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Summary: In one of the most remote places on earth, a bloodthirsty serial killer has claimed over 300 victims, and is still at large to this day. Now, inspired by the true story of the world's most prolific killer, comes Primeval, a nail-biting horror-thriller that follows an American news crew determined to capture this terrifying murderer alive. (Touchstone Pictures)
Spectacularly clumsy attempt to mix some kind of social commentary about African genocide with a goofy monster-croc adventure. Really bad in almost every respect - acting, CGI, characterisation, script... you name it. Worst of all is the awful colour filter used throughout the film. Africa, apparently, is some kind of luminescent amber colour. Also features every stereotype about Africa you can think of, which would be offensive if it wasn't so boring.
It's an odd creation. It's never boring, but this croc feature wants to have the civil-war action of "Blood Diamond" with all the dramatic genocide and merciless killings mixed in with crocodile attacks... it's a bad idea meant for Sci-Fi channel enthusiasts. Most of the effects are bad anyway. At least 'Lake Placid' was dumb and had a sense of humor. (By the way, I love the serial killer plot summary below; has there ever been a more absurd marketing ploy?)
What do you do when your tent-camp near the river gets wrecked by a 6 mtr crocodile? Answer: you go hide out in a wooden-structure build on the river where the crododile just came from....
It honestly could have been much worse. Instead its a mash-up of unexpected violence that you can often barely seem, since it's so damn dark half the movie.
If they had stuck to the croc, it would have been good. Instead, they throw this whole political plotline in that anyone who goes to see it expecting big giant croc is dissapointed with. Just because a bad horror movie harps on it isn't going to make anybody care about the genocide in africa.