Masten Thrust (yeah, that's his name alright) is a world famous hunter and businessman. When one of his patented Polar-Borers drills through a polar ice-cap and discovers a prehistoric land, he hops on a return trip along with the only survivor Chuck, the reporter Frankie, and his friends Dr. Kawamoto and Bunta the hunter.
When Dr. Kawamoto is squashed, their camp is destroyed, and the Polar-Borer turns up missing, the remaining team is forced to deal with the fact they are stuck in a hostile world with no chance of escape. To top it off, Masten has lost his mind, and is hell-bent on killing the dinosaur that flattened his friend.
With gender roles becoming more pronounced and Masten's uncanny ability to accentuate his lines with dramatic music, the explosive, head-rolling finale leaves you breathless...with laughter.
8.5 out of 10 (Based on 1 ratings, 
Thrust - Richard Boone
Frankie - Joan Van Ark
Chuck - Steven Keats
Bunta - Luther Rackley
Kawamoto - Tetsu Nakamura
Hazel - Masumi Sekiya
Director - Alexander Grasshoff & Shusei Kotani
Written by - William Overgard
This one goes way back for me. I used to watch this baby when I was little ALL the time. So it definitely has a special place in my heart. Awww.
Apparently, the movie was supposed to be shown in theaters, but was cut down and thrown on as a T.V. movie, so who knows what the hell it originally looked like. It was a collobration between two worlds; American cheese and Japanese cheese. The weird Japa-can cheese mix that we end up with here is so strange; the rubber-suit T-Rex, the strong male misogynistic lead character, the little models of the Polar-Borer; it all meshes into one big ball of Mozarella that doesn't feel significantly one way or the other, despite the strong American presence in the actors. Except for the T-Rex, of course, who blurts out a suspiciously Godzilla-ish roar occasionally.
Speaking of which, that damn T-Rex has to be the dumbest, slowest antagonist creature ever. At one point, Frankie runs underneath him, between his legs, as he stands there and growls. He runs at a lively .025 miles per year, so why anybody is killed by this thing is beyond me.
The lines are terrible, the acting is way over the top, the creatures in the movie are awful looking, the science is completely off; it's everything you expect out of a super-cheese sci-fi movie. It's rated PG, so don't look for nudity or blood (though there is a little dino-gore), but the throw back to the 70's (the music! the outfits! the pimped out airplane [with a fireplace??]!) is great. There were about a million movies around this time that had the exact same theme, and this one was thrown around in the mixer for a while and ended up being lost in the rush. Don't hesitate to check it out now, though. It's a damn riot.
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This one goes way back for me. I used to watch this baby when I was little ALL the time. So it defin ...
Random violence - yes
Pointless nudity - no
Uppercuts - no
Dialogue - no
Super poignant music - yes
Wait...they're on a plane...fireplace...what?
Wow, a theme song?
Those are some SUNGLASSES.
Holy crap it's a huge black man aahh!
Did she teleport to the bush?
Ceratopsian? Not so much, Mr. "Geologist."
Her camera slows time?
Yeah, that gun is going to work on the T-Rex.
Fishing T-Rex?
The Professor hears the one footstep?
Stock footage!
Why was the Triceratops in the wall? Hey, his horns wobbled!
'Shiny objects'? It's not a damn raccoon!
And music's done, end of scene?
Scream scream... and they made up pretty quickly...
Why the hell are Hazel's legs shaved?
Extreme catapult assembly montage!
The boulder collapsed his head!! IT ROLLED OVER HIS HEAD!
Where the hell did he get fireworks?
Pointless freeze frames!
Thrust - "When times get really tough, you can bite on it."
Thrust - "On June Two, this year, something unique happened."
Thrust - "Glaciers, forests, like the beginning of time."
Thrust - "Stand....still!"
Thrust - "You ding dong! We were about to get killed over there!"
Chuck - "They don't understand it, but one things clear; we can make them dead."
Thrust - "Oh, we could make love, and hunt, and what the hell else is there?"
