Primeval (2007) - The Bigger the Crocodile, the More They Hate Dictators...and More Crap That Doesn't Make Sense

We just got back from the movie theater...we saw Primeval, a movie that appears to be a thriller about a serial killer, when in reality it's a political movie with some bad CGI thrown in for good measure. What the fuck?! I'm going to SPOIL this movie to pieces to discourage you from seeing it. Let the SPOILING begin after the photo.

We went to this movie, thinking it was a horror type movie...it is being marketed as a horror movie...we like horror movies. We do not like political movies...this is a political movie...but a sucky political movie. We were scammed. Have you ever seen Lake Placid, the movie about the fake looking giant crocodile? This movie has the same crocodile in it...in this movie, he's moved to Africa and he's pissed off...kind of like the time that Jaws moved to the Caribbean and chased Brody's wife. This time, the crocodile has returned because he hates war...he hates dictators...he particularly hates it when a soldier with a gun tries to rape a female reporter! So much so that he sneaks into the tent they're in and attacks the would be rapist. He sneaks in...HE'S 25 FEET LONG and nobody saw him!

Basically, the movie has a group of good people, the reporters, caught between the evil that is a creature descended from dinosaurs who wants to kill them...and a warlord from a small African nation who wants to kill them. Both are equally violent and nasty opponents. but which one is worse? What is the message they're trying to get across, because there's definitely a message.

I'll repeat that this movie is nothing that the movie poster or the preview suggests, that's for certain. I've just read some reviews that I wish I read 3 hours ago and everyone is pissed...everyone feels cheated. They WERE cheated and if you pay to see this...you'll feel cheated too. Fair warning.