Anonymous Rex

2004

Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 52%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.2/10 10 990 990

dinosaur

Plot summary

The dinosaurs didn't go completely extinct when the asteroids hit 65 million years ago. Today, every ten thousandth person in the country is a dinosaur, evolved to be human-sized, wearing sophisticated solid-light holographic disguises to maintain the facade, getting stoned off regular cooking herbs like basil, rosemary and tarragon, and living by their own shadow government's laws; any human who stumbles upon them is to be immediately executed. Two dino private investigators, velociraptor Vincent Rubio and triceratops Ernie Watson, are hired by one of Ernie's old girlfriends to find out why her younger brother committed suicide, and discover a dino cult called Voice Of Progress that wants dinokind to come out of the closet and reclaim the planet.

Director

Julian Jarrold Photo
Julian Jarrold

Top cast

Isaac Hayes Photo
Isaac Hayes as Elegant Man
Leslie Carlson Photo
Leslie Carlson as Man
Alan Van Sprang Photo
Alan Van Sprang as Raal
Stephanie Lemelin Photo
Stephanie Lemelin as Gabrielle Watson
720p.WEB
816.14 MB
1280*718
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by groucho3710

Dinos--ya gotta love 'em

Reviewed by wrlang 5 / 10

interesting evolutionary turn

Anonymous Rex is about smart dinosaurs living among humans in holographic costumes. They've been living with us for millions of years and are the dragons of legend. The story is about two PIs that track down a rogue dino organization called the voice of progress who is trying to change the world so dinos rule again. The dinos got high on various herbs, even the carnivorous ones. Some of the rogue cult vaporizes tarragon in a club to try and get the dinos to go on a rampage killing humans and exposing themselves so the dinos will need to come out and fight to protect themselves from the scared and angry humans. The directing was good along with the camera work and dialog. Acting was passable and helped keep the story moving. Subplot, one of the dinos daughters was a real human that wanted to be a dino.
Reviewed by weblynx16-262-513000 5 / 10

Let the conspiracy theories begin !

I was looking for some new monster movie to watch and came across this entry. I'm a fan of B-monster movies, so I might be a bit biased. This movie seemed pretty interesting, at least in concept. Dinosaurs survived extinction! Now they're human-sized and hidden among us under high-tech gadgetry. Before that they used make-up and then latex suits to disguise, of course. It's a very long shot to believable, like most conspiracy theories. Despite that, it is so bad in a good way that it kind of works. This title did have crappy CGI, at least for this generation. So-so acting was present, some is good, some not, some falls in between. Camera work could also use some tweaking. Even with its flaws, I liked this movie. Don't get me wrong, it isn't Shakespeare in the Park. Though with that title, expectations were not high, "Anonymous Rex" immediately led me to think about dinosaurs. And yes, it could have been a lot better, but it is entertaining and different. Apparently there is even a series of books it's based on. I obviously have not read them; I don't think I will either. The movie, though B-movie, Friday night material, is not exactly a glowing recommendation, though it might have led someone down the road to believe in lizard-men.
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