Actium Maximus

Actium Maximus War of the Alien Dinosaurs might be one of the most overly ambitious motion picture projects of all time. I'm not exactly sure what the plot was or what the vast majority of the dialogue was about but I did somehow manage to sit through the film in its entirety. The green screen special effects were horrendously executed to the point where it's hard to tell what you're even looking at. The same can be said about the puppets and miniatures. The silver lining of course is the original soundtrack that was also written by the director Mark Hicks. If you're someone like myself that has a high tolerance for bad movies then Actium Maximus is surely worth a watch if you want to test that tolerance on a level you may not have thought existed.

I haven't commented on this site in a while but I just had to when I saw all the negativity aimed at this great film. I'm not going to pretend that this film is "good" in a conventional sense. And it takes a very, very small and very particular percentage of the world to truly appreciate what's going on here. I used to seek out "so-bad-they're-good" films when I was younger but I kept seeing films that were INTENTIONALLY bad, and that just didn't cut it for me. What makes this film so great is that it's all so SERIOUS! And, in all seriousness, you can tell that the director put a lot of effort, time, and money into this. It is very cheaply-made, but it still does actually have plenty of special effects and decently-constructed monsters. This film was actually filmed as a pilot to a TV series that never got made, and actually this film was incomplete as well, so the fact that this actually got released in the first place is quite remarkable, but I'm glad it did. And it is REALLY hilarious and entertaining from beginning to end, despite what other people on here might tell you. It's not conventionally "GOOD", and its not recommended unless you like this crap -- but for fans of the worst acting and special effects ever, this is gold. Let me repeat: You have never seen special effects this bad, a plot more nonsensical, a film more horrible (though well-intentioned). In my eyes, that makes it extremely special.

Star Worms II sucks, by the way.

This movie is awful, I'm SORRY. I bought this to get Star Worms, and actually expected this to be better after how disappointed I was in Star Worms. Oh just kidding, turns out this is the worst movie I've ever seen. The acting is garbage, not that there really is any, and the main character is a big stupid box who gets attacked by like, stuff or something. I can't really tell. The special effects are so bad that you can't even see the warring dinosaurs, which by the way do not war, but just stand and kind of move their mouths, or whatever those things are. The movie is a headache. It's very obvious the director is trying to establish a universe. Hahahahahahahaha... Really, this movie is just abominable, even by Troma's standards. The only good thing I can say about it is that it's got a Lloyd Kaufman intro, as he tricks us yet again into watching something that isn't fit for consumption.

First of all, I almost fell asleep during the extremely long opening credits. That's always a bad sign. Anyway, this movie has tons of back story. Told mostly through a narrator and subtitles. I didn't time it but back story had to be more than half of the dialogue. The majority of the dialogue is subtitled alien babble. It's almost always unnecessary and they frequently repeat themselves. The planet is full of aliens who all look completely different and one man who is always mad that he has to do everything. The dinosaur battles take place in a huge stadium in front of 6 people who can't even fake enthusiasm, probably because the battles are extremely boring and nothing ever happens. Did I mention that this movie has the worst monsters and green screen action ever? Never see this.

Exclelent movie because i could not understand it's complex themes and overarcin g plots with good characters my favorite is gurgling sock puppoet and how he carried the movie with spectacualer performance by john anyway i thought the spescial affects were pretty alright however i did not appreciate how the dinosaurs weer always chewing gum :( not good for the teeth and could send a bad message to yte youth, overall this movie was pretty okay, i cannot wait nfor the sequel

cheers :)