Jurassic World 2is just around the corner, so what better time for hucksters to come out of the woodwork with their own dinosaur thrillers designed on the cheap. Maybe you can’t make it out opening weekend? Well, never fear, you can always catchJurassic Predatorat home on VOD, and who knows? It might make for the funner experience.
InJurassic Predator, 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 theterrifying T-Rexgrows at an accelerated pace. After rampaging through the research centre, the fearsome creature escapes into nearby Devil’s Creek. The government hires a squad ofdeadly mercenariesto lead a search and destroy mission. It’s man against the most vicious beast of all time - and neither will survive while the other is alive.
Directed by Andrew Jones, the movie stars Nathan Head, Richard Dee-Roberts, Jason Homewood, Derek Nelson, Lee Jones, and Lee Bane. While theJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomteam have been raving about theirpractical dinosaurs, these guys have them to. There’s definitely some practical fx dinos on the hunt! The movie comes From 4Digital Media and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Andrew Jones has been making movies since 2006, and he’s mostly worked in the often sneered atgenre of the mock buster. He often does mashup titles like this, taking two very popular franchises and hammering one sorted movie out of them. He’s done horror movies likeThe Amityvill Asylum,The Last House on Cemetery Lane, andPoltergeist Activity. He’s also done a series ofAnnabelleknockoffs that start withThe Curse of Robert the Dolland are followed byThe Revenge of Robert the DollandRobert Reborn. He currently has five other movies in post-production.
Jurassic Predatoris clearly riffing onJurassic Worldand the sequelFallen Kingdom. That movie is hitting theaters June 22. So this thing is beating it to the streets, arriving on June 5. Though we doubt it will cause any disruption or direct competition. Let’s face it. This is acheap B-grade Drive-In piece of trash, as fun as it may be.Jurassic World 2could also be called that. But at least it has some grade A effects being thrown behind it and an A-List Hollywood cast.
If you’re hungry for more dinos this summer, and just don’t feel likeFallen Kingdomwill be able to satiate your every waking need, then go forJurassic Predator. It looks like it will deliver the right kind of goods to your doorstep. Take a look at the first trailer and poster from 4Digital Media. It might look cheap, but that never stopped something from being an absolute blast.
