Based on Ethan Pettus's 2017 self-published debut novel of same name, Luke Sparke co-writes and directs 'Platoon with dinosaurs'.
Ryan Kwanten - Sgt. Ryan Baker
Tricia Helfer - Sofia Wagner
Nick Wechsler - Eli Taylor
Jeremy Piven - Col. Jericho
Anthony Ingruber - Gerald Keyes
Carlos Sanson Jr. - Leon
Albert Mwangi - Miller
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Borodin
Summary
During the Vietnam War in 1968, a Green Beret platoon in a remote jungle are killed by unknown creatures.
In response, Colonel Jericho sends a recon unit known as the Vulture Squad to rescue the Green Berets, who were on a classified mission.
When airdropped into the valley, Sergeant Baker and his team of degenerates and fuck ups discover unusually sized bird footprints, feathers and a notebook, with the final entry stating 'We're being hunted!"
Meanwhile, a Soviet squad called the Dogs of War are tracking Baker's team, but most become a tasty meal.
Russian paleontologist Sofia rescues them and explains the dinosaurs were brought back by a science experiment masterminded by General Borodin, who using a particle collider, created wormholes through space and time, in an attempt to crush America.
Crazy bastard must be stopped, but everybody's on the menu
End of the world shit
B-movie takes itself too seriously and is at least 30m too long, but still way better than I expected.
Unlike the Jurassic Park/World franchise, kills are gloriously gruesome, particularly when a Quetzalcoatlus casually disembowels a soldier with its beak.
As for prehistoric pests, CG is really impressive, and even if some types are just background noise, packs of Deinonychus and Utahraptors steal the show.
Towards the end, Borodin's soldiers kill an infant Tyrannosaurus, provoking the wrath of both parents to attack compound. Action sequence is like a Dino Crisis cut scene on crack.
The collider is blown up by explosive charges, but many dinos have already left (including the T-rex family).
Of course second book could be given the same treatment, but that's in hope rather than expectation.
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