| | |  | SOUTH AFRICA | Home » » Primeval [Blu-ray] | | | | | | | Description: | | Inspired by actual events, this biting horror tale follows an American news team as they attempt to track down a 25-foot-long crocodile who is terrorizing the residents of a war-torn Burundi village. Assisted in their quest by a renowned croc expert, the journalists find their lives threatened by the killer carnivore as well as the political turmoil that surrounds them. Dominic Purcell, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, and Jurgen Prochnow star. 94 min. | | | Features: | |
• Inspired by the true story of a legendary 25-foot man-eating crocodile comes the intense, terrifying horror movie PRIMEVAL, starring Dominic Purcell (TV's PRISON BREAK) and Orlando Jones (RUNAWAY JURY, EVOLUTION). An American news crew, determined to capture this voracious monster and stop his demonic rampage, travel deep within the darkest reaches of Africa to hunt their prey. But Gustave, as
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones | | Director:
| Michael Katleman | | Format:
| AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| French, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Run Time:
| 93 minutes | | Blu-ray Release Date:
| June 12, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 58 reviews |
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15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Misleading ... But InterestingJul 26, 2007
By A. Abbott
"Madam Music"
When I rented primeval, I was expecting (and hoping) for a sci-fi channel type movie about a monster crocodile that would attack everyone. Well, it was partly like that. A group of journalists is sent to a civil war stricken South African country to report on the capture of this man eater.
The journalist meet a few local villagers and hook up with a crocodile expert. However, their lives are threatened by much more than just a crocodile when the cameraman accidentally films men from a local warlord's army executing a tribal holy man and his family.
The crocodile does play an important part in this movie; but I felt that it became more of a movie about the Burundi civil war; its war lords; and a general statement about ravaged Africa as a whole. Some people, I have read, did not like this movie. I think its worth a try, I certainly enjoyed it.
By the way, Gustave (the killer crocodile) is indeed real. He lives in Burundi and may be the largest freshwater crocodile in the world. I Googled "Gustave crocodile in Africa" and got a BBC News link from a 2002 article. Interesting.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Decent thriller/suspense, with social justice twistSep 19, 2008
By Mad Max
I sincerely applaud this movie for making a social statement. The US needs to know about the tragedies in Africa - Darfur, Congo, Rwanda, etc.
That being said, outside the geo-historical backdrop, it's a fairly typical thriller. Great scenery, acting is pretty good. If you like thrillers such as Anaconda, this is actually a notch or two better. But don't expect Oscar material.
23 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 PrimitiveApr 09, 2007
By Mark Eremite
"This Is A Display Model Only"
"Primeval" tricked me. I knew nothing about the film other than a brief blurb I'd read that said it was about a serial killer and was based on a true story. Turns out the "serial killer" is, in fact, a large, hundred-year old crocodile named Gustave. Ho ho!
Eh.
The story is about a news team that has been sent to Africa in order to cover a story on (and perhaps capture) the elusive beast. The movie briefly explains why a blood-thirsty crocodile is news (and even why it would be left up to journalists, a cameraman, and two wild animal experts to catch a critter that's been eating unsuspecting humans for decades), but the explanation is weak, at best.
Even weaker is the awkward melding of the croc plot with another story thread involving an African civil war that is propogated and prolonged by a blood-thirsty warlord named -- that's right -- Gustave. Is this a powerful political metaphor? Probably. Is it done well? Of course it isn't.
Populated by stock characters of the worst kind (although Orlando Jones manages to do some good things with his smart-aleck cameraman role), "Primeval" succumbs to ludicrousness (the characters, after a recent croc attack, decide that a rickety shack built IN the river is their best safe haven), pointlessness (the dull bonfire "bonding" scene where a tribal drum session is followed by the Westerners singing "Amazing Grace" off-key), and confusion (most of the croc attacks take place at night and are dizzyingly hard to follow). Tack on a hokey (albeit unfortunately true) message about American apathy toward African brutality, and you're left with a jury-rigged mess of a movie, a schizophrenic cinematic experience that tries to be viscerally scintillating as well as politically charged. If it had picked one or the other, it may have had at least a shred of consistency to give it pluck and cohesion. Instead, it's a mawkish blend of macabre and moralistic.
And it's not about a serial killer.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
It is what it is- a B movie to rentOct 04, 2007
By Aebares2006
-Take the cinematography from "Ghost in the Darkness"- Africa landscapes
-Throw in the boat from "Anaconda"
-The guy from 7up & Mad TV for comic relief- with a few good laughs
-A few elements from "Lake Placid"
-Some villians from "Black Hawk Down" (two plot lines going here)
-Have the Crocodile attack either like "Jurassic park 3" or a serial killer.
You basically have a Saturday night rental that you can leave on as you half pay attention and guess which common movie plot line they will do.
It is what it is; not good, but not really bad either. The cinamatographer will difenantly get more work.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Don't Defame GustaveMar 21, 2011
By C. Chow
I like giant crocodile movies and I'm guessing you do too if you're thinking about seeing this movie. DON"T!!! Take it from a crocodile fan!
The plot: Embarrassingly `Primeval' makes a mockery of a real life giant croc Gustave saying it is "based on real events" and stars a real croc character. (I'll explain the real events later)
Token character attempt to capture Gustave, the famous African croc. When I say token they are truly that. The attractive love interests, the good scientist with an Australian accent, the evil German hunter (Jurgen Prochow) and loud mouthed black friend (Orlando Jones). Jones' character is truly insulting; he even wears a FUBU shirt and can't shut up. Why does Jones always get stuck playing these characters? For that matter why are these characters ever included in movies?
Predictably the documentary goes horribly wrong. They are attacked by evil guerrillas and everyone is eaten by Gustave.
Worst this about the movie aside from the meaningless story and characters is the photography. Somehow they thought they'd go arty and try to shoot it like `Saving Private Ryan' and `Blackhawk Down.' This works well for war film where combat is chaotic but the result here is it's virtually impossible to tell what's happening.
OK here's the real story behind Gustave, he is NOT "9 meters" (30 feet) long as stated in the film. He's between 16 to 20 feet long. There has not been a documented croc bigger than 20 feet in millions of years. Still that's a monster croc. 16 to 20 feet is plenty frightening. The film makers don't have to go berserk with the size issue.
Gustave wasn't known for eating people, since people knew enough to stay away from him. He was known for eating hippos! Again, that's plenty frightening.
The real expedition was not to save humans from Gustave but to save Gustave from humans as poachers wanted the famed croc. Of course Gustave never ate any of them as no one was dumb enough to get close to him.
The film also states that "When there's an abundant food supply crocodiles will eat until they sink, and vomit it all up so they can feed again." WRONG that's called "thrill killing" something crocs don't do!
The film ends with Gustave still alive and hunting humans. WRONG is real life Gustave simply vanished from his regular hunting spot without a trace soon after the documentary. Most scientists believe Gustave was the victim of poachers.
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