An Australian science fiction by Matt Drummond.
A boy follows his friends into a forest where a UFO supposedly landed. While there, his other friend picks up a foreign substance and later delivers it to his house with her science kit. The boy's brother spills a drink on the whole deal and a dinosaur emerges. The boy tries to hide it, but a military group steals it from him. With the help of his friends, he must rescue the dinosaur.
The only thing less convincing than the special effects was the writing. The plot was stale and recycled, characters shallow and badly acted. It just sucked. The CG was so clearly fake that I doubt a child would believe it. There was "gunfire" that never showed any bullets, which was the worst. I rate this bad. Do not watch!
A British Australian children's science fiction directed by Matt Drummond.
A boy from the present brings a crystal on an airplane and wakes up on a beach after a storm. Wandering in a nearby forest, he encounters dinosaurs and is saved by a girl from about 60 years in the past. Together, they are captured by a tribe of children and escape as the boy tries to find a way home.
Crappy. An hour and 20 minutes felt like forever and a half watching a flick made for kids. There was a definite lack of plot. It seemed like there were CG dinosaurs with a thin veil of plot carelessly draped them. The characters were annoying to no end because their dialogue was poorly written. Acting was even worse. Shit having been talked, it was a technical masterpiece. Sets and costumes looked convincing (mostly CG), camera-work and editing were beautifully done and obviously, special effects were the main attraction. The dinosaurs looked alive and featured an incredible level of detail. Audio brings us back to shit talk again. No matter how epic the symphonic string section gets, I won't buy this farce of a plot. It also included the voices of the 2 main characters. This has 3.4/10 on IMDB and 21% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. I agree completely with this 27.5% average grade. I have to rate it bad because I didn't turn it off. The only way to save it would be to edit out everything except CG dinosaurs.
