Dinosaur Island (2014)

A vacation becomes the adventure of a lifetime as a boy finds himself stranded in a world filled with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. He embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.

Director:

Matt Drummond

Writer:

Matt Drummond

Stars:

Darius Williams, Kate Rasmussen, Albert Allu

Cast

Credited cast:
Darius Williams	...	Lucas Winton
Kate Rasmussen	...	Kathryn Rose Thompson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Albert Allu	...	Tribe Member
Helen Audsley	...	Conference Attendee
Diana Babajanyan	...	Student
Lin Ray Bambu	...	Tribe Member
William Bambu	...	Tribe Member
Delta Tijo Bang	...	Tribe Member
Sophie Barroh	...	Student
Jenna Begly	...	Airline Passenger
John Belmont	...	Conference Attendee
Juno Bennett	...	Student
Rohan Bertinat	...	Student
Joe Bistaveous	...	Ernest
Waisele Boekara	...	Tribe Member

Storyline

The adventure begins when 13-year-old Lucas embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disaster strikes, Lucas finds himself stranded in a strange land littered with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. While searching for other signs of life, Lucas hears a radio broadcast in the distance and is drawn into the jungle, where he encounters a beautiful young girl who claims to have come from the 1950s. Together they set out on a quest to get home, all the while uncovering secrets that will forever change the future.

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Plot Keywords:

australian supernatural | australian science fiction | australian horror | australian fantasy | crystal cave | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

When, Lucas first awakens in the island, a curious looking ship is seen beached nearby. She is the USS Cyclops, an American coal carrier vessel famous for vanishing, without a trace, near the Bermuda Triangle in 1918.

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Goofs

The lead on the binoculars used by Kathryn changes from hanging down loose to being wrapped around numerous times.

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Connections

Referenced in Dinosaurs Never Existed! (2016)

User Reviews

A missed opportunity

I'm reading a lot of reviews claiming that this is the "worst film ever". It's not. There are easily two or three worse films. The problem for this film is that it sells itself as a serious piece of dinosaur-themed sci-fi, as if going head-to-head with the JP franchise is something easily achieved. Unfortunately, we're now judging it against a tough set of criteria, and this film was never going to pull it off.

In short, the acting is poor, the story is dull and the daft sci-fi approach doesn't gel with the scientific approach. The CGI isn't utterly terrible, but they overstretch themselves. There has been some effort to update dinosaur and pterosaur portrayals, but overall, they're flippin' awful. The 'azhdarchid', or whatever it is, is unbelievably bad. Seriously. See if it's on Youtube so that you don't have to sit through the whole thing. The tyrannosaur stands around yelling at everything, and only when everything is already half a mile away does it give chase.

Your kids might like it, but just make sure you're not stuck watching it with them.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook [Australia] Official Facebook Page

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 2014 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Dinosaur Island

Filming Locations:

Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD12,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$39,296

Company Credits

Production Co:

Extinct Productions, Extinct Production, Extinct Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color