Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)

Just perfect...

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Everything about this movie seem like a stupid failure. It might as well, be extinct; because barely anybody has heard of this low-budget 1990s Science-Fiction comedy film. Directed by Stewart Raffill, this film tells the story of a murderer high student, Michael (Paul Walker) whom brain is implant in an animatronic Tyrannosaurus by an evil scientist, Dr. Wachenstein (Terry Kiser) for some odd reason that never truly explain. Now in control of the T-Rex, Michael must find a way to find his sweetheart, Tammy (Denise Richards) while, getting revenge on those who cause his death. Can Michael find a new body with his girlfriend, Tammy or will Michael be in beast mode forever? Watch the movie to find out if you want to! Without spoiling the movie, too much, I have to say, everything about the T-Rex is wrong. I really don't get, how he able to cry tears, eat people, and die. It doesn't make any lick of sense within the means of the story. After all, the dinosaur is just an animatronic control by his brain, not a real creature. I guess, the original script, ask for a real dinosaur killing people, but the special effects were so bad and not convincing enough, that at the last second, they rewrote the story to have a fake-looking creature, follow around Tammy. Still, I really don't get, why the filmmakers made a great deal of hiding the flaws of the T-Rex, if they going to admit, how crappy, it looks. I guess, the movie was trying to be tongue 'n' cheek with how cheesy, its special effects, are, but it comes across as jarring and confusing with its bad editing trying to cover those spots. There are tons of scenes that really, seem to end, very oddly! All those cuts, were very uncomfortable to watch in the PG-13 film version. There's an Italian R-rated version of this movie with a few deleted scenes, but the gore factor doesn't really help much, but it makes for a more finished film than the one, we got in America. The only thing, I can still, might help the film is maybe, some more eye-candy! After all, Denise Richards was attraction chick back in the 1990s. I really hoping to see more of her, in this film. I do have to say, watching Tammy's striptease toward the end was pretty sexy, even how stupid, it was to have Michael's Brain in a Jar sparking wildly as a substitute for an orgasm. Despite that, the movie isn't that great of a watch. Yes, the effects are laughable, but the majority of the force jokes are too offensive, dumb, or dark. Seeing moments like Tammy going to a morgue to find, dead people with huge d*cks to sleep with, is unsettling. Now that Paul Walker has tragically passed away, you will never be able to look again at the scene where the coffin of Tammy's boyfriend is opened, revealing his rotten and maggot-infested corpse. Still, I did, get a laugh of seeing Michael get mauled by lion. Call me, a sadist, but it's just way too bizarre, not to. The acting in this film is just mediocre. Nobody came out of this film, looking strong. Paul Walker's presence in the film is far too little and he wasn't really given much to shine. His look is god-awful. Paul Walker's dated ugly purple short midriff t-shirt, which he wore in the majority of his scenes is just not appealing. Like, I said, before Denise Richards at the time, was indeed, a great looker, but her acting chops, was below standards. Her mood swings, are really noticeable. Terry Kiser as the over the top 'Frankenstein' type scientist was just too hammy to take seriously. I would rather take his deadpan counterpart, Bernie from 1989's Weekend at Bernie, over this. The supporting cast didn't help. George Pilgrim as the side villain, Billy & Theo Forsett as Tammy's homosexual friend, Bryon was a little too much of a caricature than flesh out characters. If anything, Buck Flower as Sheriff Norville is the only one that seem, realistic. Overall: This Frankenstein meets Jurassic Park hybrid film is not really worth anybody time, watching. Not only does it handled adult themes in the wrong immature way, but most of the jokes fall flat. I really don't see, many people seeing this film. If they did, I bet you, that they wish a meteor would come down, put this film to sleep. It's that bad.

What in the world would tempt someone to think up a movie this stupid and bizarre? They must've been taking some mighty strong drugs to think up a plot this strange. A guy's brain is put in an animatronic T-Rex by mad scientists, and the guy's girlfriend goes searching for a cadaver to put his brain in. This might be the most horrible premise for a movie ever!!!Tammy (Denise Richards) has a happy life. She's the head cheerleader at school, and she has a great new boyfriend, Michael (Paul Walker). The only problem is her old boyfriend Billy, who's pretty much a psychopath. Billy and his gang of thugs kidnaps Michael and they drop him off at the Wild Animal Park where he is mauled nearly to death by a lion. When in the hospital, his live body is harvested by mad scientists who put his brain in an animatronic T-Rex. Now Michael as a T-Rex must get revenge on those who wronged him and find a way to communicate with his girlfriend Tammy.Everything about this movie is just strange. The acting is bad, with Denise Richards at her worst, constantly giggling like a braindead idiot, and Paul Walker acting as doofy as he possibly can. Theo Forsett plays the comic relief and seems to be doing a Little Richard impression. The whole movie is ridiculous, the ending being the dumbest and worst part.Trying to classify this movie is hard. It's mainly a (bad) comedy full of gay jokes and silly unfunny slapstick. When Michael's brain is put in the T-Rex, you would expect, in a lighthearted comedy like this, for him to get revenge on the people who wronged him through funny pranks. Maybe lift up the bad guys and scare them a lot. Not here. Michael brutally murders them instead, including crushing a guy, and what sounds like ripping off the genitals of one poor fellow. It blew me away that this is how the bullies were taken care of.Another extremely strange scene involves Tammy and her gay friend Byron looking through the morgue for cadavers. The morgue simply says "Morgue" on it, and it's unlocked with bodies just lying out. These characters go through the morgue messing with the dead bodies very disrespectfully. Why was the Wild Animal Park featured here? Did they think that putting the zoo in this movie would bring more tourists in, because I would think it would do the opposite. Some kids break in by cutting a lock on a small gate. Behind the small gate is an exhibit full of cheetahs, jaguars and lions (who all live together?). These kids drive several cars onto the lot and drive off and it takes minutes for a worker to find what's happened! This just doesn't make any sense, and if this is a true portrayal, I fear for the lives of people that visit that park.This was just one of many dinosaur movies made right after Jurassic Park, and of them it's the least remembered (Which is what it deserves).My rating: BOMB/****. 80 mins. PG-13 for violence.

Everyone says this movie is bad, of course it is... do you think the people were actually serious when they made it? NO! It is to be enjoyed as a B movie. It shows a T-rex make a phone call, then check the pay phone for change after he's done, then it shows him crying with tears pouring from his eyes. I assure you no one thought they were making a great cinematic moment, they were just being silly. If you can't appreciate this movie for what it is, then you shouldn't be reviewing B-movies. They weren't made for you.

This movie is horrible. It is all-out horrid. It makes Carnosaur look good! Worst movie made for teens EVER. Even the Godson out shines this horrible thing. It's about a scientist implanting a brain inside a robotic dinosaur's head.Why the heck does he want to do that? I bet that scientist didn't even finish high school!The acting, the script, the cinematography... how do these people expect us to buy this? When I saw it at the theater (and finally review it today) on the opening day, the theater gave me a refund and a free movie pass, and I didn't even ask for a refund! This is a taste of how truly horrible this film is.