This ain't no walk in the park.
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.
Primitive War (2025) is a action, horror, war and science fiction film directed by Luke Sparke, released on August 21, 2025 with a runtime of 2h 15m. It stars Ryan Kwanten, Tricia Helfer, Nick Wechsler and Jeremy Piven. Viewers rate it 6.7 out of 10 across 531 ratings.
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Ryan Kwanten
as Baker
Tricia Helfer
as Sofia
Nick Wechsler
as Eli
Jeremy Piven
as Colonel Jericho
Anthony Ingruber
as Keyes
Aaron Glenane
as Logan
Carlos Sanson Jr.
as Leon
Albert Mwangi
as Miller
Adolphus Waylee
as Xavier
M.J. Kokolis
as Sergei
Ben Corlett
as Nikita
Ana Thu Nguyen
as Con Nhen
Directed by Luke Sparke, written by Luke Sparke and Ethan Pettus, produced by Carmel Imrie, Carly Sparke and Luke Sparke.
Average viewer score of 6.7/10 from 531 ratings.
Is the Vietnam war the most fun setting to be an actor? Racism! Murder! One-liners! Also, the Russians are back, baby! I would like to have seen Crowe revisit his accent, perhaps as Tolstoy, but these Russians are good. I really enjoyed the top 40 of this. I was flying high on the equisite blend of terrible and fun within this adventure. All good things must come to an endtimes and the movie struggles to innovate…
Reviewed on February 1, 2026
Dare I say, this was more entertaining than that awful Monster Hunter live-action movie, and most of the Jurassic movies. There are, of course, some really stupid moments, like Keyes not remembering that when the little murder turkeys run away, it means a bigger murder turkey is lurking, but hot dayum, the reveal of big murder turkey was gruesomly awesome, and the two giant murder turkeys tearing !@#$ up at the end…
Reviewed on June 25, 2026
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Primitive War (2025) is available to stream on Hulu, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Primitive War (2025) includes Ryan Kwanten, Tricia Helfer, Nick Wechsler, Jeremy Piven and Anthony Ingruber. The film was directed by Luke Sparke. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Primitive War was released on August 21, 2025 and runs for 2h 15m.
Primitive War (2025) holds an average rating of 6.7 out of 10 from 531 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy action, horror and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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