Review of King of the Lost World (2005) by Jeffrey L — 01 Dec 2007
This movie mixes together Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World with King Kong and the TV show Lost, as a plane mysteriously crashes in the jungle and the survivors try to journey to another wrecked plane to find a working radio, while avoiding the giant scorpions, dragons, and giant killer ape, along with the cannibalistic natives.
The acting is ok from some and horrible from others, with the main character played by the same actor from Beast of Bray Road and Frankenstein Reborn. The effects of the giant King Kongish gorilla were the worst I've ever seen in any movie, with the dragons being pretty bad yet predictable for this kind of movie, and the scorpions being decent.
The last 10 minutes though was a bit out-there, and the overall plot of some place in the Amazon where there are flying dragons and a gorilla the size of Godzilla is horrible as I'm sure the civilized world couldn't have possibly not known about such a place.
Still, it manages to be a fun adventure flick with a couple unexpected twists about half-way through. One of my more favorite Asylum flicks so far, right after Transmorphers.
This review of King of the Lost World (2005) was written by Jeffrey L on 01 Dec 2007.
King of the Lost World has generally received negative reviews.
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