Raptor Island (TV 2004)

A team of terrorist-fighting Naval officers in the South China Sea finds their struggle against the enemy taking a backseat to the fight of their lives when an horde of creatures thought to... See full summary »

Director:

Stanley Isaacs

Writers:

Stanley Isaacs, Dean Widenmann

Stars:

Lorenzo Lamas, Steven Bauer, Hayley DuMond

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lorenzo Lamas	...	Hacket
Steven Bauer	...	Azir
Hayley DuMond	...	Jamie Cole
Michael Cory Davis	...	Marcus
Peter Jason	...	The Captain
Hristo Shopov	...	Quinn
Atanas Srebrev	...	Simon (as Nasko Srebrev)
Jonas Talkington	...	Radar Technician
Ivo Tonchev	...	Rico
Michail Elenov	...	Kalif
Julian Vergov	...	Rashid
Edward McDermott	...	First Officer
Daniel Angelov	...	Chopper Pilot
Pavil Gavrilov	...	Yusef
Velislav Pavlov	...	Hassan

Storyline

A team of terrorist-fighting Naval officers in the South China Sea finds their struggle against the enemy taking a backseat to the fight of their lives when an horde of creatures thought to be extinct for millions of years descend upon them.

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Plot Keywords:

explosion | footsteps | captain | tyrannosaurus | boat | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

SciFi Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lost World - Predatori del mondo perduto

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Freshwater Entertainment, Screenvest P4. Produktions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The UH-60 Seahawk helicopter was labeled as "ARMY" when it should be "NAVY".

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Connections

Followed by Planet Raptor (2007)

User Reviews

Sugar Maples in the South China Sea Jungle

This move was a 10.5 on our Cheez-o-meter, the highest ranking possible, thanks to the earthquake movie of the same name. We knew we were setting ourselves up for a lambasting with "Raptor Island", we just didn't realize how badly.

OK, so the movie is made on the super cheap, with crappy CGI, models that scream "REVELL!!" and an utterly ridiculous plot scenario. I can get past a lot of cheapness necessitated by TV movie budgets, but what I cannot accept is the flagrant carelessness of the director. C'mon, people, the story takes place on an island in the South China Sea: so why are we looking at boreal forest, replete with ivy-covered trees, in what is obviously fall? During the scene where Hack and Jamie are holed up in the plane wreckage, their breath is clearly visible when they speak. Sorry, folks, no matter how you slice it, British Columbia can never stand in for a tropical island.

And what was with that weather at the end? The captain says their "socked in" "in this pea soup", but the island is having a lovely red sunset. Cut to helicopter pilot guy, shown in the cockpit with a raging ocean behind him. Cut to island sunset. Cut to helicopter flying over wrecked zodiac - it's night. Cut to Hack and Jamie, fighting off the bad guy, in full daylight. Cut back to pilot, shown in cockpit with that same raging ocean behind him. Cut to sunset. WASN'T ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION? Could they have at least TRIED to seem as though they were trying to be credible? Though this one was ripe for Joel and the Bots, we had plenty of fun of our own. Sublimely silly and purely ridiculous, there is no excuse to watch "Raptor Island", unless you're socked in by pea soup. Which we were.