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A cast of no names, cheap special effects, a horrid script & lousy acting don't add up to much of a film, but to make matters worse, this film is just plain boring! This is the tale of some of the crew of a space craft being marooned on a distant uncharted planet. We surprisingly don't have to wait long for this to happen as their ship is in trouble immediately after the credits are done. In the cheap Star Trekish sets we watch them battle to save their ship only to abandon it. Their shuttle crashes into a lake on the nearest planet. The 9 survivors all get out & swim to shore. Once there, they realize the communication's officer failed to bring their rescue beacon. The muscular Chuck strips off his shirt (& never puts it on for the remainder of the film for some reason? Is Jack Mcfarland on this crew?) & dives in to get it. Shamed by Corporate Exec Harvey, the communication Officer, Cindy (the 2nd hottest girl in the film!) also strips down & dives in. For some reason, a lake living dino decides to have Cindy for lunch instead of Chuck, in a very noninvasive scene. Cindy screams & splashes, we momentarily see a small dino head, then all are gone in a pool of blood. Just like that, our 4 women to 5 men ratio is down to 3-5. After this disaster, they opt to move on & what takes place next is mind numbing boredom as we watch the group trek through jungles, swamps & dessert in search of somewhere safe to wait for rescue. We are treated to a few Ray Harryhausenish dinosaurs & spill or two as they lose their weapons one by one, but for the most part, it boring walking! They finally arrive at a plateau where Capt. Lee plans to make camp. He is confronted by enormous security officer Jim over his choice, but the others side with the Capt, so Jim reluctantly backs off. Lee even begins to doubt himself when 1st officer Nyla thinks he should pay some heed to Jim. It's all a bunch of BS banter with no real substance in a desperate attempt to study the human condition under stressful conditions & fails miserably unlike so many other films of it's like. Only 2 more men & 1 more girl (of course the hottest girl in the film!) are killed by dinosaurs until the not so thrilling climax followed by a rather foolish ending. The screen writers show very little imagination as at least 3/4s of the characters have the same name as the actors playing them. You are forced to sit through nearly half the film with nothing happening. It's just not a very good movie & one I wish I hadn't bothered to buy. At least I got it cheap!Read full review
I bought this movie for my 4 yr old. She is obssessed with dinosaurs. And I can only watch Land before time & jurassic park so many times! the year says 2001,but that has to be the date when it went to dvd. The movie is from the mid-70's at least. It's a B movie with cheesy acting & the special effects are no better than King Kong (the 1930s version). It kind of reminds me of the land of the lost. But my daughter likes it & finds it hilarious. I also found it very amusing. And since it's a dvd, we can jump right to the scenes with the dinosaurs. I'm glad it was so cheap!
this movie was seen by me a long time ago, it was a real pleasure to see it again. i would reconmend this to any die-hard dinosaur fan.
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i bought this because my son is into dinosaurs. he loved the movie and was very excited to get something from 'e-bay'. he would go to the mail box every day in hopes that it would be there. he watches it over and over again and i love it because it keeps him happy and occupied for a little while while i can get something accomplished (he is 6 and has a 5 year old sister and then twin brother and sister 11 months) he really enjoys time to just chill out with a good movie and some popcorn.
I first got this movie as a kid from my dad!! I loved it!! The acting is so bad the script is so bad!! And the effects are even worse!!! But I still love it and I always will!!! It is just one of those movies you like or dislike for what it is!! If you like cheap made movies with lame acting and effects then this will be for you!!! If not then by all means dont buy it!! But it is still a great movie for what it is worth!!
theonly dislike is the acting is bad, but the dinosaur animations are excellent but this is true for the time era, I saw this movie with my son many years ago and I was impressed with the movies structure and animations, it also won many awards for its realistic dinosaurs.I bought it for all these reasons as well as memories of my son and I watching and laughing at it together
I purchased this for my dinosaur-crazed 11 yr. old. He said it was a "good" movie. He had wished there were more different dinosaurs but liked what it did show. He said the acting was ok & the script could have been better. He said it's a $1.. shelf DVD.
the monsters and the cheesee acting my son loves the monster movies of my childhood. i like the name and the picture on the front of the display case
DVD was good. Bought it for my brother. The part that clips the dvd into place in the case was broken though and we had to superglue it, which was a bit annoying and difficult.
I remember watching this when i was a kid, and even tho the special effect are old school, and the acting is a bit lame,,, it never fails to make you happy watching a childhood movie