Primeval (2007)

4.8R93 min

2007 American horror film by Michael Katleman

Primeval is a 2007 American action-adventure horror film directed by Michael Katleman and starring Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, and Brooke Langton. Inspired partially by the true story of Gustave, a 20 ft (6.1 m), 2,000 pounds (910 kg; 0.91 t) giant, man-eating Nile Crocodile in Burundi, the film centers on a team of American journalists who travel to Burundi to film and capture him.

The film was released on January 12, 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics but grossed $15 million worldwide. Despite its title, it has no relation to the 2007 ITV television series of the same name.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Primeval about?
Primeval (2007) — TV show star reporter Tim Manfrey and his cameraman Steven Johnson travel to Burundi to get sensational footage of a giant crococilian monster which attacked a UN identification team and the Tutsi-Hutu tribal civil war carnage mass grave corpses it was digging up in a Great Lakes
Is Primeval based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Primeval scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
What is Primeval (2007) about? Plot, synopsis and ending explained — Screencodex