6/10
Lizard man don't like it when you mess with his goodies!
27 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
A whiskey stream of consciousness review.

"Don't look at me, I'm going fishing!" Is the best line to start the film. If you don't like bad monster films, you better find something else to do. The dubbing is soooo bad. The movie says it's Hawaii, but looks more like Central America or the Philippines. Does the sheriff think the pangolin is a lizard lol.

"The beast? That's hokum!" More stellar writing. It turns out this might be an Environmental movie. "All the pan fried muck we throw at this planet awaken a centuries old beast." There is always a female Herpetologist. Kinda sexy though. Movie has some cool authentic hula dancing and wood percussion. The monster is exposed rather early in this one. The director and effects guys must be proud of it. Line of the film has to be: "Take a hike, spazz ass." Pretty good driving main score. Cheap, but nostalgic for those chill-wavers. Creature from the black lagoon meets Godzilla, Jaws, and Medusa. Why is there a man in a gorilla suit meeting gringo tourists? Gorillas in Hawaii? The dubbing of background conversations at the restaurant consists of one dude speaking nonsense! Making out in a Johnny boat certainly isn't very sexy. As bad as this movie is, I kinda enjoy the monster's shenanigans when taking out its victims. The monster "Ache-a" also likes to wave a lot before the kill. Also like the grizzly bear belchy noises it makes. All of a sudden the plot mimics Jaws and we are going to shut the resort down after the goofy journalist is killed! When there is a party on the island, they play music straight out of Breakin' 2. The end has to be one of the longest slow walks I've seen. They really like the scenery. Overall terrible technical effort and as absurd as the rubber costume is, it fits the film and is enjoyably bad. As rotten as it was. It really is so bad it's kinda good. Grab a dram of Elijah Craig BP and try to make out what the background dubs are saying. Cheers!
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