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Komodo

  • 19991999
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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4.2/10
3.5K
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Komodo (1999)
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AdventureHorrorSci-Fi
After witnessing his parents being killed by creatures on an island as a child, a young man is brought back to the island a few years later by his psychiatrist, only to be terrorized by the ... Read allAfter witnessing his parents being killed by creatures on an island as a child, a young man is brought back to the island a few years later by his psychiatrist, only to be terrorized by the same creatures.After witnessing his parents being killed by creatures on an island as a child, a young man is brought back to the island a few years later by his psychiatrist, only to be terrorized by the same creatures.
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
3.5K
YOUR RATING
    • Michael Lantieri
    • Hans Bauer
    • Craig Mitchell
  • Stars
    • Jill Hennessy
    • Billy Burke
    • Kevin Zegers
    • Michael Lantieri
    • Hans Bauer
    • Craig Mitchell
  • Stars
    • Jill Hennessy
    • Billy Burke
    • Kevin Zegers
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    • 30Critic reviews
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    Paul Gleeson as "Denby" in "Komodo" directed by Michael Lantieri
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      The film was originally made with the intention of being theatrically released on a worldwide level, but the distributors fell through at the last minute. Komodo did end up playing theatrically in Australia, as well as in very limited screenings in the United States and Toronto, Canada, but otherwise went direct-to-VHS.
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      There's a bank on the sea front called Pacific Bank. This is an Australian Bank. There are no Pacific Bank's in North Carolina.
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      Victoria: Is there anything these things won't eat?

      Denby: Yea, anything faster than they are, I guess. And raisins. They don't eat raisins.

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    With a little work, this should've been a theatrical release
    First off let me say one thing... B horror and drama are the only two genres that really don't mix at all. That said, Komodo, one of the few films to actually try to combine those two genres, isn't all that bad of a movie. The special effects are in fact pretty impressive for a straight to video cheesefest, and the cinematography is definitely worth noting. The cinematographer somehow made Komodo look like a big budget studio piece, with some very inventive camera angles and my favorite... a LOT of movement. I don't know why... I'm just a fan of camera movement.

    The acting, though it wasn't great, was decidedly above average for a film such as this. Jill Hennessy, star of TV's Law and Order, put forth a decent performance, but her... errr... assets seemed to have a lot more screen presence than she ever will. Kevin Zegers, one of the most talented actors of his generation, showed little of that talent here, sleep walking through his role with ease. The remainder of the supporting cast was average, with the exception of Patrick's grandmother (I think), who was just begging to be eaten. Remember that one moment in Deep Blue Sea when Samuel L Jackson got chomped up by the shark? Remember how you felt when that happened? Were you cheering? I thought so. That's exactly how you'll feel when she gets swallowed whole by the Komodo Dragon (cue cheesy Dum Dum Dum sound), and trust me, you'll be wondering why Jill Hennessy even bothers to try to save her. And thankfully it's in the film's first twenty minutes.

    Well, all that said, the movie did have it's share of problems, and then some. First off, THERE WAS NO CLIMAX!

    The biggest one however, was the movie's tremendous lack of focus. Many movies do have trouble focusing, but never has that been more evident than in Komodo. First off, the movie can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a Jurassic Park-esque sci fi horror flick, which it hints at in a few scenes, a Carnosaur-esque Jurassic Park rip off, which it also hints at, or a full fledged character study/drama, which I actually wish it had turned into, and also... yea, you guessed it... hints at that. It had the promise, starting off a subplot where Jill Hennessy's character has to crack through the veritable shell Kevin Zegers has created around himself, shielding him from reality. But, alas, that subplot was thrown out halfway through the movie, the main plot with the killer lizards taking over.

    Secondly, the movie doesn't want to decide on who the main character is. It starts off with the focus on Kevin Zegers, shifting to Jill Hennessy, back to Zegers, then staying on the two for a while. Then, about an hour through, Zegers is completely forgotten about for over twenty minutes, not a second on screen during that time, until the end, where he's brought back for some reason. If you're gonna have a main character, you can't throw them off to the side?

    I made my own Jurassic Park rip off (well, technically it was a spoof), a couple of years ago titled Catastrophe: Jurassic Park (With Cats), and I did the same thing. That was before I knew anything about filmmaking. Now that I do, I watch a Hollywood film like Komodo do the same thing and I'm blown away. Have these people even gone to film school?

    Bottom line: Komodo is an entertaining B flick, but little else. But hey, if the considerably worse Bats made it to theaters, why didn't this?

    ***/*****
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    • Apr 1, 2001

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      • May 4, 2000 (Malaysia)
      • Australia
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      • English
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      • Cape Moreton, Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Komodo Film Productions Pty. Ltd.
      • Scanbox Asia Pacific Ltd.
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