Komodo - DVD

Love this movie. Great monster movie.

The Komodo Dragon has fascinated me since I was a child, & continues to fascinate me as a adult!!! I recently learned that their saliva is no more full of bacteria than the average 5 year old human. The tendencies for septicemia & infection are more do to the tropical atmosphere & bacteria filled water any open wounds would be susceptible to. They have recently discovered that they are venomous though, they have poison glands that inject several protein based toxins that cause a myriad of problems ending in shock, paralysis or death! They also can reproduce Parthanogenticaly! Females denied the presence of males have hatched fertile egg's on their own!!! The hatchlings tended to be all male this is believed to be a survival mechanism rarely seen in large reptiles. I have a nice collection of animal v.s. man movies & was delighted to add this to the collection. I don't like to give spoilers so I will just say this is a great action adventure with good acting & special effects. If you enjoy the primal struggle of man against ferocious animals than this is a smart entertaining bit of fun!!! I have man against Killer Apes, Whales, Sharks, Bears, Lions, Snakes , Crocodiles, Ants & Bees, Boar's & Spiders so how could I pass on one of the animal kingdoms most interesting top predator's!!! A venomous lizard 10ft long & 300lbs...that's larger than all the big cats except the Lion & Tiger!!! Most scientist say the Komodo Dragon is so big because of Island Gigantism, why when most animals suffer from Island Dwarfism? I wonder if in a more comfortable habitat if Megalania is waiting to make a come back out of the genome of the Komodo Dragon? If your into these creature feature action survival films Amazon.com has this increasingly harder to find gem priced just right to add to your collection!!!

Anaconda meets Jurassic Park in this horror movie that features the real life lizards called Komodo Dragons. Seriously, this movie can actually happen and yes, there are lizards this big...FOR REAL. They vary little and are usually inbetween a crocodile and an alligator in size but their appearance is more like a monitor lizard. Their saliva is as deadly as snake venom. They are found only on remote islands in the vicinity of Indonesia. However, this film apparently takes place off the Florida coast. A boy turns up in shock and his family is found brutally maimed and murdered in what appears to be an animal attack. Psychological damage results and the boy is given mental treatment. His doctor decides to take him back to the place where the event happened. BAD...MISTAKE. They soon find themselves running not only from large lizards but also from the corrupt corporation that now runs the place! The doctor realizes that not all patients are hallucinating, a lesson she learns all too quickly. This movie is rated PG-13 due to violence and animal attacks. The movie is full of scares and violent action. These lizards are in it to win it!

Outrageously ridiculous and sublimely entertaining. Peter Benchley and Steven Spielberg sort of crafted the template for animal as predator horror films with Jaws. Then Joe Dante added the slight twist of corporate greed/genetic enhancement with Piranha. That template has been used and used over and over again to varying degrees of success. Watching Komodo is a guilty pleasure, because you know what's going to happen just from looking at the DVD box. There are no real surprises, but what is surprising is that it isn't as bad as you might expect it to be. You've got a couple of decent actors: Jill Hennesey (Law and Order) and Kevin Zegers (Transamerica, Air Bud) leading up the cast. You have a rather interesting, if not outlandish premise for the whole thing, but you've got some decent camera work and not too bad direction. The script is not up to par, but the actors do the best they can with it. The special effects work well and the Komodos, while not always realistic looking, are less CGI than they are super-imposed (but hey, I'll be darned if I would have worked with a live Komodo - or for that matter - at large monitor lizard). The gore is prevalent, but I don't remember it being near the slasher movie level. Creepy, night-time action and just waiting for the creature (s) to jump out at us is half the fun!

Love Billy Burke!!

I couldn’t find it to stream without paying so I just bought it to watch it anytime I want to. I’ve watched it 5 times since buying it.

I saw this film a while ago and enjoyed it so bought the dvd.

Very happy to finally get my hands on this have been looking forever to find :)

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