Raptor Island (2004) (TV)

Director:

Stanley Isaacs

Writers:

Stanley Isaacs (written by)
Dean Widenmann (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A team of terrorist-fighting Naval officers in the South China Sea finds their struggle against the...

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | Footsteps | Captain | Tyrannosaurus | Boat

Cast

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
Dejan Angelov	...	Diaz

Directed by
Stanley Isaacs

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stanley Isaacs		written by
Dean Widenmann		written by

Produced by
Cindy Carroll	....	supervising producer
Sven Clement	....	producer
Pat Corbitt	....	producer
Jeff Franklin	....	executive producer
Stanley Isaacs	....	producer
Michael Jones	....	associate producer
Barbara Kearney	....	associate producer
Jan Korbelin	....	executive producer
Bob Perkis	....	producer
Philip von Alvensleben	....	executive producer
Michael Weiser	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Peter Bernstein

Cinematography by
David Worth

Film Editing by
Christopher Roth		(as Chris Roth)

Production Design by
Kes Bonnet

Costume Design by
Irina Kotcheva

Makeup Department
Mariana Love	....	key makeup artist
Petya Simeonova	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Steve Bartlett	....	post-production incharge
Jeff Rank	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Asya Chakarova	....	second assistant director
Steven Meyer	....	second unit director
Boris Taskov	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mariana Vodenicharova	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Bogdan Bogdanov	....	carpenter

Sound Department
George R. Groves Jr.	....	adr mixer
George R. Groves Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
George R. Groves Jr.	....	sound supervisor
George R. Groves Jr.	....	supervising sound editor
Eric Lalicata	....	sound designer
Ivaylo Natzev	....	location sound mixer: second unit

Visual Effects by
Dan Dipierro	....	director of digital effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Vasil Galabov	....	key grip
Ivo Peitchev	....	camera operator
Georgi Petkov	....	grip
Miroslav Stoilov	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Velemira Petkova	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Todor G. Todorov	....	colorist

Other crew
Kristina Kambitova	....	production accountant
Rebecca Knowlton	....	production controller
Jeff Kranzdorf	....	production attorney
Mariana Popova	....	script supervisor: vfx unit
Didi Tokova	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Freshwater Entertainment
• Screenvest P4. Produktions

Distributors

• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2004) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2007) (Japan) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2007) (Taiwan) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2007) (Thailand) (all media)

Special Effects

• Unreal Productions

Other Companies

• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Japan:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Freshwater Entertainment

Goofs:

Factual errors: The SEAL Team referred to each other as "Soldiers" when they are "Sailors".

Movie Connections:

Followed by Planet Raptor (2007) (TV)

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.