After a few days of softball, I decided to watch a couple
flicks tonight. I wanted to start with something cheesy, as one can never watch
enough low budget creature features. First, up for the weekend, Poseidon Rex
from 2013.
Plot/ A small, secluded island off the coast of Belize
suddenly finds itself terrorized by a deadly predator from the planet's distant
past when deep sea divers accidentally awaken an ancient evil.
With a name like Poseidon Rex, I hope that you were not
expecting much. While it is an interesting concept in the realm of low budget
creature features, it is nowhere near original or makes any sense. With that
being said, if you totally remove reality from the equation, there are some
entertaining and laughable moments and some decent underwater scenes in the
film. From there, the positives disappear and the cheesiness rises. The CGI is
beyond laughable, the plot has a ton of holes, the scripting uneven, and most
of it makes little to no sense. In the end, this movie embraces the schlock factor
and never takes itself too serious. Is it a good movie? No, but it is better
than some of the creature features that has come out during the past decade
(but that is not saying much). If you love creature features, this is not a good movie, but you can do worse…
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