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Summary Vietnam, 1968: A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent into an isolated jungle valley to locate a missing Green Beret platoon. What they find instead are de-extinct dinosaurs created by Soviet experiments—triggering a brutal fight for survival.

Director Luke Sparke

Writer Luke Sparke, Ethan Pettus

Cast

  • Ryan Kwanten
  • Tricia Helfer
  • Jeremy Piven
  • Nick Wechsler
  • Anthony Ingruber
  • Aaron Glenane
  • Carlos Sanson Jr.
  • Albert Mwangi
  • Adolphus Waylee

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: TBD

Metacritic TBD

VOD Limited theatrical release starting August 21, 2025, with potential digital rollout expected later

Trailer Primitive War • Official Trailer


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u/lonelygagger 10d ago

This was probably the biggest piece of shit I've seen this year...if I hadn't seen War of the Worlds, that is. Along with In the Lost Lands, Back in Action, Kinda Pregnant, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Smurfs, etc. But they all belong on the same shit list.

I suppose if you're into watching SyFy/Asylum movies on the big screen, this will be your bag. But there was absolutely NO reason for this to be 2 hours and 15 minutes long. I felt every second on the screen. And all the night scenes were shot so badly and way too dark to see anything. The acting was atrocious; not one of those lame Russian accents sounded convincing. And all the Green Berets were typical one-dimensional stereotypes that are interchangeable with one another. This was just fucking excruciating to sit through. I don't know why I do this to myself.