Dino Crisis Needs A Movie and Here's Why
19Dino Crisis is a cult classic that needs a movie adaptation.
We take a look at the 1999 survival horror game, analysing the story, the themes it explores and how a movie might be cast.
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Transcript
Dinosaurs and horror are two things that seem like an obvious recipe for success. I mean you’ve got literal demon lizards of all shapes and sizes, and you’re telling me this hasn’t been milked into oblivion for spooks? I still don’t get it, but at least there are a few notable examples, like Dino Crisis.
Ah, Dino Crisis - Capcom’s little problem child. While Resident Evil has been a cultural phenomenon for nearly 30 years, touching almost all mediums of entertainment, DC hasn’t even had a whiff of a re-release.
If you’ve not played it, it’s essentially what would happen if you smashed Resident Evil up with Jurassic Park and slurped up all the delicious, prehistoric survival horror pixels. This makes a lot of sense as it and Resi were both helmed by Shinji Mikami.
The plot follows Regina, a member of a special operations team sent to Ibis Island to recover a rogue scientist. What starts as a seemingly straightforward mission spirals into a fight for survival against dinosaurs, brought to the present through experimental time-travel technology.
Basically, if you stretched out the nail-biting kitchen scene in the original Jurassic Park into a whole story.
Now there’s been a tonne of articles, videos and general chatter on why Dino Crisis needs a sequel or a remaster in the same vein as the recent Resi ones. But I’m going a step further.
For context, my buddy Drew recently did a video on our UDS Films channel on why the endings of every single Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil movie doesn't make sense. And it got me thinking about how many bloody chances that franchise got to get it right, with probably a generous 7% success rate.
And it got me thinking, why has Resident Evil had chance after chance, when Dino Crisis hasn’t had one crack of the whip?
Ok, so I’m going to go into more detail on the plot of the game, and please, pause this video and comment if at any point you think this wouldn’t make a dope movie. Also, very obvious spoiler warnings, but this game came out 25 years ago - you’ve had time.
The game kicks off with a covert operation involving a special forces team sent to investigate a remote island research facility. The team, comprised of Regina, Gail, Rick, and Cooper, is tasked with locating Dr. Edward Kirk, a genius scientist presumed dead for three years. However, intelligence reports suggest he's alive and continuing his research on the island. The team parachutes onto Ibis Island under the cover of night, but things go awry almost immediately. Cooper is killed by an unseen creature, foreshadowing the dangers that lie ahead.
Upon regrouping, Regina and her team find the facility abandoned and in disarray. It becomes clear that the island is not merely a scientific outpost but a breeding ground for something far more sinister. As they delve deeper, they encounter their first dinosaur, revealing the true nature of their mission: survival in a place overrun by prehistoric creatures brought to the present by Dr. Kirk's experiments with "Third Energy."
The team splits up to cover more ground, with Regina tasked with restoring power and unlocking doors to facilitate their search for Kirk. Along the way, she uncovers documents that hint at the unethical nature of Kirk's experiments and the catastrophic potential of Third Energy. Despite the ever-present threat of dinosaur attacks, Regina successfully locates Kirk, only to find him uncooperative and dismissive of the danger his work poses.
As the plot thickens, Regina and her teammates discover not all is as it seems. They encounter a survivor, Tom, who reveals a government conspiracy to weaponise Third Energy. It also becomes apparent that there are traitors within their own ranks, because of course there would be...
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