in kihono and hawaii and some scaly and claw hand emerge from the water and start shake the boat of a bunch of dynamite fisherman and cause one of the guy to drop a stick of lit dynamite that blow up the boat . those scaly hand naturally belong to a silly look man in a rubber suit creature that start cause the usual problem in and around a tropical resort . well and it suppose to be a tropical resort and but they must have be film during the off season because the scenery isn not even all that great in this one . don not expect to see bikini clad babe frolic in the wave and long sandy beach stretch for mile or sunlight glisten off of crystal blue water . here and the cloud be dark and the sky be overcast and the water be murky and muddy . now while the filming location section here at imdb claim this movie be actually shoot in hawaii and i have my doubt . not only be it a filipino or u co production and but the director be from the philippine and normally film his movie over there and so i wouldn not be a bit surprised if this one be film there and too . the native vegetation and the waterway and the building and much of the support cast certainly do not look hawaiian to me and though i could be mistake . superstitious local villager do a hilarious ceremonial hula or fire dance and chant and throw lei into the ocean to try to appease the beast and but it kill their tribal leader anyway and so they begin to flee the area . not so easily scar off be herpetologist annie essex ( kathryn witt ) and who be on the island research the legend of the akua . she team up with skeptical new sheriff in town keefer ( william steis ) to investigate . there a bare minimum of character development between these two while she ambitious and want to discover a new specie and while he be a widower who have come to the area to escape the psychotic bullst he encounter at his previous job in reno . there also a half baked romance that start to develop between them and but it not really follow through with . also stick around be pushy and beard and unbelievably obnoxious news reporter ike ( play by screenwriter frederick bailey ) and drug addict skin mag model gobby ( lesley huntly ) and british photographer ted ( paul holmes ) and a slew of criminal who specialize in make illegal explosive . also there be ms. cahill ( laura bank ) and bitchy owner of the paradise resort and who use the legend of the sea beast to bring in more tourist and against the wish of the sheriff and lady scientist . the actor ( who be mediocre and but not too bad ) get to hurl around lame insult such a you incompetent slouch . and take a hike spaz as . the rest of the dialogue and as well a the plot and character and horror or action scene and be hopelessly clichéd and fail to save this from become a complete bore . as far a the monster be concern and it a standard issue rubber suit with some seaweed glue on it and and we barely get to see much of until the very end . the doctor refers to it a a carniverous lizard man of the triassic age and say it a nocturnal eater and light sensitive and which doesn not really explain why the first two attack take place in broad daylight . the creature do manage to cause around half a dozen explosion in the film and though . it even manage to make a little water front dynamite factory blow up . the national guard be finally call in and show their professionalism by ignite stick of dynamite with a lit cigarette to hurl down at the beast from a helicopter above . from a stationary position in the water and the beast manage to leap upward about fifteen foot and grab the copter and pull it down into the water . the almost entirely submerge aircraft then manage to explode . so much for realism . there also a monster egg hunt at the resort ( do not ask ) and a police shoot out and one topless scene ( from ms. huntly during a topless photo shoot ) and overuse of a fog machine during all of the night scene . the violence be very mild and most of the kill take place off screen and the gore be minimal . not much else to say about this one and other than you have probably see it all before . there be both good and bad film out there with nearly the same exact plot line and which doesn not make this any less monotonous to sit through for anyone who have ever see a monster movie before .