Review of Komodo

Komodo (1999)
4/10
This time a large lizard's on the loose in a island terrorizing the inhabitants
27 November 2006
The film concerns about an adolescent called Patrick(Kevin Zegers)whose parents are killed by a giant animal.He is traumatized but long time ago his family and dog were devoured by a carnivorous savage beasts,the Komodo dragons and with the particularity which their blood is venomous .An eggs were dumped on the coast of Emerald island in North Caroline.Nowadays they have grown up in a giant lizards terrorizing the island countryside.Patrick along with his therapist(Jill Henessy) return to the place where the large creatures roam for facing off the fears but his main enemy is lurking.They are helped by a valiant young(Billy Burke)to confront one of nature's most fearsome predator which savagely stalking its prey,the race human.

The dragons delivers the goods with hair-raising chills,terror,full of scares when the creatures appear with a outstanding special effects but they seen alive.Apparition and attack Komod dragons are similar to Jurassik Park's Velocirraptors.Excellent FX by Phil Tippett studio with several success(Starship Troopers I and II,League of extraordinary gentlemen,Blade II,Hellboy).Spectacular and atmospheric music by the successful John Debney(Sin City,Zathura,Passion of Christ).The motion picture is regularly directed by Michael Lantieri in his only film,he is a magnificent special effects supervisor and coordinator(Pirates of Caribbean,Lost World,Indiana Jones and the last Crusade).The film had two exploitation following by Jim Wynorski ,¨The curse of the Komodo¨with Tim Abell and ¨Komodo vs. Cobra with Michael Pare.
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