Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 0/10

Cast: Eric Roberts, Jack Pearson, Jamie Bernadette, Azeem Vecchio, Kahlo De Jesus Buffington, DeAngelo Davis, Eric Guilmette, John Crosby, Miranda Meadows, Alissa Filoamo, Nicole Starrett, Jenny Tran, Torrey Richardson, Trevor Champion Rogers.

The ‘B’ movie, maligned by some, praised by others for their innovation and for giving the relative unknown actor or director, even writer, their first big chance to impress on screen, has for generations of film lovers been part of their discovery of the genre, and by contrast for those willing to delve to a depth that the big players refuse to entertain, given them a so-called guilty pleasure that makes dinner table conversation lighter and gives a retrospective analysis of the stars who have inhabited the reels.

Without the ‘B’ movie a lot of science fiction today would not have been given the green light, without for example The Blob, which co-incidentally gave the great Steve McQueen his first meaningful screen time in a leading role, it could be argued that audiences would not have had the Men In Black series, without 1985’s Return of the Living Dead, you might not have had the opportunity to laugh your way through the brilliance of Shaun Of The Dead…and some became instant classics, films that defied their place in the film hierarchy and strode amongst the elites of their day, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead, and Eraserhead.

Then there are those that produced and created in which the viewer is left stumped on how they managed to get screen time, the letter B being too good for them, the idea of underrated classic offering little to encourage anyone to take cinema seriously; and one such film of recent times is the simply dreadful Jurassic Domination.

A film so poor that not even the appearance of Eric Roberts can lift it to a standard of mediocre, and which does not even give the knowing nod of capitulation to the Jurassic Park franchise in its later showing, is by any stretch of the imagination one to avoid, but for the sadist and the masochist alike, there is a moment to find in any film that will cause joy, and whilst the mere mortal will disavow, the chance to be a glutton for cinematic punishment is overpowering, it is to flagellate on the end of a plastic video box that had long since been dumped in a rubbish tip.

Whilst you should always stick to the belief that if you have nothing nice to say then keep quiet, occasionally you have to admit that the world has gone to far when it has films such as Jurassic Domination waiting to be devoured by the masses.

A film to avoid at all costs, one in which you might well admit is the worst film ever recorded.

Ian D. Hall