peeking out at you- with referrences to Jurassic Park and Anaconda- but that's about it! This story takes place on "an island off Florida". In the opening of the movie we see a shot of an island off Florida with nice rolling hills and cliffs- and such. Well, I've lived in Florida for over 15 years now and I haven't seen a hill or a cliff yet- Florida is FLAT! But still- we see hills and mountains in some shots. The acting is good dough- the little boy in the movie does a great job and so does most of the cast. The special effects were not so great- the viewer could tell the lizards were "filmed in". The guy that did the special effects for Jurassic Park directed this movie- maybe he should of spent more time on the "special effects" for this movie. I still recomend this movie- it's worth seeing it at least once- we can hardly keep it on the shelves at my store- so maybe it's just me who didn't like it? I don't know- just watch the movie and see if you like it. lol
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Summary: Therapist and traumatized kid...need I say more?
Review: In any movie that takes place on an island, the writer needs to come up with a way of getting the characters to the island. Plane crashes and boats run aground in a storm are a couple of good ways. One of the worst ways would be to have a therapist take a traumatized kid there as part of his therapy, to overcome his fears (which of course turn out to be real). Does anyone picking up a cheezy monster movie want to sit through the drudgery of a solid hour of little what's-his-name staring blankly into space, while his therapist prattles on about who cares what?
The complete lack of intelligence in this thing is also a drudgery. An oil company has poisioned the environment on the island, but they also tell us the oil company didn't find oil, but struck water instead. So, did they have a big water spill on the island or something? Or did the employees just throw too many Twinkie wrappers on the ground? Not to mention that whole subplot point isn't even necessary. It's a cheezy monster movie - we'll accept that the komodo's want to eat the people without having to explain it.
The concept is terrible, the writing isn't much better, the acting is lackluster (or in the case of the kid, non-existant), and the whole thing just drags and drags and drags. Pick up any moster movie at random and you'll almost surely do better than this thing.
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Summary: A pretty good flick on Komodo Dragons...
Review: Komodo is a fun and thrilling story about a boy who's parents are killed by Komodo dragons on a distant island in Florida. I own the movie and I think that the effects are pretty impressive. I didn't think mjuch of the plot but what can I tell you? It's a must see thriller!
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Summary: Very Good
Review: Komodo is a very well done movie. It has great special effects and a good plot. It's about six people who are attacked on an island where the komodo dragons are living. Boy are they hungry.
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