Anonymous Rex

2004
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Released: 19 November 2004 Released
Producted By: Fox Television Studios
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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.

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Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!
SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
Oldmate Appalling.I found myself getting angry and bewildered watching this. I simply could not believe that so many people involved in making such a travesty could so willingly waste my time. I just can not stop shaking my head in disbelief. Really, I can't imagine how those poor souls out there with a great idea for a film that they can't get made feel when they stumble across this. It is worth watching simply to store in the dark corners of your mind to bring up when someone asks "What is the worst movie you've seen?" I was scrolling through the channels on T.V looking for something when I saw this bizarre description about a mutant Velociraptor detective disguised as a human. Thinking that it surely can't be as bad as it sounds and might be good for a few laughs, I jumped in. I was wrong. It was worse, even, than it sounds.I pride myself on watching any movie through to the end, but I confess I just couldn't make the distance. The laughs at the poor special effects (really, I can't adequately describe how bad) and the dialogue, which is worse than most porno's, soon ran out.Sometimes it can be fun to see those 'so bad they're funny' movies, but I can't even slot this debacle into that category.
crowrobot 'Anonymous Rex' is a pale, PALE shadow of the cockeyed brilliance of the books. While the setup is rather ludicrous, the books had a lot of fun with the concept. The narration sounded like something out of the back corner of Bruce Campbell's mind, the characters were engaging, and the dialogue was actually funny. Here... They ruined it. Whoever made this movie RUINED IT! There's no humor, no excitement, no LIFE to this movie. It takes itself too seriously. That is a fatal flaw when you're dealing with something as completely insane as this. Terrible acting, script (whose bonehead idea was it to give Ernie a human daughter?), special effects, everything completely and utterly SUCKED. Avoid this movie at all costs.
bob-1188 I really have to disagree with the first line of the movie, as, I wanted to grow up and be a private investigator, and still do.Even though I love sci-fi and detective stories, I'm getting ever so tired of movies that start at the end and then drop back a week to show you how they could have ever gotten to this point. This theme is a bit overdone, somebody think of some new twist on this, please. As is required by the Film Actors Guild, there is indeed a Baldwin in the movie, so F.A.G. will fully support this TV movie. There are a few unexpected turns, but few really original thoughts to the plot, other than the basis of the movie itself.Rumour has it that this will be a series next season, and we need more good scifi, as it's running pretty thin out there. Here's hopin.
RvrendJim Dinosaurs didn't die out. They live among us, in disguise. And some of them are private detectives. That's the premise of Anonymous Rex, written by Joe Menosky and based on the book by Eric Garcia. The show successfully blends fantasy with hard boiled detective drama, moving at a brisk pace from start to finish. I think it works best because of the matter-of-fact tone of it all. The show takes itself seriously enough without becoming a spoof of the PI genre. This a detective show that just happens to include dinosaurs in holographic costumes. With such a fantastic premise, suspension of disbelief takes a little work. But the show pulls it off thanks to some very crisp writing, nifty direction, and excellent performances from the cast. Every actor is spot-on for their character, with some nice performances turned in by Faye Dunaway and Isaac Hayes as members of a dinosaur council. While the two hour movie stands alone, it also sets up what would be a terrific weekly series. Dino For Hire? Sounds like a stretch. But it works, and works surprisingly well.