Angriff der Dino Monster

4 episodes of a TV show put together to form a movie much like forming Voltron, but this isn't nearly as good as that show. From what I've read the show got better, but that still doesn't change the fact that this was tough watch and I would not recommend unless it's the rifftrax version or you and your buddies want to hang out and riff on it yourselves.

I will give it this much, this film is definitely something different. It's live action guy-in-a-suit monster action with anime humans. It's obvious that whoever produced this film had a limited budget, but how many movies are there in which dinosaurs can not only talk, but work together to kill humans? Not only that, but I thought it was only cartoons where the monsters literally yell "ATTACK! DESTROY! KILL!" as they are attacking the city but, once again, this movie proved me wrong. The concept is hilarious, which in itself makes the movie worth watching, but its hard to follow sometimes and even gets a little typical. Overall its a decent addition to a monster movie collection.

Wow, this was something. The kaiju dinosaur monsters are depicted in 3D clay stop-motion animation. After being imprissoned for (I didn't catch how long, but at least millenia), they awaken, vowing vengeance upon all humans. They turn all of the dogs on earth red, which somehow makes them evil, and the dogs start wreakaing havoc and destruction on humans and their cities.

It's up to four heros, depicted in 2D cell animation, to somehow stop the madness. Unfortunately, two of the heroes are bumbling klutzes. The other two are siblings? Married? I couldn't tell, but they unite in mind, body, and spirit to fight the evil monsters and restore sanity.

The rapid switch between the stop-motion and cell animation was jarring. Overall, the movie was quite bonkers.

Watched via "Rifftrax: Attack of the Super Monsters"

My three kids and their friends loved this film.From the animated portions to the dino puppets.My boys were especially fond of King Tyrannus,surely one of the most camp villians of all time.The picture plays like it might have been meant to be the first of many sequels or an unsold tv pilot.At any rate,park your sensibilities at the door,grab your popcorn and enjoy.Let the farce be with you.

Hi.. This film is only the first 4 episodes of a very popular TV kids show that aired in my country during the 80s. The show was very popular and is loved by every one in my country to date (Saudi Arabia), it was a long series of 20 something episodes. I can see why most reviewers hated this film, because its only the first 4 episodes and these episodes are truly not that good, the show however gets a lot better as it moves on, and the Arabic dubbing was quit appropriate ( maybe the English dubbing wasn't good which added to the lameness of this film ). The show changes in the middle of the series, and a new development in the plot occur where the two heroic siblings change into a giant robot the helps killing the monsters just like ultra man, that part is missing in this earlier part of series in this film.

Of course the show has its weaknesses, it was made in 1977, so the direction isn't that good, and sometimes you can tell the fake dinosaurs and the plot of the episodes gets a little repetitive. However, this show will remain a good and enjoyable show that i enjoyed as a kid and still enjoy to watch today with my own kids.

Moe (med7799@yahoo.com)