CARNOSAUR 3: PRIMAL SPECIES

CARNOSAUR 3: PRIMAL SPECIES Scott Valentine, Janet Gunn (1996, New Horizons, R, priced for rental) The original Carnosaur was very good to producer Roger Corman, as his mad rush to beat Jurassic Park into theaters and video stores paid off in publicity. This second sequel, however, feels more like a low-budget Italian rip-off of Corman's own watered-down vision. In what is essentially a remake of the claustrophobic Carnosaur 2, Valentine heads up a Special Forces team out to capture dinosaurs that have been accidentally defrosted by terrorists. While Valentine spends the entire movie doing the same Stallone impersonation he used as Nick on Family Ties, the rambling story doesn't show half the wit of the closing credits, in which a disclaimer assures that no dinosaurs were harmed during the making of this film. D