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• Posted on 2008-05-28
  Goofy
  
  This is one goofy movie.
  
  The raptor monsters look like people who are running around in rubber suits. In fact as I think about that's probably what they are.
  
  The writing has a similar quality.
  
  Still if you've got nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon you might enjoy it.
  
  Jeff Marzano
  
  Snakehead Terror
  
  Spiders II: Breeding Ground
  
  Raptor Island
  
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2006-05-07
  The best Carnosaur movie, even though it isn't one
  
  This movie takes footage from all three of the Carnosaur movies and makes a movie better than any of them. The main characters are actually kind of interesting (which is something you'd never say about anyone in any of the 3 Carnosaur movies), and I actually found myself caring about them when they got in a tight spot. It's also just a wonderful cheese fest. My favorite part is when the Sheriff calls up the power company to ask them to turn off the power to a certain facility at a certain time. He gets ahold of a customer service rep who looks like she should be saying "Hi, I'm Buffy, and I'd like to tell you about a wonderful new offer from Time-Life books". Then she forgets to turn off the power when she's supposed to. It's all good fun. Other people like to complain about all the continuity errors caused by the blatant stealing of film from other movies, but actually it isn't bad at all. If you like to nitpick that sort of stuff, this is the mother lode, but to the casual viewer you probably won't even notice.
  
  Overall, I found this a very enjoyable B-movie. Melissa Braselle is great in her part (and great to look at), the plot moves along well, and it's all good fun.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2006-03-05
  Not a movie - a movie-lette
  
  I don't know why, but when I see the title I read it, "rap-tohr," with an emphasis on "tohr." Dunno why. Any way!
  
  This shows you that the "Carnosaur" series really does not amount to anything but a complete waste of money and time. People try to pass off the first Carnosaur movie because it had a cool idea. Whoop-de-doo - that doesn't excuse the bad acting, writing, and directing. Orson Welle's "Citizen Kane" had a cool idea, but he could pull it off well. If he had booger jokes every other second and filmed it with a hand held and didn't plan out shots beforehand it would be a completely different film. And while the first Carnosaur was bad, the Carnosaur sequels were...well...the less said the better.
  
  This film, however, takes the cake. I went into it thinking it was an individual film all it's own. Something seemed fishy about the opening, suddenly I realized something - it was the opening from "Carnosaur!" As it got deeper into the plot I saw - *GASP* - MORE scenes from "Carnosaur!" Roger Corman has shown one of the reasons he's made films on a shoe-string budget and never lost money. Basically, why film a movie when you can just rehash the previous three into one whole movie? As I've already reviewed the other Carnosaur films, I'm really not in a mood to review the scenes I've already watched, though the newer scenes are just as painful. This includes not only rip-offs of other movies including "Aliens," (Roger Corman's been pretty notorious for his lack of creativity) but the classic tradition of terrible writing continues. As I've said in other reviews, I have yet to see why Hollywood is considered a competitive market when such lines like this get through the producer's axe:
  
  "Doctors say her condition hasn't changed...whatever THAT means."
  
  I should write a script where a guy says, "Doctors say she's in stable condition...whatever THAT means."
  
  But as previously stated, this is a bunch of Carnosaur scenes thrown together. This makes for some of the most hilarious editing problems ever seen.
  
  Watch as the raptor kills people before it even escapes from the poultry plant. (though it technically wasn't made there in this movie...but then that makes the "you can't go yet" drama a little ridiculous to keep in and...oh dear I'm using logic)
  
  Watch as a character in a night scene calls characters in a day scene.
  
  Watch as a cop is attacked by the raptor and becomes a woman.
  
  Watch as Dr. Hyde's assistant gets thinner and with darker hair before he dies.
  
  Watch as a policeman goes to an area to investigate a vandalism and acts like he already knows the dinosaur is there, wielding a shotgun and screaming, "I KNOW YOU'RE HERE! COME ON OUT! JUST YOU AND ME!"
  
  Watch as a flashlight falls from a woman's hands when it wasn't there in a first place.
  
  Watch as a T-Rex in a dimly-lit warehouse scares off characters in a brightly-lit sewage plant.
  
  Watch as the vehicle used to battle the T-Rex at the end changes.
  
  But you don't have to rent the movie to experience what it's like. Here's the special Roger Corman brand Raptor Recipe:
  
  1) Buy "Carnosaur" trilogy on DVD.
  2) Put the DVD's into a blender.
  3) Take a massive dump into the blender.
  4) Set the blender to mix.
  5) Pour into a glass and enjoy.
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2005-07-30
  One of the best dinosaur films of all time!
  
  This was a rock on kind of film. I liked it a lot, and thought it was well made and filled with fighting, blood and gore, intense terror, and everything else one would want to see in an R-rated dinosaur flick. I don't know why some people put it down. I loved the nasty raptors and ferocious T-Rex, and of course the sex scene in the truck just before the girl's dopey boyfriend got ripped to pieces. And Dr. Hyde was a good villain. I also thought the blonde woman in it was hot, and that there were many cool quotes. And the guns? Forget it! They and their users were all that and a bag of chips. This movie is cool and well put together, and I recommend it highly! Only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is because the acting and ending could have been made a little bit better, but otherwise it rocks.
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2005-06-28
  Fake, Cheesy, Gory, FUN!
  
  This movie is a total ripoff from the Carnosaur series. About 70% of the movie is scenes from the Carnosaur movies! However, this movie is fun to watch and is very funny. I mean, about two minutes into the movie and the dinosaurs are tearing people to shreads! This movies has tons of blood and gore, and fake looking dinosaurs. But if you are an open minded movie watcher looking for some low budget, cheesy fun, Raptor is for you!
  Score: 3