Wonderful character development!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

15-foot long Komodo dragons elect to stalk the meagre pickings on an island off North Carolina (though filmed in Australia), rather than be starved into extinction. Holidaying family run afoul their insatiable appetite, save for the adolescent boy, who must return to the island to overcome the subsequent psychological trauma that has him on the verge of being committed to an asylum. Child psychologist (Jill Hennessey) encourages the boy to return along with his only remaining relative, and soon discovers perils that occupy the mind, often exist in the flesh.While the visual effects are well crafted, and, dare it be said, virtually seamless in terms of the juxtaposition of CGI and animatronics, the narrative is laboured and slow-moving, and never really develops the identities of the characters. Hennessey is unconvincing, and the supporting cast are stereotypical and superficially drawn (Westaway's evil corporate crony is embarrassing courtesy of the rubbish dialogue and forced cockney accent), but still manage to somehow command an attempted tear-jerking epitaph after they're fatally mauled.While the prospect of the Komodo dragon preying on humans isn't that far-fetched under any circumstances, the formula is routine, and the emphasis misplaced – the film attempts to build characters and invoke sympathy, when it should have concentrated on suspense via its already impressively manufactured title creatures. Sporadic thrills for the casual viewer, but too much bark and not enough bite for a genre fan.

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.

"Komodo" cries out with the anguished screams of wasted potential. Its flaws mostly smother its virtues. The acting is reasonably solid, with the exception of (among others) the film's useless villain, a tacked-on character whose accent which wanders clumsily from Cockney to Australian and back again. The special effects are the film's true strength, although in some scenes they seem poorly composited into the scene -- their ambient shadows are not colour-matched as well as they deserve to be.Essentially, the problem with the movie is its lousy script, and Michael Lantieri's somewhat mechanical, dispassionate efforts as a director. I'm glad this guy gave up directing after "Komodo", because visual effects are clearly his forte. As an aside, the locations are somewhat interesting for a Brisbane native -- I spotted the Cape Moreton lighthouse from Moreton Island, as well as the dodgy Brisbane suburb of Wynnum. The "street" scene was all too obviously an outdoor set, however. And what's a cop car with Georgia license plates doing in North Carolina? It wouldn't have jurisdiction there.Four stars out of ten. Pity it wasn't better.

This film had some big potential but when the monsters,the giant komodo dragons don't do anything except for some dumb stunts and get hurt and/or killed which this was very disappointing for Me as I was expecting a much better film.If you like monster films and like to see giant animals and/or monster kill people then don't see this film because it doesn't happen:( Avoid it if you don't want to waste your time and money.