Ebola Rex

When the dinosaur ate the guy it made a realistic splatter of blood. The Ebola Rex itself is a terrifying thought of itself. What if these ancient beings carried viruses and rampaged across the world? I shudder at the thought. With a great cast and great use of realistic and cheesy cgi, this movie has become one of my favs.

Following the release of a deadly T-Rex, residents of a local Los Angeles neighborhood find themselves forced to deal not only with the escape dino but the effects of a disease it carries, forcing them to find a way to survive the infectious elements to stop it.

There was a lot to like with this one. One of it's stronger elements is the highly enjoyable setup that manages to cram quite a bit of story into this than expected. In a rapid-fire montage of clever exposition, the idea of giving the various figures going into battle against the creature, how it got turned into the mutated species it is and how the countermeasures are in force to stop it. This creates a fine grounding for everything to come while also managing to get the dinosaur free and going out on the loose. That is put to good use where the majority of the film is based on encounters with the creature or the efforts to stop it. As the attacks might fall into the nonsensical here with the creature sneaking up on people inconspicuously, the rampage through the suburbs, the encounter at the statue park or fighting with the bounty hunter in the woods offers a fun mix of cheesy sequences. Once this gets the military involved in the finale picking up from the action to start this off, it picks up considerably as the action is cheesy and over-the-top try to stop it. Overall, these are the film's positive elements while there are some minor issues. The first problem here is the rather confusing manner of how fast this goes into the storyline that manages to skip over important factors needed to get into it. Although there's a lot to like with this aspect, the creation of the dinosaur in the first place or how it got loose are missed out on, only that it did which can cause some whiplash trying to catch up. As well, the fact that the segments involving the friends in the bunker are shot in such a way as to make it nearly impossible to see due to the fluorescent lighting and constant close-ups makes these scenes somewhat confusing. The last issue with this one is to be expected with the silly and goofy effects work for the creature. This factor isn't really a shock, but these aren't too detrimental and don't hold this back too much.

Rated Unrated/R: Extreme Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and drug use.

Terror is contagious in Ebola Rex, the insane new horror film coming early next month from Wild Eye Releasing. If you're into indie creature features with over-the-top monsters, does it get any better than an infectious T-Rex? When watching the trailer, you can really get a feel for how ridiculous the film is (which seems to be by design), but that's always a big part of the fun when watching movies like this. Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could give a T. Rex Ebola, they didn't stop to think if they should give a T. Rex Ebola. I have seen kindergarten movies with a higher budget than this and they had the forethought to not make their production about a diseased 50 foot tall CG dinosaur.

I went in not expecting much. Was still incredibly disappointed. Most of the movie was "artsy" shots of plants or the forever long opening credits sequence. Does this review contain spoilers? How can you spoil something that literally has no plot? I generally like "bad" movies. I think they're funny and somewhat entertaining to watch. This was downright painful. What was with the weird t-rex info session in the middle?! The whole experience was just really confusing. I'm pretty sure I've seen high school projects that were better written, directed and acted. I'm not sure if they were trying to make a statement on the events of 2020, but it definitely didn't land. Do not waste your time!!

What is this film? What is happening? Why is Mike like that? I hate it. I love it. It's the worst movie I've ever sat through. I am blessed to have watched it.

I don't know what the plot was supposed to be, it didn't seem to be very clear or well thought out. Felt like a bunch of random clips slapped together with a mediocre cgi t-rex. It was perfect.

Genuinely though I will never watch this movie again. It was painful, even though it gave me and my friends an occasional laugh. I thought Mike was going to be a much better character than he was but that was expecting way too much of this film. He was the best actor though, which also isn't saying much.