There isn't much to be said for "Dinosaur Valley" (aka "Cannibal Ferox 2") with the exception of some lovely young ladies who spend a good deal of the film naked and on the run. A plane carrying some truly oddball passengers, including the film's fossil-hunting hero Kevin and several scantily clad models, crashes in the Brazilian jungle. For those who survive, it is a fight to get back to civilization, through pirhanas, jungle animals, flesh-eating pigs, cannibals and a slaver who is running an illegal mining operation. The film is wildly overacted and the dialogue atrocious, but the location photography is noteworthy and the ladies are the kind all heterosexual men dream of. The film verges on camp, so you might as well laugh along with it. The gore quotient is so-so, the few special effects pathetic.

In the country of Brazil, Kevin Hall whom is an American paleontologist searches for the legendary valley of the dinosaur which has been said to be cursed. Kevin refuses to believe such stuff as he goes out with a crew on a plane until they crash land in the jungles. They must find a way back home but suddenly they are attacked by vicious cannibal tribes who think they still live in the stone-age and are taken by a greedy slave trader who would sell them for a good price until Kevin decides to kick some butt.Entertaining and bloody Italian-Brazilian cannibal action horror adventure from the writer of "Zombi 2" (a.k.a. Zombie) and "The Beyond" that mixes the horror and action genres together. Cult actor Michael Sopkiw ("2019: After The Fall of New York) shines as the hero of this movie as he's really the star more then the other cast members, there's some good nudity and gore to satisfy horror and b-movie fans alike on the plus side for those who have seen cannibal movies there is no animal cruelty in this one.Turn your brain off and enjoy this violent and enjoyable cannibal b-movie romp.Also recommended: "Jungle Holocaust" ( a.k.a. Last Cannibal World), "Cannibal Ferox", "Indiana Jones Trilogy", "The Mummy (1999)", "The Exterminator", "Man from Deep River", "Eaten Alive!", "Caligula", "Combat Shock", "Troma's War", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Kill Bill", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Mountain of the Cannibal God", "Cannibal Apocalypse", "Day of the Dead", "The Toxic Avenger", "Terror Firmer", "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider", "Hell of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. Night of the Zombies, Zombie Creeping Flesh, Virus)", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series & 2003 remake", "The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 and 2006)", "Hostel", "Battle Royale", "Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky", "The Untold Story", " Zombi Holocaust", "Emmanuel and The Last Cannibals" and "Cannibal Holocaust".

There should be an old axiom about bad movies, so I'm going to make it. Generally, the worse a movie is, the better it gets (as long as there's some action). Massacre in Dinosaur Valley is one of those movies. By anyone's standards, this is an incredible terrible and incompetent movie, but it's so chocked full of sex, action, and overall fun that there's no way I could find myself not enjoying every second of it. Sleaze director Tarantini obviously couldn't help himself in cashing in on the success of the cannibal genre, throwing in his usual soft-core porn along with it. It may have been more successful in the early 80s, during the cannibal boom, but I digress. Tarantini also incorporates every aspect of the genre with this film: gratuitous nudity as sex (though it's a little heavier than most other cannibal films), great gore, beautiful women, and total cheese in every scene. Overall, it all comes together horribly, but in such a fun way that I dare you to say you didn't find it entertaining.We open with Professor Ibanez and his lusty, busty daughter, Eva, arriving at a hotel. There they meet our hapless hero, Kevin (Michael Sopkiw), whose a paleontologist of sorts. Anyway, the professor's heading to Dinosaur Valley, and lets Kevin come along. They get into a plane with some strange characters: a paranoid Vietnam vet, his ape wife, a photographer, and his two models, Belinda and Monica (who are obviously only there for the sex angle). The plane crashes (of course) in Dinosaur Valley, and several characters die from the crash, or by the hands of piranha and a cannibal tribe. Eva and Belinda are captured by the tribe, and are prepared to be sacrificed to their dinosaur god. Our hero saves them in a wild and totally fun action scene, but, just to show how bad the movie really is, the shotgun he uses is only a nine shot and he fires over twenty times without reloading. After escaping the cannibals, they get caught again by illegal miners and their leader, China. Belinda is killed after being raped by another woman, China has his way with Eva, and Michael escapes in the night. He comes back, frees the slaves, gives China his predictable fate, saves Eva in a rather chauvinistic way, and they fly into the sunset in their stolen helicopter (rather cliché).This movie is sheer exploitation in every aspect and on every level, and the good thing about true sheer exploitation is that there's never a dull moment at any time. There are no morals, ethics, or limits set. Everything goes through the roof in this one, while still staying soft core. Tarantini certainly has the eye for what men like, as the sex/nudity starts in the opening minutes of the film. There are sleazy zoom-ins to the "naughty bits," lesbian rape, and full frontal galore. All of this is deplorably unethical, but who has time for ethics? Then there's the horribly awful disaster part, with the cheesiest plane crash of all time, as well as the worst acting. Well, that's not fair. Michael Sopkiw does a pretty decent job acting and dubbing his character (there's no perfect dub job), but that's not true for everyone else. Then the cannibal genre takes hold, bringing excellent scenes of gore and nudity sleaze (and combinations of both). It calms down after that, but still never strays from action. Once they get captured by the miners, you know whose going to make it and how, but despite being predictable, the movie is so bad anyway that it doesn't really matter. Probably the worst part of the film is the dialogue. While watching it (even after the first time), I always find myself laughing and audibly thinking "People wouldn't really say that!" Either they did a horrible job translating, or Tarantini is the worst screen write on the face of the earth. Not saying that it's completely a bad thing, as it helps with the goofy environment in the rest of the film.Really, the only thing I can say I don't like about this movie is how the cannibal tribe appears, which is almost always a problem in the obscure additions to the cannibal genre. In the "good" cannibal movies, the tribes look dirty, gritty, dirt encrusted, and savage. In this one, it looks like the actors playing the tribe got a shave and a haircut before playing their parts. I always have at least that problem with these movies. Other than that one qualm, I'm perfectly satisfied with Massacre in Dinosaur Valley. The gore, sex, and sleaze is high, and the talent is low, which is a good combination every time. If you swear by Roger Ebert and by good, legitimate classics or even just good adventure films, you'd best stay away. The target here is younger men and their friends watching a neat nudo-film. A couple of drinks and a group is the perfect atmosphere for watching this movie. Proceed at your own risk, but I recommend it every time. Turn the volume up, your brain down, and enjoy exploitation that way it was meant to be.

An anthropologist, Vietnam vet, his bitchy lush wife, scientist, his daughter, and two fashion models(??!?) on their way to dig up some fossils on Dinosuar island (there's no dinosaurs in the movie, don't worry, it's just a name) crash land in the midst of a jungle and must contend with various obstacles to their survival including cannibals, wild animals, and various other things. This movie is so goofily cheesy that I couldn't help but to enjoy it. Lots of gore as well as T&A (and some bush too) make this film go down so much easier. Add to that many quotable lines and you have a good bad movie.My Grade: C+