Jurassic Attack


"You all know what to do: get the job done or die."   - Colonel Carter


release year: 2013
genre: dinosaur action/drama
viewing setting: home streaming 12/2/23

synopsis: A military team is sent into a jungle to rescue a kidnapped scientist, but ends up trapped in a hidden land full of dinosaurs.

impressions: This was okay, despite some plot holes. It was definitely watchable for entertainment of this genre, that's for sure. Notable elements: some use of CGI, a commando team a la Predator, leaf canopies on the inside of the plane, the soldiers blowing up the van in order to keep the mole from being shot although he was right next to the van and was obliterated, rebels not even trying to take cover as others next to them are shot from afar, the use of fireworks as special effects to simulate explosions, the standard low-budget-movie tactic of having some people in a distant command center which is really just a tiny room made to look like something more important and meaningful, a plane crash in dinosaur-land, guerillas shooting down the plane containing their captured leader, character names paying tribute to other characters from other movies, a "chemical agent" that never really plays a role, guts strewn about the grass, an ever-changing amount of time that the scientist was trapped there. One thing I liked: the damn dinosaurs were't bulletproof like they are in every other dinosaur movie. These would bleed, fall over, and die if they got shot.

body count: 10 humans, 2 T-Rexes, numerous velociraptors

acting: Gary Stretch is the manly leader of the military team. Alicia Ziegler is his tough second-in-command. Natascha Berg is a scientist who they rescue. Michael Worth is a hippie scientist who cares more about the dinosaurs than the people. Corin Nemec is the officer in charge back in the small room. Vernon Wells (best known as the red-mohawked bandit in The Road Warrior more than three decades before) is an asshole government agent guy.

final word: Passable humans-vs-dinosaurs action/adventure.

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