2014 · adventure · sci-fi · family
Dinosaur Island
Directed by Matt Drummond1h 30m2014
The adventure begins when Lucas, a 13 year old boy, embarks on the vacation of a lifetime. When disaster strikes, Lucas finds himself stranded in a strange land littered with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. While searching for other signs of life, Lucas hears a radio broadcast in the distance and is drawn into the jungle where he encounters a beautiful young girl who claims to have come from the 1950s. Together they set out on a quest to get home all the while uncovering secrets that will forever change the future.
Our read: Dinosaur Island (2014) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive adventure · sci-fi · family entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle adventure / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
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