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30-612: [REDACTED] Look up primeval in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Primeval may refer to: Primeval forest , an area of forest that has attained great age Primeval number , a positive integer satisfying certain conditions Primeval history , name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis Film and TV [ edit ] Primeval (TV series) , 2007 UK TV series Primeval: New World ,

60-744: A Canadian science fiction series, based on the British series Primeval Primeval (film) , a 2007 American horror film The Primevals , a 2023 American science fiction film Primeval ( Doctor Who audio drama) , a Big Finish audio play based on the BBC TV series Doctor Who "Primeval" ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) , an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Other [ edit ] The Primevals (band) ,

90-452: A Canadian science fiction series, based on the British series Primeval Primeval (film) , a 2007 American horror film The Primevals , a 2023 American science fiction film Primeval ( Doctor Who audio drama) , a Big Finish audio play based on the BBC TV series Doctor Who "Primeval" ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) , an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Other [ edit ] The Primevals (band) ,

120-410: A Scottish rock group See also [ edit ] Primevil , a rock band Primitive (disambiguation) Primordial (disambiguation) Prinivil , a hypertension drug Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Primeval . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

150-410: A Scottish rock group See also [ edit ] Primevil , a rock band Primitive (disambiguation) Primordial (disambiguation) Prinivil , a hypertension drug Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Primeval . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

180-419: A government official Hahutu Mkwesa who goes by Harry, who tries to delay their departure by warning them of unrest in the bush, caused by a dangerous warlord who has nicknamed himself "Little Gustave." Tim manages to overrule Harry by faking a call to Roger, and the team departs the next day being accompanied by two soldiers. When the party reaches the village where the last attack occurred they meet their guide,

210-417: A grenade and detonates it as Gustave grabs him in his jaws and devours him, but the grenade fails to kill the crocodile. The next day, a helicopter arrives to airlift the survivors, but a truck arrives with two of Little Gustave's men, who fire a rocket at the helicopter. The group ducks, except for Matt, who runs after the helicopter to stop it from flying away. Matt is rammed by the truck and shot to death by

240-431: A licensed hunter named Jacob, and are blessed by the local shaman; the friendly villagers assemble a steel cage in order to capture Gustave and take the cage to a nearby swamp. The first attempt to capture Gustave, by placing a goat as bait, fails, but Matt manages to shoot a tracking dart into it. The next day, Steven happens upon the shaman and his family being executed by men working for Little Gustave and films it. While

270-433: A peak presence in 5 theaters and a run time of 42 weeks. In Thailand , the film grossed $ 609,611, with a peak presence in 56 theaters and a run time of 38 weeks. Primeval received negative reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , Primeval received an approval rating of 18% based on 56 reviews, and an average rating of 3.46/10. Its consensus reads, " Primeval is a low-quality horror film, which due to

300-478: Is suddenly a story of interest to the world. Tim doesn't want to go, knowing that Burundi is a war zone, but he has little choice because one of his stories turns out to have been based on falsified evidence. Tim and Aviva are accompanied to Burundi by Tim's cameraman and friend, Steven Johnson, and herpetologist Matt Collins, who are intent on capturing Gustave alive. At the airport in Bujumbura they are met by

330-440: Is unfortunately understated." Peter Hartlaub from The San Francisco Chronicle stated that the film "almost works as an intentionally stupid action movie", but noted "for every guilty pleasure moment, a failed attempt to inject importance to the plot will shock you back into having a bad time again." A.O. Scott of The New York Times criticized the film's editing, script, and characters. Jon Condit from Dread Central awarded

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360-642: The Burundian Civil War ended with a ceasefire in 2005, but Gustave is very much alive and still killing people in the Rusizi River of Burundi. The film was released on January 12, 2007. The film was released on June 12, 2007 on DVD and Blu-ray. Primeval grossed $ 10,597,734 in the United States with an additional $ 4,693,543 in other territories for a total of $ 15,291,277 worldwide. During its domestic theatrical run, Primeval

390-437: The 2007 ITV television series of the same name . In Burundi , a British forensic anthropologist is examining the corpses in a mass grave , claiming they were all killed in an identical manner. When the woman digs her shovel into what she believes is another grave, an unseen creature attacks and violently drags her into the river. The UN soldiers accompanying her fire into the water, but only her mangled corpse floats to

420-442: The country in a bad light, and the people of Burundi are made out to be savages, barbarians, thieves, and murderers". Dennis Harvey's review of the film for Variety applauded its creative blend of genres, describing it as a "55% giant-crocodile "Jaws" and 45% fact-inspired, "Blood Diamond"-esque civil-war-violence thriller." He states that despite its unconventional combination, the film is seen as decently handled genre fare with

450-451: The crocodile as "the most prolific serial killer in history," noting that the filmmakers seem embarrassed by their endeavor. Anderson notes that he finds the film lacking in the fun and intensity of similar creature features and portrays it as "grim, dull, and ugly." The film also received criticism from Naturalist Patrice Faye, who stated that the film was "an insult to purists and herpetologists but, above all, an insult to Burundi. It shows

480-508: The dart on Gustave, saying it will locate the computer with the video. Harry forces Tim and Aviva to lead them to the "computer." While Harry holds Aviva at gunpoint, Tim and one of Harry's men follow the tracking signal to Gustave's lair, where the crocodile is sleeping. Tim finds Steven's mutilated body, and a combat knife in the scattered human remains, and stabs the guard. At the same moment, Aviva splatters Harry with Matt's container of crocodile pheromones and runs. Gustave wakes up and smells

510-441: The dramatic ‘let’s make a statement on Africa’ thriller it clearly has designs on being. Neither works very well." In his review for The Globe and Mail , Jason Anderson gave the film a low rating of 1.5/5. Describing the film as an "exploitation-movie variation on Blood Diamond," he criticized it for its misguided attempt to go beyond a simple killer-crocodile premise and highlights the film's problematic anthropomorphization of

540-458: The film a score of 1/5, calling it "a really poor man’s Blood Diamond that just happens to also feature an enormous man-eating crocodile". Condit panned the film's thin characterizations, misleading marketing, and called Purcell "a major miscasting problem". Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures rated the film a score of 2/10, writing "The film doesn’t have a clue what it wants to be and switches frequently from generic monster-on-the-loose flick to

570-408: The free dictionary. Primeval may refer to: Primeval forest , an area of forest that has attained great age Primeval number , a positive integer satisfying certain conditions Primeval history , name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis Film and TV [ edit ] Primeval (TV series) , 2007 UK TV series Primeval: New World ,

600-486: The inane political messages does not even qualify as campy fun." On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "Generally unfavorable reviews". Luke Y. Thompson of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review, writing, "With a little camp this could have been fun, but director Michael Katleman doesn’t play it that way, and even Jürgen Prochnow’s crazed Ahab wannabe

630-410: The injured Jojo, Tim goes to look for Steven, but finds only his camera. As they are waiting for help, Tim remarks to Aviva that he now understands the shaman's earlier words that "we make our own monsters." Matt had earlier told the group that crocodiles frequently feed on carrion , and there is no limit to how large they can grow, given enough sustenance; it is the bodies from the civil war, floating in

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660-421: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primeval&oldid=1191349261 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages primeval [REDACTED] Look up primeval in Wiktionary,

690-492: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primeval&oldid=1191349261 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Primeval (film) 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

720-454: The others debate airing the footage, "Jojo", a teenage villager who helped set up the cage, uses himself as live bait to capture Gustave. The beast arrives and tries to devour him, but disappears, as Tim, Matt, and Steven race to rescue him. Meanwhile, Aviva catches one of the soldier escorts stealing money from a tent. The soldier knocks her down and attempts to rape her, but Gustave arrives and kills him. Aviva escapes unharmed and catches up with

750-517: The others. The remaining guard relays over his radio that the Americans videotaped the shaman's execution. Just as the group realizes that the soldiers work for Little Gustave, the remaining guard, believing Jacob videotaped the evidence, wounds him; Jojo intervenes, and shoots him. While Jacob's wound is being treated, Gustave attacks the group. Jacob recalls the story of how his wife, Ona, was killed by Gustave, and that he swore revenge. Jacob produces

780-458: The river, that have given Gustave a taste for human flesh, and allowed him to reach such a gargantuan size as the years go by. Harry arrives in a Range Rover , but Tim realizes that he is actually Little Gustave upon discovering the shaman's necklace in his possession. Little Gustave wants the video evidence of the shaman’s execution. Tim attempts to trick Harry by giving him the GPS tracker linked to

810-521: The scent of the pheromones, ignoring Tim and Aviva in favor of devouring Harry. Tim, Jojo and Aviva climb into the Range Rover, but Gustave attacks through the rear window. Tim stabs the crocodile in the mouth with a machete . Gustave roars in defeat as the others manage to escape. Weeks later, Tim, Aviva, Jojo, and Wiley receive medical treatment and fly back home to America, watching leftover footage of Steven on his camera. The end credits state that

840-521: The surface - before being devoured. In a New York City newsroom, television journalist Tim Manfrey is assigned by his boss, Roger Sharpe, to travel to Burundi with Aviva Masters, a reporter who deals with animal stories and has become interested in Gustave , a gigantic, fierce Nile crocodile known to have killed hundreds of people in Africa over the years. With the killing of the anthropologist, Gustave

870-483: The younger of the two militia members, a teenager performing what is clearly his first execution. When the driver of the truck notices the rest of the group, Tim yells for them to split up. In the ensuing chase, both of Little Gustave's men are killed: when the truck crashes into the river, the teenager is thrown out and dies on impact, while the driver is shot by Aviva when he tries to strangle Tim. Steven stumbles upon Gustave and struggles to escape. While Aviva stays with

900-505: Was shown in theaters for 354 days, equivalent to 50 weeks. At its peak, the film was screened in 2,444 theaters during the weeks of Jan 12-18, 2007 and Jan 19-25, 2007. In its opening week, the film made $ 7,716,473 across 2,444 theaters, achieving a per-theater average of $ 3,157. Internationally, the film grossed $ 867,343 in Mexico , where it reached its peak presence in 221 theaters and ran for 36 weeks. In Malaysia , it earned $ 825,250, with

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