Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)

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 Evans	...	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) (alternative title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Concorde-New Horizons

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene with the general, his uniform is incorrect. He mixes medals with ribbons on Class A, and the US-lapel device is the one worn by enlisted men, not officers. The desert camo uniform worn by the hero has epaulets, not a feature of US uniforms, and for some reason is buttoned all the way to the throat.

Quotes:

Officer: It's like a Friday the 13th Nightmare.

Movie Connections:

References Die xue jie tou (1990)

Primal Species is brilliant

All Jurassic Park fans should love this. It's a low budget Jurassic Park only scarier and gorier.

It starts off with a few pathetic terrorists trying to steal Uranium to build a weapon but when opening what they've stolen they find out that it's 2 Velociraptors. They've also stolen an asexual reproducing T-rex which appears later in the film. Their mistake proves fatal. The army investigate it. They find out about the Carnosaurs but they have to capture them alive. This proves difficult.

The special effects weren't great but at least they didn't hide the dinosaurs so the audience could barely see them.

This film is gory so if your squeamish avoid this film at all costs and there is enough gore to satisfy gore hounds. This film is also scary and suspenseful.

I recommend this film to all those people who loved Jurassic Park. If you see it and its cheap, buy it! 8 out of 10.