''Age of Dinosaurs'' is a 2013 low budget science fiction

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by Joseph J. Lawson and starring

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and

Treat Williams Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor, writer and aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television in over 120 credits. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 musical film '' Hair'', and la ...

Plot

Using flesh-

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machines, Genetisharp (a biotech company) creates a set of living

dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

s and

pterosaur Pterosaurs (; from Greek ''pteron'' and ''sauros'', meaning "wing lizard") is an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order, Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic: from the Late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 to ...

s from a strand of DNA. The creatures escape and terrorize

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. These

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animals include a giant

Ceratosaurus ''Ceratosaurus'' (from Ancient Greek, Greek κέρας/κέρατος, ' meaning "horn" and wikt:σαῦρος, σαῦρος ' meaning "lizard") was a carnivorous Theropoda, theropod dinosaur in the Late Jurassic Period (geology), period (Kim ...

, raptorlike

Carnotaurus ''Carnotaurus'' (; ) is a genus of theropod dinosaur that lived in South America during the Late Cretaceous period, probably sometime between 71 and 69 million years ago. The only species is ''Carnotaurus sastrei''. Known from a single well-p ...

, building-climbing

Spinosaurus ''Spinosaurus'' (; ) is a genus of spinosaurid dinosaur that lived in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian to upper Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous period, about 99 to 93.5 million years ago. The genus was known first fro ...

, and brutal

Pteranodon ''Pteranodon'' (); from Ancient Greek (''pteron'', "wing") and (''anodon'', "toothless") is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with ''P. longiceps'' having a wingspan of . They lived during the late Cr ...

. The final battle is on the

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, and the dinosaurs are all destroyed when they are run into a collapsing building due to them being drawn there by scent.

Cast

as Gabe Jacobs *

as Justin *

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as Jade Jacobs * Joshua Michael Allen as Craig Carson * Max Aria as Leo Karst * Johannes Goetz as Hans * Julia Paul as Leanna * Arthur Richardson as Sergeant Mike * Jose Rosete as Doug * Laura Tuny as Kim Evans * Roani Whent as Nile * Jodi Lyn Brockton as Vanessa * Kelly V. Dolan as Technician Rosario * Jennifer Robyn Jacobs as Technician Graham * Andray Johnson as Police Chief Dawson *

Roger Lim Roger Lim (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. Education and early career Born and raised in San Francisco, California, he graduated from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in Psychology. As a ...

as Lieutenant Crawford * Ben Anklam as SWAT Leader (Benjamin James)

References

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* 2013 films Films about dinosaurs 2010s science fiction adventure films 2013 science fiction action films The Asylum films American science fiction adventure films American science fiction action films American disaster films Giant monster films American monster movies 2010s monster movies Films set in Los Angeles 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-sf-film-stub