Two expeditions make their way into the heart of a forest near Mt. Ararat in Turkey - home of a dormant volcano that holds within itself a deadly secret that's been asleep for millions of years: un-hatched pterodactyl eggs! On a man hunt for a dangerous terrorist, Captain Bergen (Coolio) leads his military Special Ops unit deeper into the forest, while Professor Lovecraft (Cameron Daddo) and his team of scientists search for clues to the past when they make a dangerous discovery. Faced with the threat of the flesh eating predators, both groups come to the realization that they must rely on one another if they plan to make it out of the forest alive! With non-stop action and explosive graphics, Pterodactyl will make your fear take flight!
I would say that this movie is pretty dang good. A group of people go into the wilderness of Turkey and end up being attacked by a swarm of Pterodactyls. The dinosaurs are pretty good looking and a good storyline. The only bad part is that there is way too much gore. Many people are either cut in half or decapitated by the Pterodactyls. Some mild language, no f-words.
My rating=Rated R for strong violence/gore, mild language, and an attempted rape.
June 1, 2008 |  | Funny, but not what you think. |  |
Okay, like almost all of SciFi Channel's "originals," this is a steaming pile of cinematic feces. But I will admit that the writers had fun with their character's names. Almost all of their names were famous science fiction writers: Lovecraft, Serling, Heinlein, Yolen, Bradbury, Lem, Zelazny, Donaldson, Burroughs, Clarke, and Herbert.
Oh, and it should've been called Pteranodon, since pterodactyls didn't have the backward pointing crest.
May 15, 2008 | | My Review of bad movies, but they can be the best | |
I'm a monster freak Of the Jurassic age, what can I say. If it has a prehistoric like monster its gotta be entertaining as long as the producers can make it look half way believable.
January 7, 2008 | | You have to know what you're picking up | |
When you pick up a movie to watch and on the back cover is a pterodactyl chasing a white SUV and on the front is a dinosaur eye and a reptile hatching from an egg, you kind of have to know what to expect here. Yes, there are some cheesy special effects, but the pterodactyls are actually done pretty well. Sure, there is some weak acting, but then there is some pretty sincere acting too. There is plenty of gore, probably more than necessary but hey..I could forgive that. The film delivers in what it tries to do. Gore, thin plot, action and a romance. Oh, and the possibility of a sequel...that's important. Then there is Angie. I kind of hoped Angie would survive the film just because I thought she might just be dumb enough to. How could you not love Angie? She was beautiful, obnoxious and completely in love with herself. There is even a scene where she looks into a mirror and says: "I love you." And then I wondered why she became pterodactyl food. Well, duh. I was tempted to give this one 4 stars just because it was exactly what I expected it to be when I picked it up. The only reason it didn't get 4 is because I kept figuring out what was going to happen next a couple minutes before it happened. It was almost like a time warp where I came up with ideas and the film replicated them...hmmm, this could be a film in itself. A couple things: What was Angie thinking when she takes her clothes off in the wilds of a foreign country to go for a swim in an unknown and unexplored pool of water. Forget the pterodactyl circling overhead, what about snakes and leaches and a hundred other things that could be lurking. Not to mention the male students who get to ogle her in her underwear. What about the trained soldiers when killers from the sky came swooping down on them? Nobody ever learned how to duck? What were those two in the cabin thinking? They should have just hung a sign on the door: Pterodactyl Diner Now Open for Lunch. And of course, that rope crossing anchored by a sheep. Talk about an idea right out of the mind of a screenwriter! No one in real life would think of something like that and if they did think of it, no one in real life would actually suggest trying it. Did that soldier really think about the possibilities when he went out there to use the rope crossing? Finally, there was Coolio. He might be worth an extra star by himself. Without much to work with he gives a pretty decent performance. Caneron Daddo, Amy Sloan and Mircea Monroe make this watchable. All in all, this is a pretty typical Sci-Fi channel movie, better than most, not as good as some, but overall pretty entertaining if you're not looking for a serious dramatic sci-fi movie. Worth a viewing.
May 8, 2007| | | This Ain't "Jurassic Park," Folks! | |
Nope, this is "Pterodactyl," a film where a group of American college students under the guidance of Cameron Daddo and a US Special Ops force headed up by Coolio (yeah, Coolio) become unlikely teammates when they faceoff against "terror from above." In all honesty, the flick isn't very bad. The students are in Turkey looking for fossils. The soldiers are out to nab some terrorists. When a local volcano rattles loose a few old dinosaur eggs, they hatch and become very mean, very hungry pterodactyls. The two groups come together and work as a team to eliminate the pterodactyls and try to get back to civilization before they all become bird food.
It's campy, silly, and very bland at times, but the film does move at a decent pace and never really lost my interest. The CGI dinos and gore are fake-looking. Some have said that the gore is excessive, but who hasn't watched a B-movie that went too far with the gore? Daddo and Coolio really do an excellent job, but Coolio's musical escapades make it hard to believe him as a Special Ops captain. The supporting cast, comprised of unknowns, was sufficient. Only Amy Sloan was mildly recognizable. The terrorist group was their primarily for the body count but one of them does have a key role late in the film.
Overall, if you're looking for "Jurassic Park," you've taken a wrong turn. If you enjoy B-flicks like "Frankenfish" or any of the other cheese-tastic SciFi channel films, this movie will be right up your alley.
March 25, 2007More reviews at Amazon.com ...
Daily Birthdays
(21 reviews)