Jurassic Predator |
UK • 2018 • 90m •
   • Directed by: Andrew Jones. • Starring: Lee Bane, Richard Dee-Roberts, Jason Homewood, Lee Mark Jones, Derek Nelson, David Lyndon, Darren Swain, Matthew Curran, Harry Russell, Claire Carreno, Nathan Head, Megan Lockhurst, Travis Booth-Millard..    Scientists working at a top secret government research facility are conducting experiments to resurrect a dinosaur using prehistoric DNA. The scientists believe the experiment will lead to fame and fortune but instead it leads to death and destruction when the terrifying T-Rex grows at an accelerated pace. After rampaging through the research centre the fearsome creature escapes into nearby Devil's Creek where families and holidaymakers are enjoying summer vacation. As the government hires a squad of deadly mercenaries to lead a search and destroy mission, the residents of Devil's Creek realize that terror is not extinct as they face the deadly wrath of the Primeval Predator. It's man against the most vicious beast of all time - and neither will survive while the other is alive.
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Lee Bane, who co-produces and co-directs, and without whom few Jones films would be complete, once more plays a hard man, Hawkins, a dangerous ex-soldier sent on a mission to locate a wayward escaped Tyrannosaurus Rex in and around the woodlands of Devil's Creek. He hand-picks a group of men to aid him, including musiciannutcase Rankin, played by another Andrew Jones (semi) regular Lee Mark Jones. Rankin is a musician, as is Lee Mark Jones, and his band 'The Mescalito Vampires' provide much of the excellent music here.
This is great fun, one of the most enjoyable of Andrew Jones' vast catalogue. It makes something of a virtue of it's low-budget trappings - indeed, a bunch of cash-strapped film-makers are amongst the creature's victims - and I must admit, I was intrigued to see how something as ambitious as a 'fully grown' dinosaur would be visualised here. The creature actually looks pretty decent. No hint of CGI of course, the T-Rex is filmed from below and features only fleetingly.
The acting is also pretty good throughout, although in a handful of key-scenes, the dialogue is drowned out by the music, which lets things down a bit. There are some genuinely funny moments, but one of the most poignant scenes is played dead straight. Reminiscing about a fallen colleague, Bane gives, I think, the best performance of his career so far.
According to IMDB, The film became the top selling Direct-to-Video title in the national UK DVD chart on its first week of release, opening at #22. Andrew Jones' star continues to rise, and I am very pleased about that.
Review by Nigel P from the Internet Movie Database.
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