100 Million BC (2008)

A scientist leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly when he accidentally brings a giant dinosaur back into Los Angeles.

Director:

Griff Furst (as Louie Myman)

Writer:

Paul Bales (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael Gross, Christopher Atkins, Greg Evigan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Gross	...	Dr. Frank Reno
Christopher Atkins	...	Erik Reno
Greg Evigan	...	LCDR Ellis Dorn
Marie Westbrook	...	Ruth
Phil Burke	...	Stubbs
Wendy Carter	...	Betty
Geoff Meed	...	CPO Lopes
Stephen Blackehart	...	Lt. Robert Peet
Dean Kreyling	...	Chief 'Bud' Stark
Daniel Ponsky	...	Billy Jones
Nick McCallum	...	Burke
Dustin Harnish	...	Young Frank Reno
Jeff Bornstein	...	LAPD Pilot
Eric Spudic	...	Police Co-Pilot
Aaron Stigger	...	Manriquez

Storyline

A scientist from the failed Philadelphia Experiment leads a team of Navy SEALs back in time to the Cretaceous Period to rescue the first team he sent back during the 1940s. Things go wildly awry though, when on his return he accidentally brings a giant, man-eating dinosaur back through the portal and into modern-day, downtown Los Angeles.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | year 1950 | year 1949 | year 1998 | time traveler | 

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Taglines:

An elite military team. Sent back in time. They will not return... Alone.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is very much possible that the creators of the movie may have wanted more character development in the marines. Evidence of this is seen in the deleted scene of showing what the marines did the night before the time jump, such as Burke talking in his phone seemingly about family issues by the way he makes stressful gestures with his hands, while Jones and Manriquez play a game of cards ending with Jones saying a vulgar remark about Manriquez's mother. Since the movie was partially rushed due to a deadline, most of the marines ended up with little to no character development and are often cited as the most bland characters in the movie, with Reno and the old research team being the only ones with character. Despite all this, they are some of the most important characters in the first half of the movie.

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Goofs

There are numerous instances where characters "fire" guns and no muzzle flash is ever seen; only the "gun shot" sound is heard. Also empty ammo cartridges are never seen being ejected from any automatic weapons.

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Connections

References Gilda (1946)

User Reviews

100 million BC - the BC stands for bitchin' crap.

I, too, got sucked into buying this at Wal-Mart because of the cover art - the misleading cover art.

I watched the other flick, "Journey To the Center Of the Earth" first and thought it was putrid. Well, it was, but "100 Million BC" was even (new word) putrider. I can only conclude that everyone involved during the couple of days it took to put this s--t together were drunk.

As for Michael Gross, well, oh how the mighty have fallen. As for everyone else, may they fall off the face of the earth. The jokers who were advertised as "an elite military team" were scary. In spite of the pseudo-intellectual ranting they were thoroughly unconvincing as their characters and as actors.

Well, maybe, it was played for laughs, but it was neither humorous or even mildly interesting. Being a sadist I sat through the whole thing with the feeling that it had to get better.

It got worse. CRAP with a capital K. If you spot this in the Wal-Mart bin take it out and, as a public service, stomp on the damn thing so no one else will be taken in.

One hundred million zeroes for "100 Million BC."

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Prehistoric

Filming Locations:

Caracol, Belize

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Asylum

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1