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Return of the Dinosaurs [VHS]

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I used to own a copy of this movie when I young. I will strain my hardest to recall it in its entirety :)

While the exact premise of the plot is somewhat hazy, the movie follows the adventures of a team of "dinosaurs rescuers" (who are represented as 2D Manga cartoon characters) who go out saving dinosaurs caught in bad predicaments (the dinosaurs are convincing looking Toho-style men in rubber suit treatments, the environments are all excellent Japanese monster-miniatures). I know it's hard to imagine, but try to picture a cross between Voltron and the Japanese "Godzilla" movies and you've got it.

The film itself is compelling and fascinating - totally unique, even in today's dinosaur crazy days. Of course its utterly inaccurate - some of the dinosaurs are larger than skyscrapers - but ultimately it's a pretty intense and, sometimes, creepy and scary feature for a low-budget children's movie. The bizarre mixture of 2D-animation and live-action dinosaurs make it a worthwhile animation collector's item.

Definitely for the cult-classic fans :) It's no "Jurassic Park", hell its not even "One Million BC", but its still enjoyable and very fascinating from a production standpoint. Check it out if you can spare the cash!