jlthornb51 The Hillenbrand's present one of the most frightening and intensely horrifying reptile films ever made. With incredible suspense and unrelenting thrills, the story of a huge hybrid snake wreaking havoc simply explodes across the screen. Pat Morita is superb as Hashimoto, the snake expert who recognizes pure evil in the unholy beast. Scott Hillenbrand is also excellent and certainly proves his acting prowess. Hoyt Axton is especially powerful in the role of the town's mayor and gives one of the best performances of his career. The entire cast is quite good in this terrifying motion picture and the direction is taut and creative. The sudden attacks by the snake, its stealth and menace, are almost to much to endure and represent some of the most frightening moments ever committed to film. Overall, this is giant snake cinema at its most visionary, epic in scope yet intimate in its moments of personal terror.

RainofMagic I'd like to start this off by saying that it's my personal belief snake-based movies are one of the lowest forms of sci-fi/thriller genre movies ever. "King Cobra" is absolutely no better than any other snake movie I've seen. In many ways, it's even worse.. I guess we should start with the acting. A possible savior in lesser-known, low-budget clichés. Well to skip an overly long summary, it was pretty mediocre on all accounts. Most characters have little actual dialog, little personality, and very little background. They're all extremely bland, and have little to separate themselves from each other. Pat Morita is probably the best in the movie, which isn't really saying much.Next up would be the effects. Very crappy CGI is notable from almost the start. Most of the snake effects are slow and unrealistic considering they're always mentioning how "fast and evasive" it's supposed to be. It comes off as weird when you see the actual 'snake' have the reflexes and alertness of a retarded turtle. Last would be the plot. Which you can't expect a whole lot from in a giant terrorizing snake movie. However, whatever little was there was not implemented well whatsoever. The whole "hybrid" thing is barely mentioned even though it's the main trait of the snake.I'd be really surprised if this wasn't commonly found in a bargain bin, or a pawn shop somewhere. It's really that bad. 1/10, although should be lower for the wasted money spent on it..

teuthis Snake movies are the worst. And this one is the equal of any. A King Cobra/Rattlesnake hybrid has escaped from a lab wrecked by two of the most insane scientists in film history. The scene was brief, but possibly the most entertaining in the film. The monstrous mutation has claimed a small, rural town as its territory. Of course they are about to have a festival a beer fest no less! And will the Mayor cancel the festival because a couple of people are killed? What do you think? The acting in King Cobra is remedial at best. Even Pat Morita cannot make is role entertaining. The stoic Casey Fallo was a pretty good reason to keep viewing. She was nice to watch in what little she was given to do. Everyone else was just not in attendance.Perhaps the major problem for me in the film is that a snake was able to outsmart one-and-all homo sapiens throughout most of the film. And the two ton beast seemingly appeared and disappeared with all the velocity of a mako shark. He wafted through the delicate branches of trees with the grace of a ninety pound ballerina. A trained deputy is cornered against a tree by the rampaging reptile, and she panics, seemingly forgets she has a pistol in her hand, and screams for the hero; who drop-kicks the lightnening-fast saurian without even getting bitten.One must always suspend belief to some extent in order to enjoy a monster film. However, the director created such a "super snake", and such inept humans, that King Cobra far surpassed my ability to stretch reality.This mess eventually became boring and predictable. That is the only real sin a monster film can commit. And it is terminal in King Cobra.But it just might be that the worst faux pas of this film was the beer recipe recited by the supposed artisan brewer. If you are able to muster the gumption to watch this snake calamity, listen carefully for it. This "master brewer" is concocting a classic American mass-produced, tasteless near beer; not a sapid, artisan brew. After all, snakes are a dime a dozen, but a really good beer is sacred.I cannot recommend this film, unless one is in traction and cannot reach the remote. However, perhaps enough good beer could make it tolerable?

erwan_ticheler It's tough to say whether I'm ever going to see a worser movie,but this will surely and hopefully remain as my personal worst movie!Nothing in this movie is good,the Cobra or Rattlesnake or whatever it is,looks like a cartoon character. The acting is terrible and the story is even worse.How come that the snake escapes and appears again two years later?The story itself is a total rip-off of Jaws,with entire scenes copied of this classic horror picture. The tension is never there because the monster is absolutely not appealing.The ending makes one laugh,especially when Master Miyagi(what's his real name?) gets killed by the snake. The final scene is the scariest scene because it appears that the snake escapes from the place where he was captured and supposed to be killed. Only the haunting thought of a sequel keeps you up all night!. 0/10 isn't possible,but I would advice the IMDB to make it possible!!!