Triassic Attack (2010)

So much average

Did you people see the same film I saw?

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It was very difficult for me to take Triassic(huh) Park seriously due to the weak effects, script and performances. I think this is one movie that Emilia Clarke(Sarah Connor, Terminator Genisys) would wanna forget. She was sincere in her role but the average direction makes her performance forgettable. The fossils that turn alive look unintentionally funny than creepy and the effects make it worse. Most of the actors who come before the camera(except for the lead Steven Brand, Kirsty Mitchell, Raoul Max etc.) have dead pan expressions even when they have just been attacked by the fossil raptors, tyrannosaurus or the birds whatever. If you're a fan of monster or creature movies and don't mind how hilariously bad some can get, you'll survive this one. Pros - Sarah Conner, Cons - the Triassic(script, actors, effects) attack.

Triassic Attack is set in Mill City in the US where a large university have brought half the land & intends to demolish half the houses & shop's & expand the current university. A local Native American named Dakota (Raoul Trujillo) is opposed to the plans which will destroy his ancestor's heritage, he also feels his people were tricked into signing away their land & is doing all he can to stop the bulldozer's moving in. Dakota's uncle happens to be Jake Roundtree (Steven Brand) the town Sheriff who has to abide by the law, frustrated & angry Dakota decides to use ancient magic to save the town & performs a rite in which evil spirits possess three Dinosaur skeleton's bringing them to life, the rampaging skeleton's attack & kill anyone they meet & it's up to the Sheriff & his archaeologist wife Emma (Kirsty Mitchell) to figure out a way to stop them, meanwhile Dakota feels guilty & also sets out to stop them...Directed by Colin Ferguson this is yet another of the endless line of crappy films made by the SyFy Channel, how do these keep getting made? They never get good reviews & no-one seems to like them but for some reason the SyFy Channel continues to churn them out, someone must watch them? People like me I suppose who watch in the hope their next film might be good & since they air on television for free decide it's worth the effort because we haven't spent any money renting or buying the thing, I am still waiting for that good SyFy Channel film & believe me I have seen plenty of them. First a fact, none of the Dinosaur's featured in Triassic Attack actually lived during the triassic period, go ahead & look it up I think you will find that I am right. What the hell happened to the 'Science' in 'Science Fiction'? I guess the makers just thought Triassic Attack sounded better then Cretaceous Attack. Lets not kid ourselves though, nothing in Triassic Attack makes any sense & the whole film feels random & cobbled together, the script tries to be deep & have a parent daughter conflict angle while it also tries to say that while we have to look to the future we can embrace & remember the past but these attempts at serious drama are just laughable & are there to pad the running out between the Dinosaur attacks. The living Dinosaur skeleton's also pose many questions like how can they make roaring noises? How can they see? How can that one fly without & wings? Then at the end the two join together & we get a flying T-Rex as the film just gets even sillier. All attempts at humour, scares, suspense, tension & human drama fall flat & the whole 86 minutes is a chore to sit through.The special effects as you might suspect are poor, from the electricity bolts at the end to the Dinosaur skeleton's themselves, they just look absurd & the whole concept behind is daft. There's not even any decent gore either, there's a couple of dead bodies & a arm in a tree but nothing else worth mentioning. It's even odd that the hate figures of the film survive, I mean the university dean who is shown as a money grabbing white guy doesn't get so much as a scratch on him & Dakota the guy responsible for bring the Dinosaur skeleton's to life & is therefore indirectly responsible for at least a dozen death's is seen as the hero & saviour at the end!Although set entirely in the US this was apparently filmed in Bulgaria, the production values are cheap & it looks like the television film it is. The acting isn't great, the cast look nice enough but unremarkable.Triassic Attack is yet another instantly forgettable made for television SyFy Channel creature feature that is just as boring, badly written, incompetently made & silly as most of their other's. Don't bother wasting your time.

I'll give some credit where it's due. I did think the locations did look beautiful and there is one good character, Wyatt, played with quirky enthusiasm by Gabriel Womack. However, while SyFy have done far worse than this(just look at Camel Spiders, Quantum Apocalypse, Titanic II and Alien vs. Hunter for examples) Triassic Attack is pretty lame. The skeleton dinosaurs' designs are a step above designs with dinosaurs in flesh and blood, but they still look substandard. The audio is overbearing at times and sometimes overshadows the dialogue. Nothing exciting musically either. The script apart from Wyatt's amusing quips is generally weak and unimaginative, and the story feels leaden and the usual suspend disbelief moments with a lack of thrills and suspense. Wyatt aside, the characters are clichéd and dull, and the acting more often than not look very stiff here. The direction is somewhat efficient, but ultimately joyless. Overall, not the worst I've seen from SyFy, but apart from the scenery, one good character and Womack, there was little good, in my opinion that is. 3/10 Bethany Cox

What a FUN movie. Beautifully shot in Bulgaria. Sure it was a LOW-budget production, sure some of the actors should have other jobs at the drive-up Dairy Queen, but hey, it was still fun.The joker that played the sheriff was probably the weakest cast member. Pretty flat character that should have done a little more FREAKING OUT when danger was on the Jeep. Dontcha think. The rest of the cast was well suited for their parts. Especially the quirky and funny Gabriel Womack that was part McGyver, part stand up comedian. Loved his hair after the "wire-connection."The reincarnation of a FLYING T-Rex was fabulous!!All in all a good outing for the Sci Fi channel. We all loved it, Gabriel!!! Missoula out....