A little more crocodile that's on the front, a little less angry african militia
Added 11/25/2009
When I bought this movie (for 15 cents used) I knew what I was getting myself into. I enjoy a crappy creature film here and there, and I was expecting just that. I was expecting bad cg and bad acting, and got that..but I didn't get as much slice n' dice I was hoping for. <<<<>>>>>>>> Only 3-4 people died from the crocodile...the rest from some angry African militia...it was just disapointing. The cg alone was better than most creature films that disapoint...but I'd rather see a bunch of unrealistic crocodile cg than the Samuel L. Jackson wannbe militia leader terrorizing the reporters. I offer my review for 2 reasons...1 that I'm bored. And 2 -just incase someone doesn't know any better and goes into this movie hoping for another Lake Placid, which this certainly wasn't.
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Guess who's coming to dinner?
Added 9/8/2009
A brutal civil war in impoverished Burundi. A legendary, 25-foot croc named Gustave who has terrorized the local population for hundreds of years. Okay, I get the metaphor, which is why I enjoyed PRIMEVAL, an uneven, often silly, gore fest that still kept my attention throughout its villain's ever-more preposterous feats of carnivorous bloodletting. At the end ol' Gustave is wearing a car for a necklace, but I digress.
When a cable news crew is sent deep into East Africa to film (and even dare to capture) the legendary croc, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in Burundi's nasty civil conflict. Thus PRIMEVAL embarks on its nonstop violence, with the conflict reaching the shores of Gustave's habitat--and Gustave joins the party. The imagery is intentionally gritty, jerky, out of focus, with much of the action just off camera--all for that documentary "feel". And Gustave himself, in all his CGI glory, can cover dry ground like a cruise missile. Now that's evolution.
The cast is as unexceptional as it is forgettable; however I did recognize Orlando Jones (the former 7UP pitchman). In true horror film form the protagonists endure multiple gun wounds, stabs, blows to the head and additional trauma, yet still pull off herculean feats of last-second bravery. Again, it's silly, yet PRIMEVAL, with its metaphor depicting unspeakable brutality and inhumanity, does get its point across. Now if we could just set up a foot race between Gustave and Usain Bolt. . .
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
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The end when the croc jumps into the rear-end of the 4x4
Added 7/26/2009
I just saw the tail (lol) end of this film. I thought the shots of the croc jumping in through the back window looked awesome. Shot in silhouette was gr8. I liked the dog, too.
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"Lake Placid" meets "Sometimes in April" meets "Jaws".
Added 5/13/2009
Primeval isn't a terrible movie as far as it goes. It has some action, some thrills and some drama, all of which are not given with an empty hearted attempt, but neither are they given with a whole hearted attempt. Perhaps that is the big problem with the movie is that it tries to be all three kinds of film and in the end falls just short in all three.
However, if you are in the mood for a nature eats man kind of movie Primeval's "Gustav" may be just what you want.
2 ½*
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2-Movies-In-One...
Added 4/8/2009
Big lizard eats lots of people in Burundi, causing the US to send its best reporters to cover the slaughter. Uh-oh, there seems to be a civil war going on too! Oh no, the rival bloodshed might interfere w/ the sensational croc-story! No problemo! We'll just have the insanity of war weave in and out of the monster-on-the-loose story! Personally, I just wanted a good old fashioned animal-runs-amok movie like JAWS, GRIZZLY, CUJO, ROGUE, or even MOUSE HUNT! Instead, I got a political thriller w/ occasional crocodilian havoc. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood. To me, it was like if V FOR VENDETTA had an escaped go-rilla running rampant in between scenes of totalitarian oppression. Oh well...
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A little more crocodile that's on the front, a little less angry african militia
Added 11/25/2009
When I bought this movie (for 15 cents used) I knew what I was getting myself into. I enjoy a crappy creature film here and there, and I was expecting just that. I was expecting bad cg and bad acting, and got that..but I didn't get as much slice n' dice I was hoping for. <<<<>>>>>>>> Only 3-4 people died from the crocodile...the rest from some angry African militia...it was just disapointing. The cg alone was better than most creature films that disapoint...but I'd rather see a bunch of unrealistic crocodile cg than the Samuel L. Jackson wannbe militia leader terrorizing the reporters. I offer my review for 2 reasons...1 that I'm bored. And 2 -just incase someone doesn't know any better and goes into this movie hoping for another Lake Placid, which this certainly wasn't.
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Guess who's coming to dinner?
Added 9/8/2009
A brutal civil war in impoverished Burundi. A legendary, 25-foot croc named Gustave who has terrorized the local population for hundreds of years. Okay, I get the metaphor, which is why I enjoyed PRIMEVAL, an uneven, often silly, gore fest that still kept my attention throughout its villain's ever-more preposterous feats of carnivorous bloodletting. At the end ol' Gustave is wearing a car for a necklace, but I digress.
When a cable news crew is sent deep into East Africa to film (and even dare to capture) the legendary croc, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in Burundi's nasty civil conflict. Thus PRIMEVAL embarks on its nonstop violence, with the conflict reaching the shores of Gustave's habitat--and Gustave joins the party. The imagery is intentionally gritty, jerky, out of focus, with much of the action just off camera--all for that documentary "feel". And Gustave himself, in all his CGI glory, can cover dry ground like a cruise missile. Now that's evolution.
The cast is as unexceptional as it is forgettable; however I did recognize Orlando Jones (the former 7UP pitchman). In true horror film form the protagonists endure multiple gun wounds, stabs, blows to the head and additional trauma, yet still pull off herculean feats of last-second bravery. Again, it's silly, yet PRIMEVAL, with its metaphor depicting unspeakable brutality and inhumanity, does get its point across. Now if we could just set up a foot race between Gustave and Usain Bolt. . .
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
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The end when the croc jumps into the rear-end of the 4x4
Added 7/26/2009
I just saw the tail (lol) end of this film. I thought the shots of the croc jumping in through the back window looked awesome. Shot in silhouette was gr8. I liked the dog, too.
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