Anonymous Rex

2004
4.1| 2h0m| R| en
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The dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct when the asteroids hit 65 million years ago. Today, every ten thousandth person in the country is a dinosaur, evolved to be human-sized, wearing sophisticated solid-light holographic disguises to maintain the facade, getting stoned off regular cooking herbs like basil, rosemary and tarragon, and living by their own shadow government's laws; any human who stumbles upon them is to be immediately executed. Two dino private investigators, velociraptor Vincent Rubio and triceratops Ernie Watson, are hired by one of Ernie's old girlfriends to find out why her younger brother committed suicide, and discover a dino cult called Voice Of Progress that wants dinokind to come out of the closet and reclaim the planet.

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Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
merklekranz Preposterous premise, bad acting, annoying camera speed ups, and ninety minutes of nonsense. That would accurately describe "Anonymous Rex", an amateurish wannabe sci-fi. It's sad to see the likes of Faye Dunaway and Isaac Hayes in this disaster. The presence of Daniel Baldwin is not surprising, as he has an almost unblemished record of appearing in rubbish films. This is supposed to be a science fiction / detective drama investigating an underground society of surviving dinosaurs, that somehow have adapted to human size and form with holographic disguises. If you can buy that premise, then I guess this is your movie. Others beware. - MERK
Laura Seabrook Woke up at 12:25am ans couldn't get back to sleep. Flipped through the channels on TV and though there was a Trek episode on I saw most of something called Anonymous Rex.The premise is that dinosaurs didn't die out, they just got smaller and evolved, and have been hiding in human society for a long long time. I like the idea because the execution is very silly. Apparently "hiding" means in disguise as in make-up and then latex outfits and finally advanced holograms, but really it's a lot like the original and remake of "V" - people pretending to be aliens / reptiles in rubber suits pretending to be human.In a way it reminds me of the one season run of Moonlight in which Vampires hide in human society. Both have "clean-up crews" and agents strategically placed in positions where the truth can be concealed. And like that series it's a bit low budget and you only see the main character use their powers in subtle (i.e. cost effective) ways. But, I did enjoy the detective/gumshoe elements of the story, even though the world posited is pretty superficial (we never see any Dino specific culture other than in a "cult" setting). I did also like the way that Vincent - the main character - uses his heightened sense of smell in his work and how its show visually.Apparently there are a series of books as well, but I suspect they may be less fun than the TV movie
Oldmate Appalling.I found myself getting angry and bewildered watching this. I simply could not believe that so many people involved in making such a travesty could so willingly waste my time. I just can not stop shaking my head in disbelief. Really, I can't imagine how those poor souls out there with a great idea for a film that they can't get made feel when they stumble across this. It is worth watching simply to store in the dark corners of your mind to bring up when someone asks "What is the worst movie you've seen?" I was scrolling through the channels on T.V looking for something when I saw this bizarre description about a mutant Velociraptor detective disguised as a human. Thinking that it surely can't be as bad as it sounds and might be good for a few laughs, I jumped in. I was wrong. It was worse, even, than it sounds.I pride myself on watching any movie through to the end, but I confess I just couldn't make the distance. The laughs at the poor special effects (really, I can't adequately describe how bad) and the dialogue, which is worse than most porno's, soon ran out.Sometimes it can be fun to see those 'so bad they're funny' movies, but I can't even slot this debacle into that category.
crowrobot 'Anonymous Rex' is a pale, PALE shadow of the cockeyed brilliance of the books. While the setup is rather ludicrous, the books had a lot of fun with the concept. The narration sounded like something out of the back corner of Bruce Campbell's mind, the characters were engaging, and the dialogue was actually funny. Here... They ruined it. Whoever made this movie RUINED IT! There's no humor, no excitement, no LIFE to this movie. It takes itself too seriously. That is a fatal flaw when you're dealing with something as completely insane as this. Terrible acting, script (whose bonehead idea was it to give Ernie a human daughter?), special effects, everything completely and utterly SUCKED. Avoid this movie at all costs.