Sadly Over-hyped

Expected more

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I saw this movie after reading plenty of the negative reviews on IMDb so I had low expectations.The good; -this film had the scariest and most realistic snake of any snake movie I've seen including the Anaconda and Python movies. I've seen people slam it because the snake didn't look real enough but even the shark in Jaws looked rather fake (not claiming this is equal to Jaws or even in the same class but people need to cut films some slack and realize that not everything is 100% factual). -a fairly good musical score -scares: a few scenes where the snake pops out of nowhere to attack really sends chills up your spine -Pat Moriata: I have never seen the Karate Kid so I have no bias but he definitely played a cool characterthe bad: -several Jaws rip off scenes; the scare at the beginning (though to be fair all giant predator movies seem to have attacks at the start) except done inferiorly due to breaking the rule of showing the creature on the first attack. The blatant ripoff line "we're going to need bigger guns" and the plot line of a money hungry mayor not wanting to close down an event to protect the civilians from the monster and eventual hiring of an expert of the monster in question -some of the death scenes were long and drawn out and predictable. The director did a good job with a false scare early in the movie with using the attacker as the camera peering up to a little girl only to realize that it was her brother sneaking up on her with a rubber snake (though this may be a copy of the Jaws scene with the pranksters swimming with a a shark fin on to scare the people on the beach), we then get a long drawn out stalking of the King Cobra on the little boy. It would have worked much better to have the snake pop out of nowhere. -we end with an unresolved cliffhanger; Seth is still alive but likely no sequelFinal grade: 7 out of 10

King Cobra is a very good film that has a good cast which includes Pat Morita, Scott Hillenbrand, Casey Fallo, Hoyt Axton, Joseph Ruskin, Courtney Gains, Eric Lawson, Arell Blanton, Jerry Kernion, Michael Leopard, Erik Estrada, Nick Jameson, and Cedric Duplechain. The acting by all of these actors is very good. The thrills is really good and some of it is surprising. The movie is filmed very good. The music is good. The film is quite interesting and the movie really keeps you going until the end. This is a very good and thrilling film. If you like Pat Morita, Scott Hillenbrand, Casey Fallo, Hoyt Axton, Joseph Ruskin, Courtney Gains, Eric Estrada, the rest of the cast in the film, Giant Snake Films, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Dramas, and interesting films then I strongly recommend you to see this film today!

It's true. Pat Morita ("Happy Days;" the "Karate Kid" series) plays a herpetologist* recruited to help capture a genetically-engineered reptile. Why genetically engineered? Well, Joseph Ruskin plays a biochemist trying to find a neurochemical cure for hyperviolent aggression (like that exhibited by serial killers, I guess).But, he can't experiment on humans, right off the bat. And, normal wild animals aren't aggressive enough (unless, of course, you cruelly provoke them). So, he creates Seth. And, here is where the zoological accuracy goes out the window even worse than it did in "Anacondas!" The Eastern diamondback is a genuine species of rattler . BUT, THERE IS NO SUCH SPECIES AS THE African KING COBRA!! Oh, the scientific name (Haemachates haemachatus) was pronounced, correctly. That belongs to a _very_ aggressive species of South African spitting cobra known as the "ringhals." The proper scientific name for king cobras, however, is Naja hannah. AND, THEY ARE NATIVE TO SOUTHEAST ASIA! So, was Seth's biological daddy a gene-spliced hybrid, himself?Perhaps. In any case, before you become a professional snake handler (like Dr. Hashimoto), maybe you should take out a life insurance policy with Mutual of Omaha. *Herpetologists, btw, study reptiles _and_ amphibians, in general. A zoologist who specializes only in snakes is technically an ophiologist. "Here endeth the lesson." (Sean Connery, "The Untouchables")

This is one of the worst B-movies I have ever seen, to put it simply. Unfortunately it doesn't fall into the category of so-bad-it's-funny (which I had hoped!) but instead into the category of so-bad-it's-painful. That's not to say there weren't funny bits - the camp parade organiser was a high point - but this couldn't make up for the sheer tedium of the rest of it.As I mentioned already, this is a total ripoff of "Jaws", but sadly the brilliance of the ripoff-ee (so to speak) can't save it. But the similarities are shocking in places. Observe:[Some "spoilers" ahead, if it is possible to spoil trash anyway]The "hero" of the flick goes to the mayor to call off a beer festival due to a the snake. In "Jaws", Brody tries to close the summer beaches due to the shark.Three men go out with guns to try and shoot the reptile, but on spotting it they utter the line, "We're going to need bigger guns!" Remember the "Jaws" line, "We're going to need a bigger boat", anyone?! Hmmmmmm.......!In "Jaws", the shark-hunter gets killed by his prey. In "King Cobra" the Japanese snake expert is killed by Seth (the snake).Even the form of the film is the same, with the first half of the film being taken up by random killing and the second by our heroic hunters pursuing the snake/shark. The snake itself is merely rubber tubing, and boy can you tell! However, I think the best part of the film is when Seth is attacking our hero's love interest and so he runs in and gives it a kung-fu kick on the side of the head. Brilliant! In conclusion: Never ever watch this film; it's not funny enough to warrant the pain that you'll experience during the rest of it.