"The Jurassic Games"

Ever find one of those films that seem to take two top box office ranking films mash them together and see if it sticks? People just love to jump on the band wagon to other's success and see if they can come away with some of their own. Sometimes it works and they get a cult classic and other times they're just trying too hard. This latest film seems to take "The Hunger Games" and the "Jurassic Park" franchises and roll them into one with a hint of "Gamer" thrown in to make it interesting.

In a near future, the yearly Jurassic Games is a worldwide television event where ten death row inmates compete for the chance to have their records wiped clean and walk out free in a virtual reality game where they try to survive dinosaurs, and each other as the world watches. One of these inmates Tucker (Adam Hampton) has been wrongly convicted of brutally killing his wife and is using the games for the chance to see his family again, but others don't have his morals and will do anything to win, because if they die in the game, they die for real.

While this seems at first glance as someone's attempt to throw something at the wall and see what sticks, it was surprisingly a descent watch. Despite being a little overdramatic, the plot features political questions as to the rights of people and if society could go too far in its attempts for live entertainment. Along with well choreographed fight scenes and nail-biting moments of suspense, it earns four G.M.Stars for being a worth watch film for those who need something different that quite familiar.

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"The Jurassic Games" is available at Redbox now and where movies are sold.