3.0 out of 5 stars
"Jurassic Park" with teeth!, February 5, 2011
For those of you who loved "Jurassic Park" but wished that Spielberg had been a little more ballsy and aimed for a more adult audience, "Carnosaur" is your movie. Made in the wake of the aforementioned blockbuster, the "Carnosaur" series takes the same basic premise -- genetically engineered dinosaurs on a rampage -- but goes for guts, gore, and horror.
On the one hand, it's a basic monster on the loose b-movie -- heck, it's a Roger Corman movie. Low budget, with decent effects, simple plot, and so-so acting. Cheesy humor -- mainly for adults. But the whole point is not to make an Oscar worthy movie -- it's all about the dinos and the gore. Regarding the dinos, if you compare the dino effects to "Jurassic Park," you'll be very disappointed... you might even find them laughable. Mostly stop motion, puppets (I think) or full mock-ups -- no CGI dinos here. Do they look realistic? Not really.
But if you love gore and love horror, and you think that low budget, 80s-type effects are cool, you'll love this movie. The dinos are blood-thirsty and unlike the aforementioned Speilberg movies, you see everything... dinos dismembering people, dinos chomping on limbs, dinos ripping people apart, blood everywhere.
"Carnosaur 2" is even better in that it ups the excitement factor.
With this 2-disc set, you get the best of the series. "Carnosaur 3" was a BOMB -- if you miss it, you'll be missing nothing. This set collects 1 & 2 and you get the best. If you don't have a strong stomach or dislike gore, avoid these and stick to Spielberg. Kudos to Roger Corman -- these are some of his better movies. Are they great? Depends on what you like.
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