Dinocroc (2004)

After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create prototypes at Paula Kennedy's Genetic Research Co. (Gereco) lab. However one must be put ... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin O'Neill

Writers:

Dan Acre, Frances Doel

Stars:

Costas Mandylor, Charles Napier, Bruce Weitz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Costas Mandylor	...	Dick Sydney
Charles Napier	...	Sheriff Harper
Bruce Weitz	...	Dr. Campbell
Matt Borlenghi	...	Tom Banning
Jane Longenecker	...	Diane Harper
Max Perlich	...	Deputy Kerrigan
Jake Thomas	...	Michael Banning
Price Carson	...	Edwin Danders
Joanna Pacula	...	Paula Kennedy
Jamie Akhavi	...	Judith
Don Pugsley	...	Janitor
Fred Burns	...	Deputy Collins
Ric Sarabia	...	Carl
John Timmons	...	Buddy
Michael Waite	...	Larry

Storyline

After an African dinosaur ancestor of the crocodile is found, Dr. Campbell uses its DNA to create prototypes at Paula Kennedy's Genetic Research Co. (Gereco) lab. However one must be put down after killing someone, another escapes and the information is kept from sheriff Harper. His daughter, county dog catcher Diane Harper, helps her ex (welding artist Tom Banning) with his kid brother Michael's beloved dog. They bump into Campbell and discover the dinocroc is growing, having escaped down a tunnel. Although Gereco hires Australian crocodile specialist and intrepid hunter, Richard 'Dick' Sydney, the beast proves impervious to bullets, so the body count rises alarming.

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Plot Keywords:

crop top | dog | crocodile | tunnel | sheriff | 

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Taglines:

It feeds on fear.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some creature violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Roger Corman: The Official DVD Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Primevil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde-New Horizons

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actual name of the dinosaur is Suchomimus

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Goofs

In the opening sequence an article headline states "scientist speculate hormone found in DNA..." Hormones are not found in DNA.

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Connections

Followed by Supergator (2007)

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Soundtracks

Waste my Time
(Mordente)
Produced by BCS and Andrew Buscher
Destroy All Publishing
Copyright 2002

User Reviews

Dino-camp

If you know what to expect, then Dinocroc, may not be such a terrible watch. The best word to describe it would be amusing, because it is just as unintentionally fun as it is intentionally.

The premise is your typical science experiment gone wrong. One night, a genetically engineered baby croc (prehistoric croc actually) escapes from a lab, and after a midnight snack of human flesh, it grows to full size in a matter of hours (now that's funny). A mixed matched handful of people go out to stop it, before it kills any more.

In addition to fairly weak acting, and visual effects that wouldn't fool a four year old, Dinocroc also has several blatant Jaws rip-offs. At the same time however, it makes a few wiser decisions. It chooses to avoid extreme gore, and clear sighting of the creature until the director feels it's time to move into action mode.

These movies are usually made for no more than a couple of million dollars, but Roger Corman has made so many that together they probably cost as much as Titanic. I don't know much about him, other than he's a veteran of the B-movie industry. I've chosen not to ask why he does this sort of thing. Dinocroc is not bad, there is better but there is also much worse.