Age Of Dinosaurs

Pass The Crackers: This SyFy Cheese-Fest Provides Plenty Of Loopy Silliness
3 1/2 Stars: On The Bad Movie SyFy Scale
1 1/2 Stars: If You're Looking For A Real Movie

No one can say that the film production company called The Asylum aren't consistent. The premiere brand in spectacularly bad entertainment, The Asylum works in conjunction with the SyFy Channel to fill its slate of original movie productions. From a technical standpoint, these movies don't boast high production values or A-list actors. Instead, they aspire to a silliness that can either be refreshingly entertaining or just plain excruciating. The movies are bad, to be sure, but some can rise to the level of Bad Movie Magic. For my money, "Age of Dinosaurs" is so terrifically awful that it kept me fitfully amused throughout its brief running time. In my estimation, the moderate success of this treat is a fully committed cast, a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, and a escalating sense of over-the-top mayhem. If you're a fan of bad movie cheese, this is a nice appetizer. If, however,...

A real fun movie, loved the dinosaurs and the attempt to act serious.
Dinosaurs run amok in this movie, a sort of combined Jurassic Park and one million BC. Watch for fun, this is great.

LARRY THE LOUNGE LIZARD
There is nothing like an Asylum film where there is a disaster and a family is trying to save itself. In this formulaic disaster, Gabe, the fireman (Treat Williams) takes his estranged daughter (Jillian Rose Reed) to an impromptu dinosaur petting zoo. It seems those wonderful folks at Geneti-Sharp have created their own Jurassic Park in their office building. Things go oops. We witness scenes already done in "Jurassic Park" as people play hide and seek with a meat eater.

The film is complete with blood splatter and an exploding CG helicopter. May work as a film for the 9-tween. Adults can pass on this one.

Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.

Click to Editorial Reviews