Rijndri
Load of rubbish!!
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Michael Ledo
Also known as "Jurassic Hunters" the film takes place in modern times. Cowboy Val Walker (Rib Hillis) is back in town after falling off his horse. Sky (Casey Fitzgerald) his former girlfriend and domestic violence victim is now living with the sheriff (John Freeman). Meanwhile, a blast at the mine has let loose velociraptors. These aren't your run of the mill raptors, but methane breathing reptiles who survived in a sealed cavern for millions of years, a cavern that has lots of iridium.The movie is Asylum quality, using many of their regular actors. In one scene john falls down face first, and then in the next he is on his back. Iridium has nothing to do with dinosaurs. Eric Roberts plays the town drunk and Val's dad. Did he have his teeth bleached?The film goes through the motions and ends with 20 minutes of campy dinosaur fighting at the end, which was "so bad it was good."Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity. Pretty girls in bikinis
Wuchak
RELEASED IN 2015 and directed by Ari Novak, "Cowboys vs Dinosaurs" chronicles events in modern-day Montana after an accidental explosion at a mine somehow unleashes dinosaurs to terrorize a small mountain town. Western dudes & babes in Daisy Dukes team-up to defend the populace.Like 2010's "Triassic Attack," this is basically a TV-budgeted "Jurassic Park" taking place on the mainland rather than a tropical island. It's not as 'good' as "Triassic Attack" story-wise, but it has superior locations (breathtaking, actually) and women (just as breathtaking). Heather Foote and Sara Malakul Lane stand out in the female department; Casey Fitzgerald also has a notable role. The other women are lousy actors (term used loosely), not that cutie Heather is great, but she's okay and certainly pleasing to the eyes. Sara as the girl-next-door mine manager is a revelation. Rib Hillis and John Freeman are effective as the 'cowboy' protagonists, in rivalry over Sky (Fitzgerald). They have a quality confrontation in the first act while Hillis and Fitzgerald have a surprisingly moving scene in the last act. I say "surprisingly" because you wouldn't necessarily expect good drama in a low-budget, slightly goofy dinosaur flick like this.The dinosaur CGI is actually decent, but other CGI is lousy, like cave-ins, explosions and fire. The story needed the kinks worked out and some scenes are dubiously executed. These factors explain my relatively low grade. THE MOVIE RUNS 89 minutes and was shot in Livingston and Emigrant, Montana. WRITERS: Anthony Fankhauser & Rafael Jordan. ADDITIONAL CAST: Eric Roberts has an entertaining bit part while Vernon Wells plays the mine mogul. Kelcey Watson is on hand as the black gunslinger. GRADE: C (4.5/10)
vlkenning
only if you really want to totally waste an hour and a half of your life watching poorly written, poorly acted crap. Dumbest thing I ever forced myself to sit through. It is an interesting idea, but deserved better work from writers, producers, casting and actors. The borrowed raptors from other films did their parts as one might expect, but the stage make-up of the deceased may have been done by a seven-year-old girl.
classicsoncall
Oh brother, when Eric Roberts portrays the town drunk in a bit part and winds up being the best actor in the picture, you know you've got some problems. But hey, they made a picture called "Cowboys and Aliens", so why not capitalize on that and put a picture together with cowboys and dinosaurs. You could even throw some cowgirls into the mix, focus on plenty of cleavage, and you've got yourselves a fun time for all.What's odd about the movie is that it has some really fantastic cinematography when it comes to mountain and desert landscapes, but after that it's virtually all down hill. However the very first appearance of a dinosaur emerging from the mining sinkhole creates a stunning visual, so keep your eyes open for that. But then you've got mindless scenes like the one where Sheriff Henry (John Freeman) lassos a velociraptor off the hood of a car and then shoots it. Why not just shoot it in the first place? It would have saved some time and energy.You know, when I saw what movie was playing at the Empire in town, I had to see if "Dragon Wasps" really existed, and would you believe it? - the movie earns a 3.1 rating on IMDb against this flick at 2.7 as I write this. I don't know if that's enough of a recommendation to see it, but if you managed to hang on through this thing, you're probably ready for anything.
