Triassic World

Don't let the other reviews mislead you;, this is actually not bad at all for an Asylum release - Me personally? for a low budgeter , I found the special effects rather well done and the gore will satisfy any horror fan!

A lot of the reviewers seem to rate sub 1 million pound movies with mutli million dollar ones like Jurassic Park and that is very unfair on the movie makers who make these low budget efforts - So give this one a try , it not bad at all but problem is , its just not that scary!

Not bad at all and will certainly pass a Friday night in with the partner , bottle of wine and some choccies!

Right, well with a movie named "Triassic World" and with a movie company like The Asylum standing behind its creation, we all know what we are in for here. Yes, another mockbuster, and this time let's guess it must be on the "Jurassic World 2" movie, just a hunch eh.

I would definitely be one of the first to raise an eyebrow and be suspicious of a movie such as this. But then again, every now and again does The Asylum actually put out a fairly entertaining movie, regardless of the cash-in on whatever movie they were toying with.

"Triassic World" actually turned out to be better than anticipated. Was it a predictable movie? You betcha. But there was just something fundamentally cheesy to the movie which actually made it worth watching.

And The Asylum really upped their game here in terms of special effects. I will say that, for the most part, then the dinosaurs actually looked quite decent. There were the occasional moment where it was blatantly just downright horrible CGI, but most of the time it was convincing enough. And that impressed CGI part actually brought a lot of value to the movie.

The acting in "Triassic World", however, was rather wooden and rigid, and was every bit as to be expected from a movie such as this. People were just not overly convincing throughout the movie.

"Triassic World" is the type of movie that you watch once and never again. Provided the fact that you actually can endure these type of shameless cash-in on upcoming or potential blockbuster movies from other huge movie companies.

The best actors are the dinosaurs. The human actors are wooden. The script is full of cliches.

The production values are shoddy. This movie started from an interesting concept, but there was no follow through.

The movie moves very slowly and is very drawn out. When you think it's gonna be over there is another hour left. There is one setting in the entire movie making it even more lackluster. There are moments clearly ripping off scenes from the Jurassic Park franchise. And finally and most importantly, the plot does not make sense and is hard to follow. I still only know one of character's names after watching this. There are many plot holes and contradictory statements made, as well as things that aren't explained. However, if you can sit through without being bored the movie is kinda entertaining and if you like bad movies like I do you'll enjoy yourself.

Have made no secret in the past numerous times of hating most of The Asylum's films with a passion. Still see their films out of curiosity as well as low-budget film completest sake. There is the curiosity as to whether they are capable of something watchable (occasionally they have) and there is something compulsive about their badness.

Was not expecting much from 'Triassic World'. On top of being from The Asylum, it just sounded terribly derivative to the point of being a blatant rip off, the cover/poster looked cheap, it had a low rating and the reviews were less than promising. So in all honesty was expecting something terrible. Seeing 'Triassic World' with an open mind and fairness intended, it turned out to be not near as terrible as expected and much better than most of The Asylum's previous films. At the same time, didn't find it a particularly good film either, pretty lame actually.

Just for the record, am somebody who hates being critical believe it or not and is more often than not encouraging and aims to be balanced and tries to evaluate rather than completely gushing or bashing, so will always severely object to being called an armchair critic/expert that is thrown around a lot immaturely.

There are positives. There is colour and atmosphere in the setting and some slickness in some of the shots. The music is not over-bearing, variety-less or monotonous, even when not being exactly memorable.

A few of the dinosaurs are fun and have some personality that avoids going too far on the goofiness or scare factor.

On the other hand, the limited budget shows in particularly the not always very well organised editing and the mostly quite amateurish effects (with the odd reasonable one). Most of the camera work is similarly disorganised. The dinosaurs don't steal the show as much as they should and their contributions not particularly memorable or well used. The human characters are underwritten and have little development or endearing personality with so many silly and less than logical behaviours and decisions (a bugbear of mine and have found myself using it a fair bit recently). None of the actors look comfortable in their roles and don't seem to be having fun at all.

Also found too much of the dialogue on the wrong side of dumb and cheesy, complete with some soapy moments, and that it didn't flow very well. The film is extremely derivative, interesting premise with far too over-familiar execution that has nothing new. The lack of imagination and suspense also hurts the film, too much evokes cringing and the thrills are sporadic. The direction felt like they were not in control of the material and not at ease with the genre.

Concluding, lame but could have been worse. 3/10 Bethany Cox