Line #32 Film/CurseOfTheKomodo


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2	[[caption-width-right:349:Boobs, unlimited guns, and giant reptiles combined!]]
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4	''Curse of the Komodo'' is a 2004 American science fiction film directed by Jim Wynorski under the pseudonym Jay Andrews.
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6	The story follows a group of military scientists and some casino robbers that got caught in the mix of an island in middle of the Pacific that was used as a testing site of weaponized Komodo Dragons.
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8	It was rebooted by a SpiritualSuccessor called ''Film/KomodoVsCobra'' in 2005.
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10	!!This film includes examples of:
11	* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
12	** Hawaii does not have any casinos.
13	** The cars utilize California license plates despite being set in Hawaii.
14	** Parts of the island give away position of being in southern California rather than an isolated island in the South Pacific.
15	* ArtisticLicenseMilitary
16	** The standard issue rifle of Special Forces is the [=M4A1=] as of 2004, though the M-16 is still being issued to Army reserves and the Marine Corps.
17	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The title and the trailer is a dead giveaway.
18	* BeingEvilSucks: Tiffany admits to Drake that she's tired of robbing people, and being on the run all of the time, and wants to stop once they make it off the island, and "Find out what being normal is like." After some hesitation, Drake seems to agree. [[spoiler: Sadly, this turns into {{Retirony}} and a HeelFaceDoorSlam for Tiffany, which makes Drake into a more sinister figure]].
19	* BigNo: [[spoiler:Drake at the end screams "NOOOOOO" just as three baby (but giant) Komodos appears from the beach and proceed to chomp on him.]]
20	* BlatantLies: Jack states that chopper could fit all of them. [[spoiler: He later tells Hanson it won't but saying that lives will be lost along the way so everyone could fit in it.]]
21	* BottomlessMagazines: Characters are seen spraying a large amount of CGI lead into the Komodo dragon. Naturally, it does not have an effect.
22	** Only two characters were seen reloading on-screen.
23	** Professor Nathan Philip's Lee Enfield [=No4=]. [=Mk1=] Customized, a bolt-action rifle, is seen firing semi-automatic! He never racks the bolt.
24	* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler:Drake insists on getting the bag full of stolen casino money as the U.S. Navy bombs the island. As a result, he gets left behind. He is seen later sitting alone in the beach, as three Komodo dragons emerge from the sea and promptly eat him alive.]]
25	* DrivenToSuicide / HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:A bitten professor Nathan Philipps arms himself with a C4 bomb and gets eaten alive to kill the Komodo dragon from within.]]
26	* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Reece (zombified), Tiffany, Nathan, and Drake.]]
27	* EvilHasStandards: The robbers never killed any of the scientific team, though they were doing this to keep their cover.
28	* Main/{{Foreshadowing}}: Jack the pilot can already sense who will die along the way in the trek to the helicopter.
29	* Main/{{Greed}}: The motivation of casino robbers is this.
30	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Nathan Philipps arms himself with a C-5 bomb as the Komodo dragon devours him. This causes the bomb to explode from within, killing the Komodo.]][
31	* IdiotBall: Lampshaded and Foreshadowed by Jack of who will make it and who will not.
32	** [[spoiler: Tiffany counts as this. While the Komodo dragon has not seen the group, she panics and runs off. She then gets cornered into a tree and promptly gets eaten by the Komodo.]]
33	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Reece, Tiffany, and Drake ultimately pay for their crime as they end up as Komodo chow]].
34	* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Nathan isn't ''that'' mad, but he is on the project, and his daughter Rebecca is a MsFanservice character who goes skinny dipping in one scene.
35	* MsFanService: All the girls in this film.
36	* OhCrap: Drake at the end as [[spoiler: he sees three infant Komodo dragons approach him and eat him alive]].
37	* RiddleForTheAges: The film never explains how Komodo saliva turns people that come into contact with it to be in a zombie-like state.
38	* RuleOfSexy: The film has a lot of skin being shown for the female characters. One even goes skinny dipping.
39	* SceneryPorn
40	* SequelHook: [[spoiler:It appears the threat of the Komodo Dragons is not over as three infant Komodo dragons emerge from the beach and proceed to eat Drake alive.]]
41	* StockFootage: Utilizes several stock footage including overhead shots of the island, the U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor, F-14s taking off from an aircraft carrier, and the explosions on the island as a result of the airstrike.
42	* ShoutOut
43	** The Komodo chasing the pick-up truck is an obvious nod to ''[[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]]''.
44	** The Commando raid is similar to the one conducted on ''[[Film/Carnosaur Carnosaur 3]]''
45	* TechnicallyLivingZombie: [[spoiler: Two characters somehow became "zombified" after touching the Komodo's saliva. When Reece gets infected, he somehow manages to hold a gun as he chases the girls outside the house. ItCanThink indeed. An infected Hanson manages to track down the team and bite the doctor on the hand.]]

Context Film / CurseOfTheKomodo