On a tropical island, genetically mutated Komodo dragons find themselves facing the prospect of a feast. Their main course consists of a team of scientists -- led by professor Nathan Phipps (William Langlois) -- that has been ordered by the military to destroy all evidence of the secret experiments it has been conducting. Their dessert is served in the form of a group of robbers who arrive on the forsaken island. Unless the humans manage to destroy the killer lizards, mankind is doomed.