King Cobra

1999

Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 27% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 27% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 3.3/10 10 2753 2.8K

giant snake

Plot summary

30 feet of pure terror is the result of an experimental drug used in a biochemical lab and this mutated nightmare is pure evil! Half-African cobra and half-diamondback, he's 30 feet long with a giant appetite for terror.

Director

David Hillenbrand Photo
David Hillenbrand

Top cast

Nick Jameson Photo
Nick Jameson as Jurgen Werner
Jerry Kernion Photo
Jerry Kernion as Conrad
Courtney Gains Photo
Courtney Gains as Dr. Joseph McConnell
Eric Lawson Photo
Eric Lawson as Sheriff Ben Lowry
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859.05 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.72 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Phillemos 4 / 10

There's only one reason to watch this movie

Reviewed by teuthis 2 / 10

Rattler in the Hood?

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?
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