Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)

User Rating:

2.2/10   

Director:

Jonathan Winfrey

Writer:

Rob Kerchner (story)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Terror will never be extinct.

Plot:

International terrorists get a surprise when their cargo turns out to contain living dinosaurs. The army commando team now have to think fast, if they want to prevent the extinction of the human species, instead of the reptiles.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Police | Uniform | Policewoman Killing | General

Cast

Scott Valentine	...	Col. Rance Higgins
Janet Gunn	...	Dr. Hodges
Rick Dean	...	Polchek
Anthony Peck	...	Gen. Pete Mercer
Rodger Halston	...	Sanders
Terri J. Vaughn	...	B.T. Coolidge
Billy Burnette	...	Furguson
Morgan Englund	...	Rossi
Stephen Lee	...	Sergeant
Justina Vail	...	Proudfoot
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Dolan
Abraham Gordon	...	Billings
Michael McDonald	...	Police Officer Wilson (as Michael James McDonald)
David Roberson	...	Johnson
Jonathan Winfrey	...	Bob

Also Known As:

Primal Species (USA)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Rance throws the bomb into the Tyranosaur's mouth and detonates it a metal pole protruding from the puppets neck can be seen which previously connected the head to its body.

Quotes:

[When being attacked, and crammed in to a cramped space]
Dr. Hodges: There something I should tell you.
Col. Rance Higgins: Whats that?
Dr. Hodges: I'm clausterphobic
Col. Rance Higgins: Well, if you pass out on me now, you're dead!

Movie Connections:

References Die xue jie tou (1990)

One Good Thing About It = The Short Running Time

Primal Species (1996, Dir. Jonathan Winfrey)

International terrorists get a surprise when their cargo turn out to contain living dinosaurs. The army commando team now have to think fast, if they want to prevent the extinction of the human species, instead of the reptiles.

You look at the cover and you gain your first impressions of the film. That is pretty much it. The acting is only just acceptable from a few characters. The story is poor, with the whole film based on the army and the marines trying to kill the dinosaurs. This film came out three years after 'Jurassic Park'. Instead, this film looks to have come out 13 years before 'Jurassic Park'. The dinosaurs costumes are so poorly made, and i do mean costumes. There are obviously people dressed up, and this film makes no attempts at hiding this. A scene when a dinosaur runs down a corridor is created in a way, in which it looks like someone is riding the creature. The is one good thing, which comes out of this film. The short running time. At only 1 hour and 15 minutes, it doesn't waste too much of your life, but still try to avoid it altogether.

"It's like a Friday the 13th Nightmare." - Officer (Brian Currie)