Komodo vs. Cobra

Komodo vs. Cobra

Year: 2005

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

TV MovieScience FictionHorrorMonsters aliens sci-fi and the apocalypseSci-fi monster and dinosaur adventures

A reporter, her cameraman, a famous girlfriend and an environmentalist team charter a boat to investigate a military island suspected of illegal activity. Finding it deserted, they locate a house where Dr. Susan Richardson reveals everyone, including her father, is dead. Her team created a compound that makes edible plants grow huge, but the military repurposed it for tests on komodo dragons and cobras.

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1

Mission sets sail for the island

A tight-knit team of environmentalists, a reporter, her cameraman, and Darla set sail to verify rumors of illegal activity on a remote military island. They’re joined by Marsden and guided by Captain Michael A. Stoddard as they depart from the mainland. The voyage marks the first step into a hazardous investigation into secrets offshore.

Day 1 – Morning Open sea toward remote military island
2

Arrival on a strangely empty island

Upon approach, the island feels eerily deserted and quiet. They press on to a deserted house, sensing something is off as weathered structures loom. The tension builds as the team senses eyes in the shadows and the promise of answers.

Day 1 – Afternoon Island coast / deserted house path
3

The scientist's brutal truth

Inside the deserted house, Dr. Susan Richardson reveals that everyone on the island is dead, including her father. She explains the project aimed at allowing edible plants to grow to monstrous sizes. The military seized the opportunity to test the formula on animals, sparking a dangerous chain of events.

Day 1 – Afternoon Deserted house
4

Monstrous predators emerge

As the team investigates, the island is overrun by gigantic predators—the Komodo dragons and cobras. The once-hidden project has turned science into a weapon, and nature into a deadly trap. The party must improvise to survive the encroaching nightmare.

Evening Shoreline and interior areas of island
5

First casualties in the chaos

The group's precarious balance collapses as one environmentalist and the cameraman fall to the creatures’ onslaught. Their loss underscores the true danger posed by the island’s transformed beasts. The remaining survivors press on, determined to reach safety and answers.

Night Jungle edge / shoreline
6

Racing for answers in the laboratory

The survivors, along with Dr. Richardson, hurry toward the laboratory in search of memories and documents that explain the project. The lab holds fragments of the backstory and warns that the military’s involvement corrupted science. They realize escape might depend on understanding how the creatures came to be.

Night Laboratory
7

Backstory of ambition and interference

Richardson's memories reveal ambition, misjudgment, and official interference that helped ignite the disaster. The military’s involvement triggered a chain reaction, turning a potential discovery into a weaponized nightmare. The team understands the real stakes of their mission and the risks of unchecked power.

Late night Laboratory / Richardson's memories
8

Escape thwarted at the beach

They race toward the beach hoping to reach the yacht, but a bombing run from the military interrupts their plan. The explosions cut off their path and a cobra slithers from the water to claim two more lives in a brutal, sudden moment. The survivors are forced to abandon the coastal route.

Morning Beach vicinity
9

A risky ascent to a mountain helicopter

With the beach blocked, the group targets a helicopter left atop a mountain, a relic from Richardson's side of the family. They navigate a raging river and endure a new peril when leeches bite a member, adding another danger to the trek. The ascent represents the final chance to escape intact.

Daytime River valley and mountain
10

Final stand among the predators

On the mountaintop, the Komodo dragon and the Cobra converge in a deadly standoff. A leech-tipped moment proves fatal for another member as bullets fail against the Cobra's tough hide. The group fights for safety while the military watches from afar, ready to end the threat.

Afternoon Mountain ridge
11

Extraction by a retired pilot

A retired Air Force pilot arrives and ferries the surviving trio away from the island, providing a narrow window of escape. The bombs on the island extinguish immediate danger, but the genetic catastrophe persists beyond the shore. They fly away with a sense that the nightmare may follow them.

Evening Above the island / airlift
12

Dr. Michaels' transformation hints

In a final, unsettling twist, Dr. Michaels reawakens with reptilian traits—glowing green eyes and a forked tongue—suggesting the creature within him may be taking over. The island’s horrors may not be fully behind them, even as they leave. The ending leaves the audience with a lingering sense of danger and consequence.

Post-escape Onboard helicopter / air
13

The lasting warning

The narrative emphasizes how ambition, secrecy, and force collide on a remote shore, illustrating how quickly science can slip into something uncontrollable. The survivors carry the memory of the island as a warning about the misuse of power and the fragility of nature. The final frame lingers on the eerie aftermath of the disaster.

Post-escape Sea / air

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