Primitive War

Film Review: Primitive War; B-grade monster movie favours characters over carnage to its own detriment

Whilst I absolutely have to hand it to Australian filmmaker Luke Sparke for his inventive genre blend in Primitive War – that being the war-set action film and the dinosaur-centric creature feature – this bloated actioner, overall, never quite finds the right footing in how to successfully execute such a bodacious mash-up. With a requisite…

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Jungle warfare gets prehistoric in first trailer for survivalist actioner Primitive War

This ain’t no walk in the park! Based on Ethan Pettus’ cult-favorite novel, Primitive War is a 1968-set action film that follows an elite recon unit, Vulture Squad, who are sent deep into the Vietnamese jungle to locate a missing Green Beret platoon—only to discover a far more lethal threat: dinosaurs. Written and directed by…

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