Jurassic Prey (2015)

****WARNING: There may be spoilers ahead!****This is a Polonia movie and I think most people go into these flicks not thinking quality. That is the case with this movie and I can forgive that when it comes to no-budget flicks. There are, however, a few cardinal rules I have that filmmakers NEED to follow when attempting to make a movie at any budget.1. Don't be boring.Boring usually happens when there is an over reliant on padding. Padding usually means that the producers are putting stuff in to make the movie longer. There is padding in this flick. A lot of people cautiously walking around looking for victims and the monster/dinosaur. I guess stealth is needed as this large t-rex/raptor (could never tell as the scale kept changing) had the keen ability to creep up behind people and eat them without them ever knowing. Well, until it was too late.Another source of padding is expositional dialog. Talking heads presenting (usually setting up) key parts of the story. This leads us to rule 2.2. Show, don't tell.If the characters in the flick are talking about key plot points or character traits then it might be a good idea to take that dialog, throw it out, and write up a few scenes showing the plot point or personality trait. Case in point, the bank robbery scene. When the "real" guns are brought out and passed around there is an argument about using real guns. It plays out like a married couple arguing and is no fun to watch. Especially since the actors aren't top actors. Then it plays out like a poorly acted scene. I think I would have had the lead actor mutter, under his breath, something like, "real guns. I hate real guns. People end up getting hurt." He then could have turned to the provider of guns and said, "you shoot somebody then I'll shoot you." To me this is more interesting and suggests the lead has a bit of a past. Of course this should have been worked out when they were writing this story.If these two rules are followed I generally will find the movie to be entertaining despite the budget or technical limitations. The flick then becomes one of those "so bad it's good" style flicks.

The Polonia Brothers make micro-budget films. Complaining about the awfulness of effects, acting, and script is a time honored tradition. However the company gives it their all and tries to make entertaining movies while working with a budget that generally seems less than the price of a meal at Denny's. I can't say that I've liked all their movies but I do appreciate the effort that has gone into every one of them and I usually enjoy them.Is this a ripoff film like an Asylum mock-buster? No, it has an original if weird story of its own. Ragging on it for being a 'ripoff' is just wrong. Ragging on it for its ludicrously low production values is, however, fair.

Like one of the other reviewers I have always been a fan of low budget B movies. I have always thought and I think many would agree that Plan 9 from outer space was the worst movie ever made, even with the huge cult following it has, at least the burning paper plate used for the crashing flying saucer has some humorous value. This movie has no value at all. the acting is high schoolish at best, the plot could have been written by a 12 year old, and possibly was. Limited to almost nothing that can be considered special affects, and a few shots that look like rubberized sock puppets. The budget for this movie was probably well under $1000, and most of it probably spent on lunch for the cast and crew. Wait for Mystery science theater 3000 to come back to see this one, it will probably be one of their first picks.

Wow, this thing was bad. Bad acting, poor camera work, bad story. But, the worst was the "special" effects. Now I know this didn't have much of a budget, but I have seen high school kids make some pretty realistic CGI stuff. This used a big guy in a horribly made suit, worse than old Godzilla movies, and then for full body shots of the dinosaur, it looked like a claymation dinosaur that didn't look anything like the suit version. And the way the dinosaur was spliced into the scenes when it interacted with humans will just make you laugh. The depth of field was so messed up, they didn't even look like they were near each other. Oh, man....You should probably just check this out only so you can laugh at the dinosaur scenes. It's pretty entertaining in itself!