Primeval
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile that is said to have dined on hundreds of humans over the years. Complicating matters is an African warlord who is even more bloodthirsty than the giant reptile.
27 November 1970, Arizona, USA
2 December 1956, Berkeley, California, USA
17 February 1970, Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK
10 April 1968, Mobile, Alabama, USA
12 September 1972, Windsor, England, UK
10 June 1941, Berlin, Germany
August 16, 2007
...a thoroughly awful, downright irritating piece of work...
January 16, 2007
Essentially Jaws moved to Africa.
January 13, 2007
How capturing an animal found in every zoo constitutes a scoop is beyond me, but when you expect the trio to be knee-deep in blood they are instead wading through politics.
August 13, 2007
The possibility of commentary is raised but it ultimately is glossed over with cliches and very little substance.
July 06, 2010
Primeval is one of crummiest killer-beast flicks of all time. It actually makes the B.C.-shot giant-croc debacle Lake Placid look half-decent, but it sure the hell wasn't.
January 17, 2007
The sub-sub-Anaconda bottom-feeder Primeval makes the mistake of taking itself far too seriously; with its exploitative images of civil war and genocide, it's the Blood Diamond of 25-foot-killer-crocodile movies.
January 16, 2007
For some insane reason, the makers of Primeval attempted to create a film that blends Anaconda with Hotel Rwanda, and they failed miserably.
July 07, 2008
Primeval is a slick-looking movie that lacks the gritty goodness of old-fashioned exploitation and is too silly to take seriously as a mainstream thriller.
January 13, 2007
Primeval is one of several recent movies to bill itself as 'inspired by true events.' So was this review, though in both cases 'inspired' may be too strong a word.
June 25, 2007
Primeval walks a fine line between action, humor, and having half a conscience.
January 13, 2007
Can't a killer-crocodile movie just be a killer-crocodile movie?
