happipuppi13 I was ecstatic when I found a VHS copy of this at Goodwill last night!With good reason, I haven't seen this film since 1981. During a rainy Saturday afternoon,on local TV . (Yes, it went from Network TV to syndicated local TV "that" fast.)I was 12 or 13 back then and (of course) long before CGI would make effects eye popping ,I can honestly say for myself, I was actually amazed as a kid by the effects here. Yes ,young ,innocent and naive' ,I proudly admit it.....but that's what made watching this film fun and even exciting then. I really believed all I saw and felt the characters truly were in danger and the creatures seemed real as well. Getting back to last night though,it was a "very" used coy,first of all but still watchable. In a new perspective ,yes ,Jurrasic Park had taken the effects of films like this and made them instantly into yesterday's news and (to some) laughable.I'll admit ,it made me laugh, to see that Pterodactyl right off the bat,when the ship emerged from the water. And, how Masten,Chuck & Bunta were able to create & build crossbows & arrows to brand new ,factory like perfection.Still ,like many say here ,the fun is in watching the actors try and make this a believable story. They came kind of close.Boone was over the top but still pretty good as a man who has seen may great adventures but is now seeing that his best years and times are behind him. (Hence the name of the movie & not just for the T-Rax itself.) Big laugh from him calling chuck a "ding-dong" , a nice safe PG rated insult.He knows this is his last expedition & last chance to do something great and feel great about himself, After retirement,according to him ,there's nothing to expect. In second place is Joan Van Ark (less than a year away from debuting her now iconic character "Valerie" on Dallas.) At first it looks like her character would be a really strong female who'd take Masten to task and put him in his place. In the first 1/2 ,I have to say it ,she smiles and laughs way too much. Maybe that's her character's persona but even after she gets leeches on her ,instead of getting really upset ,she just (again half smiling) says "leeches..yuk!" It's not until things get really bad for her & the crew that her performance really gets interesting/ From being hounded by the big bad dinosaur ,to irate cave people and then realizing that she & the crew may be trapped in the past forever.Dr. Kawamoto (Tetsu Nakamura_sais little and big shock ,becomes the first victim of the dinosaur. In a scene eerily similar to the now classic Jurrasic Park "bathroom" moment ....the poor man sees the monster tower over him ...and stomp him like an insect. The rest of the cast (like Bunta played by Luther Rackley & not counting the cave people) ,may as well have not have been given any lines at all. Anything they were given to day is pretty boring or predictable. In the end ,the massage is clear that Masten is seeking that final glory to the point of obsession with the dinosaur. He only wants to kill it so he can brag about something for maybe the last time and hunting & killing is what he's truly best at.Despite the things that make us laugh here (unitended or not) ,the final sequence and ending is actually very poignant and has a fair level of meaning.So, in all ,I rate this film 4 stars. A star each for Boon & Van Ark. One star for the fun and the final star for the somewhat deeper meaning to it all. (END)

Chris Gaskin I recently watched The Last Dinosaur for the first time and I quite enjoyed it, despite reading some bad reviews.A big game hunter, Thrust leads a team to an uncharted area of the North Pole where there is a lost world with dinosaurs (more of which later) still living, hoping to capture the one in the title of the movie, a T-Rex. The team head to this lost world in a craft that drills it way there. Once there, the party have to defend themselves from the dinosaurs and other creatures along with some rather unfriendly cave people. One of them though, a woman makes friends with the explorers. But Thrust won't be happy until he has caught the T-Rex...Now to the dinosaurs and other creatures.. As well as the T-Rex, there is a Tricerotops, Pteranodons, Uintatherium and a giant turtle. Most of these were played by men in monster suits.The Last Dinosaur has a rather catchy theme song and background music. the fight between the T-Rex and Tricerotops is, as far as I know the only time these 2 species have fought each other in film. Also, the T-Rex's raw has Godzilla's mixed in too.The cast includes a good performance by Richard Boone as Thrust and and is joined by Joan Van Ark and Steven Keats.Although not as good as some other Dinosaur movies, The Last Dinosaur is certainly recommended viewing, especially if you are a fan of Donosaur movies.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

cadinaldude2003 This show is so bad, it is worth watching. Special effects arebad,m even for made for TV, 70's movies. Theplot is prettystandard stuff; rich big game hunter finds a lost world with dinoand cave men and goes to hunt T-Rex, who ends up eating lots ofpeople. Richard Boone is the only thing good about this stink fest. Booneis a very good actor who ends up in this movie for some reason,perhaps $$$. Don't judge his work based on this one show. But, if you like bad movies, this one is gold! Don't know if MysteryScence Th. 3000 has ever shown this, but it would be a perfectmovie for them.

ionamay48 Ok, this is low budget stuff. yes the t-rex is ludicrous. But I still like this movie. Luckily it does seem to get better as it goes along. I love boone anyway, and he is at his screaming, impatient best here. It is still an entertaining flick ,and special effects not withstanding, it is still a pretty engaging movie. if you want a good laugh and some decent Boone to kill 90 minutes with, this is acceptable. Van Ark's luscious figure doesn't hurt the eyes either.