While the story has been done numerous times and the exposition(s) at the beginning could have been handled more concisely, the movie avoids most of the pitfalls that usually make this kind of movie so laughable. Here, the heroine, a psychologist, thinks quickly and does have the obvious ideas (like going for the eyes of the beast after her); people die basically in the order you expect them to, but at least they don't get to finish their "meaningful last words" (nor do they have anything important to say).
The visual effects are top-notch, the plot -- as I said above -- isn't annoying, the acting is fine (gotta love Jill Hennessy) for this sort of movie and while some people in the audience seemed to think the ending was too fast, at least it avoided the usual "oh, there's a mother monster" and "oh, it's not dead yet" cliches.
In short, if you want to see big lizards eating people without having to check your brains at the front door, watch this.
The visual effects are top-notch, the plot -- as I said above -- isn't annoying, the acting is fine (gotta love Jill Hennessy) for this sort of movie and while some people in the audience seemed to think the ending was too fast, at least it avoided the usual "oh, there's a mother monster" and "oh, it's not dead yet" cliches.
In short, if you want to see big lizards eating people without having to check your brains at the front door, watch this.