Primitive War
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Synopsis
Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone.
Cast
- Tricia Helfer
- Jeremy Piven
- Ryan Kwanten
- Nick Wechsler
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
- Ana Thu Nguyen
- Jake Ryan
- Lincoln Lewis
- Anthony Ingruber
- Carlos Sanson Jr.
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This Australian indie dinosaur-Vietnam War mashup has audiences torn between admiration for its ambitious CGI spectacle on a shoestring budget and frustration with its technical limitations. Reviewers consistently praise it as delivering the visceral dinosaur carnage that big-budget Jurassic films have been missing, with many calling it 'legitimately more enjoyable than the last three Jurassic World movies' despite questionable accents and lighting issues that obscure the action.
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- Aug 22, 2025
These Vietnam vets will be suffering later from PTSD...Prehistoric Traumatic Stress Disorder. 😂 I'll see myself out...
BrianAug 22, 2025“I’ve been shot man, in dinosaur Vietnam!” The sound design on the T-Rex chomp SENT ME
tkthetankAug 19, 2025Legitimately more enjoyable than like the last three Jurassic World movies. Shocked at how good some of these dinos look considering the budget. It’s hard to believe this is an indie Aussie movie at times but Sparke pulls off a lot of magic tricks to make this thing punch…
arossberg - Aug 16, 2025
if warfare and jurassic world had a baby
frejaoneillSep 25, 2025An R-Rated Jurassic World with lots of pew pew and dinosaurs viciously eating humans. Hell yes I liked this.
Horror SyndromeAug 19, 2025My friend gets eaten by a dinosaur in this, and that alone was worth the price of admission.
Ben Blacker - Oct 1, 2025
i think i’m having a dinosaur fatigue
allain♡Aug 24, 2025Primitive War is the best cgi dinosaur movie that doesn’t have Jurassic in the title. It’s a tough task to bring dinosaurs to the silver screen without spending hundreds of millions of dollars. Primitive War does a great job of delivering on the Dino’s with only 4% of the…
BenGrayeyardApr 5, 2026Some grade-A high-quality dino stuff here. Genuinely better than most movies with the word "Jurassic" in the title
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- Bennie dislikedPrimitive War
Ah yes! Exactly the narrative that was missing from the Vietnam War. Dinosaurs! 3
BENNY lovedPrimitive War9.5/10 Primitive War is a gritty mix of war and dinosaur horror, following soldiers in Vietnam who face deadly prehistoric creatures. Intense, bloody, and thrilling, though a bit chaotic.
Sebastian H likedPrimitive WarSharknado if it tried to take itself seriously. Watch with people you can laugh at it with. This movie is more enjoyable when you don’t take it seriously. However, I wish it was shorter.
- Jen lovedPrimitive War
This was everything that I wanted it to be! It’s action from the get-go and there’s lots of dinosaurs and lots of kills! This is a fun mindless watch that I really enjoyed!
Elizabeth likedPrimitive WarThis was so bad but I feel like that’s the point. And yall know how I feel about bad monster moviessss
Vank14a likedPrimitive WarThat low budget war movie with dinosaurs was 100 times better than the last two Jurassic World sequels
- Jacob Lewis dislikedPrimitive War
Summary: someone wrote a generic action script, ran it through chat. GPT to convert it to Vietnam war lingo. then added a series of video game cutscenes and soldiers shooting at obvious blue screens. Only in a few shots do the soldiers and dinosaurs seem to occupy the same space.
Chase Barnhart dislikedPrimitive WarTerrible. The CGI was fine I guess but not great. Felt like a sci-fi channel movie with somehow a worse script and a bad cast. max ammo and a lot of dinosaurs, cool at first but it felt like a COD zombie swarm of them in every fight. Super disappointed with this movie. 3.4/10
Lee likedPrimitive WarDecent adaptation of the book, and surprisingly better looking and acted than you'd think for something that seems right at home for the Syfy channel. If you like Vietnam movies and/or dinos, I'd recommend it. Best watched with friends. Jurassic Park could learn from the gore.
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- JCJoey Crouch
Jawsome dinosaur action! This is the carnage and chaos we’ve waited for in a dinosaur movie for years!
JGJonatan Gallardogreat movie. wish it was played on a better screen. will watch it again
DMDavid Madera - MRMicah RoundtreeEAElvin AvilaJHJared Hennessy
- SDsolei donahueCCchristine christineJGjaime garza
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's Primitive War (2025) about?
Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone.
Who's the cast of Primitive War (2025)?
- Tricia Helfer
- Jeremy Piven
- Ryan Kwanten
- Nick Wechsler
- Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
- Ana Thu Nguyen
- Jake Ryan
- Lincoln Lewis
- Anthony Ingruber
- Carlos Sanson Jr.
Who's the director behind Primitive War (2025)?
Luke Sparke directed Primitive War (2025).
Who produced Primitive War (2025)?
Carmel Imrie and Carly Sparke produced Primitive War (2025).
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