ma-cortes The movie is developed on the Armenian-Turkish frontier where a students group(Amy Sloan, and a gorgeous Mircea Monroe, among them) and their professor(Cameron Daddo)undergo an archaeological expedition. In a dormant volcano closes an incredible secret, a nest of pterodactyls eggs, accurately preserved, are ready to hatch . Meanwhile a contra-terrorist team led by a tough commander(Coolio) tracks down Armenian dangerous terrorist. Then Pterodactyls spontaneously attack and the humans try desperately to escape and grisly death happen, while the soldiers use their technological weapons.The movie delivers the goods with hair-rising chills and noisy scares when the Pterodactyls appear savagely stalking its prey and attacking. This is an OK amusing juvenile with thin characters and contrived plot but quite entertaining . It's remarkable for FX recreation the ferocious and carnivorous beast developing a bloodthirsty hunger for human eating. The actors give vigorous physical performances dodging the prehistoric giant birds recreated by the prolific computer generator, as usual. The Pterodactyls, themselves, of course, are the real stars, and they're marvellous terrifying astounding, and quite convincing. The motion picture is professionally produced and directed by Mark L Lester. He's a cool director and producer-American World Pictures- of B movies , his greatest success was during the 80s, when he directed hits , such as ¨Commando, Firestarter, Showdown in Little Tokio and Class of 1984¨ . No for small children for realistic, gory and violent attack scenes. Rating : Average but entertaining.

famguyfan7 totally amazing. the fact that some of yall were actually expecting a good movie is beyond me.1) its on sci-fi 2) its called Pterodactylthat told me all i needed to know. watch this movie while drinking a few beers and laugh my butt off. and that i did.the scene at the ravine near the end is pure class. "lets tie a rope around a sheep...and use that as an anchor. surely that will work!" somehow the weight of a 30 pound sheep supports the moving weight of a 190 pound man. awesome.and its coolio for God's sake. coolio. the dude must be crazy struggling for money. poor fella. hopefully he got a cool couple thousand for this amazing performance as an army sergeant. bang up job. nobody can shoot thousands of rounds into the air at flying dinosaurs and miss with the intensity you put into it.and the horrible CGI of the birds is just top class. them flying is just hysterical. the awkward flapping of their wings had me laughing from the very first time to the very last. unbelievable. total genius work by jonny mcclueless.and WHAT HAPPENED to the kid they left behind in the house?!?! that bugged the crap out of me. sure, he probably got eaten, but it was never confirmed. maybe he sacked the hell up and fought off those dactyls. you never know. the chick died...got that. then the dinos were crashing through the house. and yes, he totally looks like he just pooped his pants in fear, but maybe that was the moment that he decided that he needed to become a man. who knows? certainly not us, the viewers, as that is a part of the plot that was forgotten about. tragic.all in all, this was amazing. so horribly done, yet so fantastic. how someone couldn't see the humor in this is beyond me.

ilovemygoats Let's start with the one good thing about this movie, the premise. This could have been a great Dino flick, right up there with "Q the Winged Serpent" or even the "Jurassic Park" films. However, the producer chose to go the cheap ass, very cheap ass, route and make a great premise into one of the worse horror, adventure, action films ever made. I think Jason Vorheese would have killed himself over this one. Anyway, i am getting off target. The Pteradactyls looked REALLY fake, which detracted from what little enjoyment there was from the film. The acting was simply beyond description. You know the acting is bad when Coolio is the high spot for acting. Had this film been in the hands of a skilled director and producer and effects house, it would have benefited greatly. The blood and guts, oddly enough, were quite well done, but that was about all.I should mention that the best moment in the film is when the whinny spoiled brat of a blond bimbo gets offed. Why do films like this always have to put a character in that needs to get offed? Do movie makers really think that the movie going audience is that stupid.My advice is to avoid this film at all costs. However, if you want some good laughs and groans, pop it into the DVD player and wonder "what the hell were these people thinking?"

danthewrestlingmanorigin I've seen almost all of dtv creature features, so prevalent over the last seven years or so, and I can say honestly that this is one of the more enjoyable titles. Don't get me wrong, it's not perfect, but if you dig these kinds of movies, it delivers the fun. First off I loved the action sequences of the military guys fighting against the Pteros' and getting picked off one by one from the sky. As cheesy as a lot of it is, I've never really been as riveted to be watching some of the chase scenes in a film like this, and the effects though maybe not realistic, were not annoying and not as fake looking as for example in Sabretooth. Heck even Coolio, was enjoyable in this. In closing it's not the terror masterpiece that Jaws is, but hey you probably weren't expecting it to be, so just get your popcorn ready, kick back, and enjoy the cheese.