Primeval

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Primeval

R,

2007,

1h 34m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Adventure/

Horror

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Veteran reporter Tim Manfrey lands possibly the worst assignment of his life: Travel to the African country of Burundi to locate and capture the world's largest crocodile. Dubbed "Gustave" by the villagers, the croc is said to have dined on hundreds of humans over the years. Complicating matters is an African warlord who is even more bloodthirsty than the giant reptile.

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Critics Consensus

Primeval is a low-quality horror film, which due to the inane political messages does not even qualify as campy fun.

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

Mar 24, 2007

Primeval is bad, but it's never boring, and you can't say that about many of its peers.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Jan 17, 2007

D+

The sub-sub-Anaconda bottom-feeder Primeval makes the mistake of taking itself far too seriously; with its exploitative images of civil war and genocide, it's the Blood Diamond of 25-foot-killer-crocodile movies.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Jan 16, 2007

Essentially Jaws moved to Africa.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Jan 12, 2024

3/5

Primeval does too much for a movie of this caliber; it feels stuck between two genres. As a counterpoint, its flawed and messy ambition is still preferable to all the more routine crocsploitation movies currently swimming in existence.

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Mark H. Harris

Black Horror Movies

Jan 10, 2020

2.8/5

It's this sort of social insight that elevates Primeval above typical marauding animal fare.

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

Jul 6, 2010

1/5

Primeval is one of crummiest killer-beast flicks of all time. It actually makes the B.C.-shot giant-croc debacle Lake Placid look half-decent, but it sure the hell wasn't.

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Rey G

Nov 24, 2018

I saw this film in 2008 and it was a bit weird to say the least. Without expecting anything this is what I made of it: Primeval is about a giant monstrous crocodile terrorizing a village and believe it or not it is a true story. There actually exists a beast of this sort and even has a name- Gustave, which makes the thoughts even more harrowing. Anyway, the film is alright- I barely have any recollections but it is a decently made B movie. The shots with the croc were quite good. I am going with a 4 stars but I feel just because of the rarity of the subject you should give this one a shot.(Okay execution unbelievable fact which formed the basis of this film ).

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Luke S

Sep 5, 2018

Primeval- about a giant monstrous crocodile terrorizing a village, believe it or not is a true story. There actually exists a beast of this sort and even has a name- Gustave, which makes the thoughts even more harrowing. Anyway, the film is alright- I barely have any recollections but it is a decently made B movie. The shots with the croc were quite good. I am going with a 4 stars but I feel just because of the rarity of the subject you should give this one a shot.(Decent crocodile movie).

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Kylo W

Aug 6, 2018

Primeval- about a giant monstrous crocodile terrorizing a village, believe it or not is a true story. There actually exists a beast of this sort and even has a name- Gustave, which makes the thoughts even more harrowing. Anyway, the film is alright- I barely have any recollections but it is a decently made B movie. The shots with the croc were quite good. I am going with a 4 stars but I feel just because of the rarity of the subject you should give this one a shot. (A onetime watch about a man eating croc).

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Kylo G

Aug 2, 2018

Primeval- about a giant monstrous crocodile terrorizing a village, believe it or not is a true story. There actually exists a beast of this sort and even has a name- Gustave, which makes the thoughts even more harrowing. Anyway, the film is alright- I barely have any recollections but it is a decently made B movie. The shots with the croc were quite good. I am going with a 4 stars but I feel just because of the rarity of the subject you should give this one a shot.

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Han W

Jul 12, 2018

Primeval- about a giant monstrous crocodile terrorizing a village, believe it or not is a true story. There actually exists a beast of this sort and even has a name- Gustave, which makes the thoughts even more harrowing. Anyway, the film is alright- I barely have any recollections but it is a decently made B movie. The shots with the croc were quite good. I am going with a 4 stars but I feel just because of the rarity of the subject you should give this one a shot.

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Hermione M

Apr 26, 2018

Not the best movie. It's alright. The only reason I am posting this review is because idiots don't think it's real. While not a true story Gustave is a real killer croc who is probably still alive and very very big. If you want to learn more about Gustave watch some National Geographic stuff. The croc is real and does kill for sport. Nobody really knows why. Some scientist think he's an asshole.

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Synopsis

Veteran reporter Tim Manfrey lands possibly the worst assignment of his life: Travel to the African country of Burundi to locate and capture the world's largest crocodile. Dubbed "Gustave" by the villagers, the croc is said to have dined on hundreds of humans over the years. Complicating matters is an African warlord who is even more bloodthirsty than the giant reptile.

Director: Michael Katleman
Producer: Gavin Polone
Screenwriter: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Distributor: Buena Vista
Production Co: Pariah Films
Rating: R (Language|Brutality|Strong Graphic Violence|Terror)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 12, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.6M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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