[Jim] Wynorski is responsible for Komodo vs Cobra, about which the best I can say is that it isn’t anywhere near as awful as Attack of the Sabretooth — another recent sub-Jurassic Park, low-budget, TV-oriented, monster-on-the-loose effort.
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Good review, Rob. This was a tolerable movie for me to watch.
I think there is a place for these low budget Sci-Fi “original movies” (well, some of them, anyway;0). I only wish they would concentrate more on better acting and leaving more to the imagination (i.e: show every drop of blood shooting out in all directions whenever one of these “beasties” bites someone;0P)…. more like their 1950’s counterparts did. Less emphasis on cgi and more on interesting & creative story-writing would really help them also.
Just my 2 cents,
Todd
I want to feel that the filmmakers care about their product. With this one, it was so by-the-numbers that it didn’t give much sign of care. There was simply little imagination displayed in the script or presentation, and no atmosphere at all. I too thought it was tolerable — but only just.
By contrast, last night we watched a low-budget second sequel in the “Mimic” franchise, “Mimic 3 Sentinel”. It took a unique approach (which probably annoyed the hardcore fans) by making the main character a survivor of the disease for which researchers had been seeking a cure when they accidentally produced the Judas Breed mutant strain of cockroach. As a result he is allergic to most of the outside world and lives in his room, using his camera to record life as it takes place in the NY alley below. Gradually this leads to him becoming aware that the roaches are back — a horror take on Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”, in fact. The characters and acting are superb, the writing excellent, the cinematography spot-on… and they only show the monster bugs in dramatically effective ways that use the limited budget as effectively as possible. Here less is more. My point is, it isn’t a large budget that makes this film so good; it’s good filmmaking, an attention to detail and, well, caring enough to go beyond the boundaries and the cliches. As you say, leaving something to the imagination can be a wonderful strategy that is underused at all levels.