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Raptor

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. 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.

Release Date : 2001-11-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Concorde

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Lola Tanner

Original Name : Lorissa McComas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Josh McCoy

Original Name : Grant Cramer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Jim Tanner

Original Name : Eric Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barbara Phillips

Original Name : Melissa Brasselle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Karen

Original Name : Teresa DePriest

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Hyde

Original Name : Corbin Bernsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Connelly

Original Name : Tim Abell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Ben Glover

Original Name : Harrison Page

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain York

Original Name : William Langlois

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyle Schell

Original Name : Frank Novak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tommy Leonetti

Original Name : Ted Monte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henderson

Original Name : GiGi Erneta

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gen. Mayhem

Original Name : Rod McCary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lewis

Original Name : Richard Gabai

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morgue Clerk

Original Name : Lenny Juliano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Sheriff's Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Wynorski

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Hayley Sanchez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brady

Original Name : Eric James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devinger

Original Name : Alexandra Raines Lewinson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deputy Mike Baltin

Original Name : Adam Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Vandamar

Original Name : Michael Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Robert Clotworthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sladek

Original Name : Tippy Lemond

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : Bruce Nozick

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2022-08-19

**_‘B’ dino-horror is competent, but same-old, same-old_** Some kind of vicious animal escapes a bio-research installation in remote SoCal and grisly corpses start mounting up. The Sheriff and an animal expert try to figure out what’s going on (Eric Roberts and Melissa Brasselle), which leads them to the mysterious facility. Corbin Bernsen plays the proverbial mad doctor. "Raptor" (2001) is a ‘B’ creature feature that mixes “Jurassic Park” (1993), “Godzilla” (1998), “Aliens” (1986) and “Tremors” (1990). It was originally intended to be a sequel to the “Carnosaur” trilogy from 1993-1996 and therefore uses stock footage from those flicks for the creature effects. The footage is effectively edited into the new storyline so you can’t tell. You could view it as “Carnosaur 4.” Being produced by Roger Corman and directed by his prolific protégé Jim Wynorski, this is a capable ‘B’ flick with the cast obviously having a good time during shooting. The black ops sequences are surprisingly well done. It’s energetic, just too routine and familiar. You could say that Corman & sidekick Wynorski were acting as a cinematic Dr. Frankenstein & Igor—lifting pieces of other cinematic bodies and grafting them together with filmic connecting tissue. Even the quality score by James Horner was entirely lifted from prior works. Lorissa McComas with her big hair plays the Sheriff’s daughter and stands out on the female front, although she’s unfortunately absent from the second half. Meanwhile statuesque redhead Teresa DePriest is sharp. The film runs 1 hour, 21 minutes, and was shot at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park, Agua Dulce, California. GRADE: C+