REPTILIAN-1999-An archaeological expedition led by the pompously deranged Dr. Campbell (Richard Livingston)) is looking for Yonggary, a legendary dinosaur 50 times the size of T-Rex. Just when he and his assistant Holly (Donna Philipson) are on the verge of discovery the long thought to be dead Dr. Hughes (Harrison Young) shows up to say they have to call off the dig. Campbell convinces Holly that Hughes is crazy but later on she quits the expedition and goes to a bar. She encounters Hughes again and he semi-convinces her he might be right.
The two go back to the dig just in time to see Campbell unveil the skeleton of the ancient Yonggary. It's promptly revitalized by some aliens in a spaceship (it's of alien origin to begin with) and stomps Campbell to death. Then proceeds to wreck the town. When missiles and bombs fail, a group of soldiers with jet packs and laser guns fight it. They discover that the aliens use a diamond embedded in the monster's head to control it. Once the diamond is destroyed Yonggary becomes a good guy so the aliens (who look like metallic Ridley Scott aliens and talk like Darth Vader) send another prehistoric monster to fight the new hero. An all out monster battle ensues!
The goofy dialogue sounds just like it would have been used to dub an Asian movie even though it's not dubbed! Despite this there is some funny intentional humor. The SFX could have been better but it's still more enjoyable than any shit on The SyFy channel. Despite being filmed in English and starring American actors this was produced in Korea by director Hyung-rae Shim. It was inspired by the 1967 Godzilla inspired Korean Kaiju/giant monster film YONGGARY.
An "updated" version with new scenes was released in 2001.
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