Turok: Son of Stone

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Joy M So let me start this off by saying I'm not a fan of the comics or games. Just stumbled upon this while flipping through Prime. Unless you're a fan, I would say don't even bother watching. It's not very good. It was confusing to me to follow everything. One minute the bad guys were invincible and the next they dropped like flies. Whole thing is a bit of a mess. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Chris M I know this is based on a video game. I also know time travel was involved. But that's all I know, I don't know how faithful this is to the source material. There are mild story issues. Along with character and pacing issues. But the villain perplexes me. He wants the whole tribe dead because Turok kills the his son. But it's not like Turok started the fight. They started attacking them for no reason other than plot. Also his own tribe banished Turok for basically defending himself from a unprovoked attack. But it's surprisingly bloody battles for a TV-PG which makes me happy. Glad that animation gets away that live action can't. The action is cool and the animation style is also great. Not perfect but pretty good. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/14/23 Full Review steve d It's great animation overwhelms a dumb and boring story. Unfortunately that great animation came from the 1980's and was used in a 200's film. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't know what the fuck is wrong with everyone else who reviewed this movie but I thought it was crazy cool! It was clearly made by the same animators that did X-Men Evolution, but they weren't constrained by television violence ratings and cut loose giving us a gritty and action packed Turok Dinosaur Hunter. Not only did they deliver with ever surprising and fast paced action they gave us a truly vindictive and cunning villain. 10\10 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I did read some of the Turok comics back in the day and I liked them. They were basic stuff. Violence was the plot. The stories were always a little more in-depth, fortunately. I'm not politically incorrect and I do like violent films, comics, etc. This is not a terrible film. It did provide me with the minimum decency of nostalgia. Still, since I never read the original comic upon which this film is based...I can't help but wonder if the comic has as many holes in the story as this film. Such as...it was never explained how Chichak, or his tribe, acquired firearms, the ammunition to operate them...or the horses. American Indians did not acquire them until after Europeans arrived in `the New World`, i.e., the Americas. And since they did not arrive until the late 1400's and since it would be a good two hundred years or so before the two cultures trusted each other enough to legitimately trade things with one another of such importance, i.e., weapons & transportation, this film certainly seems to be more about catering to some demographic that doesn't care or doesn't know enough to care. Perhaps there is room for all three possibilities... (And perhaps for multiple reasons. I detest conspiracy theories; but, if I was a conspiracy theorist I might conclude that this film mongers about the influence of technology... That the only good ppl are those that don't sellout for what is bigger, better, more powerful, etc. That it even hates white ppl. Glenn Beck I am not.) Why Turok actually told Chichak where they could, honestly, find the `Cliff Ppl` is a mystery that I don't care to solve or have solved. I do understand why Turok told Chichak 'something'... Doing so bought them time, for Chichak to get complacent, so that Turok & Andar could escape, so that Turok could devise a plan to kill Chichak, preferably before he tracks down the Cliff Ppl, & for Turok & Andar to stay alive; but, telling Chichak where to actually, & honestly, find the Cliff Ppl only made those things harder & less likely to be achieved. How Turok could be so courageous & brave one moment & then a moment later be so weak, thoughtless & cowardly is pathetic. Perhaps the plot wasn't the worst possible plot. It was tired, old, predictable & rather corny; but, I am confident that it could have been worse. The story was the worst part. It was bad. By no means was this the worst film that I've ever seen; but, still. This sucked. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member One of these movies that finally bubbled to the top of my queue, and I am wondering what possessed me to put it there in the first place -- ah well, don't watch this one. Story is incoherent, animation is nothing to write home about. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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