‘The Invisible Raptor’ Review: A See-Through Spoof of ‘Jurassic’-Style Adventures Mostly Goes for Low Jinks

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Dennis Harvey Film Critic Those who grew up watching FX-heavy seriocomic mainstream creature features of the 1980s and ’90s may enjoy the nostalgic fun had at their expense in “The Invisible Raptor.” Viewers resistant to a landslide of scatological humor, however, may find the laughs pretty slim in this overlong, uninspired monster spoof.

Director Mike Hermosa’s indie feature is enterprisingly polished, but the weak material provided by Mike Capes and Johnny Wickham’s screenplay might’ve worked better boiled down to the length of a “Funny or Die” short.

After a run of genre festival gigs, it’s being launched by Well Go USA on limited screens and digital platforms Dec. 6. At Tyler Corporation, a high-security lab holds top-secret results of genetic engineering: the titular velociraptor, which cannot be seen … or trusted.

Developed for a murky “weaponization program,” it has brains as well as brawn, enough to outsmart the technicians present and escape its jail cell-like cage — which means specially billed Sean Astin’s cameo is bloodily short-lived.