Triassic Attack (2010)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Overrated and overhyped

A Masterpiece!

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

RELEASED TO TV IN 2010 and directed by Colin Ferguson, "Triassic Attack" takes place at an Oregon university town where the skeletal remains of a tyrannosaurus, a pteranodon & a velociraptor come to life due to the mojo of a Native American (Raoul Max Trujillo) frustrated about the University taking over Native lands. CAST: Steven Brand plays the sheriff, Kirsty Mitchell his ex-wife, Emilia Clarke their daughter, Gabriel Womack a helpful electrician who stinks and Christopher Villiers the venal president of the college. This is basically a TV-budgeted "Jurassic Park" with better characters (generally speaking), Native mojo and taking place on the mainland rather than a tropical island. Of course, it lacks the great Tyrannosaurus and velociraptors-in-the-kitchen sequences, but it's pretty entertaining for what it is. The movie starts out thoroughly serious, but eventually adds a little humor. The opening act features a great tantrum scene involving Raoul's character, Dakota. Speaking of Dakota, the story angle of his traditional beliefs/practices NOT saving someone in the past and how it ill-affects his relationship with someone else is insightful. It's interesting to see Emilia before she shot to fame with Game of Thrones and "Terminator: Genisys" (2015), not that I'm a fan, which isn't to say I DON'T like her. She's a'right. THE FILM RUNS about 87 minutes and was shot in Bulgaria. WRITERS: Russ Friedman & Tripp Reed.GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)

I admit, the only reason I wanted to see this flick is the fact that Emilia Clarke is in it. This was her first full feature and made just before her stardom via Game Of Thrones. It's a SyFy flick and have seen a lot of them I knew what to expect.This one is a bit goofy because by accident dinosaurs are brought back to life. It shouldn't be SyFy if they added something silly, the dinosaurs are only skeletons. The skeletons do break out of course and are attacking a town. So it's naturally CGI to create the Dino's. To be honest for a SyFy flick it was rather above my expectations. And attacking they do but in a rather stupid way, they eat , the T-Rex for example, but existing only of bones the bodies fall out of his mouth. And at a beach after an attack the beach is full of separated body parts but it all looks funny and not believable.Mediocre flick, goofy in many ways. Luckily Emilia has chosen dragons in stead of Dino's. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1,5/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Actor Colin Ferguson proves he is a gifted director with this exciting science fiction adventure and what he accomplishes with a limited budget is extraordinary. The original and sharp script from screen writers Russ Friedman and Tripp Reid gives a brief nod to giant reptile movies of the past and proceeds to turn them all on their heads with wit and insight. When a Native American roadside attraction operator inadvertently awakens huge dinosaurs, they wreak havoc upon a small town and university in horrific fashion. Especially clever is Ferguson's choice to select an actor who looks like himself to play the sheriff and have him drive a Jeep much like the character Ferguson plays on the imaginative SyFy show Eureka. That actor is excellent and the entire cast brings a depth and humanity to their characters that's unusual in this kind of science fiction film. Superb special effects bring the ghostly dinosaurs to live remarkably and they prove to be quite frightening indeed. Certainly a superior entry in the Rampaging Dinosaur genre and a truly fantastic thrill ride.

One test for a good show of any type is a simple question: did you care about the characters? I cared about the sheriff (who reminded me a bit of the sheriff in "Eureka"), about his estranged wife and about his daughter. Three likable actors portrayed the parts and I thought did good solid work. I objected for a moment at the skeletons breathing and bellowing without lungs but they were animated by *magic* after all. This is not a National Geographics special; it is a daft little fantasy. With good supporting actors, a couple of imaginative twists and a minimum of gore "Triassic Attack" became a fine little movie. Low expectations and being ill may have had something to do with it but I thoroughly enjoyed the time I "wasted" on this. I am confused about the title: none of the bony critters looked to be from the Triassic to me!