A Wild West showman (James Franciscus) and his cowboys find dinosaurs near a Mexican town and put one in a Mexican circus. His victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.
It says something about the production and about Harryhausen's artistry when we realize that Gwangi, the snarling dinosaur created from a tabletop model, is the most realistically alive character on the screen.
How can a dinosaur fan of any age not love 'Gwangi,' in which the title Allosaurus makes his public debut with the unscheduled addition of a screaming dwarf between his jaws?
New Times
November 28, 2003
Cowboys and dinosaurs! Too bad we root for the dinos, but the cowboys win.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
January 01, 2016
An implausible B film fantasy sci-fi venture. But it should delight the fans of special effects maven Ray Harryhausen more than others.
