Raptor (film)
Raptor is a 2001 direct-to-video horror film directed by Jim Wynorski. It often reuses stock footage from the three Carnosaur films and follows the same basic premise of cloned dinosaurs running amok.[1] It is the unofficial sequel to Carnosaur 3: Primal Species.
| Raptor | |
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| Directed by | Jim Wynorski |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Written by | Frances Doel Michael B. Druxman Jim Wynorski |
| Starring | Eric Roberts Melissa Brasselle Corbin Bernsen |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Andrea V. Rossotto |
| Edited by | Max K. Atkins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | New Concorde |
Release date | November 6, 2001 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
When a series of unexplained vicious animal attacks strikes his community, Sheriff Jim Tanner and his assistant Barbara trace them back to a Dr. Hyde, a former military researcher whose government funding for a dinosaur cloning project was cut.[2] When the Pentagon discovers Hyde obtained foreign backing to continue his experiments, they send in a strike team to save Tanner and Barbara and stop Hyde.
Cast
- Eric Roberts as Sheriff Jim Tanner
- Melissa Brasselle as Barbara Phillips
- Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Frank Hyde
- Tim Abell as Captain Connelly
- William Monroe as Captain York
- Lorissa McComas as Lola Tanner, daughter of sheriff Jim Tanner
- Frank Novak as Lyle Shell
- Bruce Nozick as FBI agent
- Harrison Page as Deputy
- Grant Cramer as Hyde's Henchman, McCoy
Reception
Like the previous Carnosaur films, Raptor received generally negative reviews. It holds a rating of 2.6/10 on IMDb as well as a "rotten" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes of 19%.[3]
References
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292634/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2013-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://rottentomatoes.com/m/raptor/
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