As a sci-fi or horror, this movie fails miserably. But, if you watch it in a mood to be entertained by ridiculous, slap-stick, "banana-peel" comedy, you will simply roll on the floor holding your sides. There are so many stupid things in this movie that I can't list them all here.The snake, itself, is funny to watch. Anything that big, sneaking up on people calls for some eye-rolling.There's 3 "hunters" who take their guns out to kill this monster and as soon as they see it, they drop their weapons and take off running.Pat Morita is a total spoof of a snake expert/scientist.Overall, I couldn't wait to watch this movie with someone else and watch their reactions. That is a whole new side-splitting laugh just waiting.I give this 5 stars just for the fact that they actually got actors together and made this movie. What a feat!

Is this a low budget movie?: YESIs the acting bad?: YESIs this movie a bad one?: NO DOUBTBUT, is this movie entertaining?: YES, but only in limited periods of time. If you want to enjoy "King Cobra", you have to block out all expectations of this being a great film, and just erase your memory of great films you've previously seen. Only if you do that, there's a possible that it will entertain you. One thing that helps a bit, it that the special effects doesn't look that bad. But since this is really low-budget, the big snake hasn't that much screen time. And for the opening scene, just forget that it was part of the movie, because it has to be one of the worst scenes that I've seen. Ever.

This is one of the worst B-movies I have ever seen, to put it simply. Unfortunately it doesn't fall into the category of so-bad-it's-funny (which I had hoped!) but instead into the category of so-bad-it's-painful. That's not to say there weren't funny bits - the camp parade organiser was a high point - but this couldn't make up for the sheer tedium of the rest of it.As I mentioned already, this is a total ripoff of "Jaws", but sadly the brilliance of the ripoff-ee (so to speak) can't save it. But the similarities are shocking in places. Observe:[Some "spoilers" ahead, if it is possible to spoil trash anyway]The "hero" of the flick goes to the mayor to call off a beer festival due to a the snake. In "Jaws", Brody tries to close the summer beaches due to the shark.Three men go out with guns to try and shoot the reptile, but on spotting it they utter the line, "We're going to need bigger guns!" Remember the "Jaws" line, "We're going to need a bigger boat", anyone?! Hmmmmmm.......!In "Jaws", the shark-hunter gets killed by his prey. In "King Cobra" the Japanese snake expert is killed by Seth (the snake).Even the form of the film is the same, with the first half of the film being taken up by random killing and the second by our heroic hunters pursuing the snake/shark. The snake itself is merely rubber tubing, and boy can you tell! However, I think the best part of the film is when Seth is attacking our hero's love interest and so he runs in and gives it a kung-fu kick on the side of the head. Brilliant! In conclusion: Never ever watch this film; it's not funny enough to warrant the pain that you'll experience during the rest of it.

An explosion at a government lab mixes behavior modification chemicals with a gene-spliced African king cobra/diamondback rattler, leading to "30 Feet of Pure Terror!" as the highly aggressive hybrid grows to mammoth size and escapes. Two years later, just in time for a small town's "lager festival" the snake emerges in the woods with a sudden urge to sink its teeth into innocent townspeople. It's up to a doctor (Scott Brandon), a female deputy (Kasey Fallo), a snake expert (Pat Morita) and others to track to beast down, but naturally they're opposed by townspeople who don't want to cause a big commotion. There's too much blurry POV camera-work and this entire film is completely contrived and predictable (right down to the local redneck posse trying their hand at capturing the fanged fiend), but the production values and cast are good, and this is a well-crafted direct-to-video flick. The model snake (designed by the Chiodo brothers, creators of CRITTERS and KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE), raises up on it's rattling tale, breaths, consumes prey whole and is actually much better than the one used in the bigger-budgeted ANACONDA. And love that Erik Estrada cameo.