tyrannosaurus azteca be set during the sixteenth century where famous spanish explorer hernando cortes ( ian ziering ) have land in mexico with six of his best men include lieutenant rio ( marco sanchez ) and they intend to claim the land in the name of the spanish and maybe steal some gold too if the opportunity arise . within minute they have their first sight of local aztec savage and within minute after that cortes and his men be capture and hold prisoner . if that wasn not bad enough it turn out that a couple of tyrannosaurus rex live there and like to eat the local and in an effort to win their live the spanish offer to help the local get rid of their monster problem but with various hidden agenda and ulterior motif it not just the dinosaur they have to watch out for . direct by brian trenchard smith ( who and coincidently and make one of my all time favourite exploitation film turkey shoot ( 1982 ) which i throughly recommend to one and all ) and also more commonly know under the spoof sound title of aztec rex ( the title be change by the sci fi channel when they air it maybe a the original title tyrannosaurus azteca sound like it might be a foreign film ) this be yet another idiotic and cheap look sci fi channel creature feature and that all you need to know really . base on and around the real spanish conquistador cortes during his expedition to mexico the film definitely doesn not strive for historic accuracy although i will admit that the story try to do something slightly different here but ultimately tyrannosaurus azteca be still just a creature feature with a bunch of people run from some poor cgi computer graphic of a monster despite it period set . not too sure what else i can say and despite be set century ago the usual clichés be here and the character be the usual cardboard cutout and make stupid decision and the selfish one and the heroic one and the backstabbing one and the faceless victim who exist just to get eaten and the pretty woman be all here and easy to spot . the film be predictable and silly and dull and doesn not really entertain on any level although it do move along at a decent pace and there one or two half decent moment of gore if that sort of thing interest you . the story isn not that good and have plenty of hole too and this be also the sort of film that you will have completely forget about within a few day . now i have see and comment on plenty of sci fi channel creature feature and usually the cgi computer effect be terrible and while tyrannosaurus azteca doesn not exactly buck the trend i will admit there be a few effect shot which look alright but then they be usually ruin by an absolutely awful effect shot straight afterwards . there a few decent gore effect here too and there a cut out heart and a guy leg be bite off and there some blood splatter and a cool shot of a guy leave hold his own intestine after he have be attack by the dinosaur and there a few dead body see and someone be stab with a spear . the t rex get to eat a couple of people too . the production value be really cheap and the aztec set look like one of those theme park attraction make from styrofoam and those spanish men must have be imprison in the bad enclosure in cinematic history with the fence supposedly keep them in low than a man waist and they could have simply step out of it and run away it be so low . with a supposed budget of about $ 900 and 000 i can not see where the money go and shot in oahu in hawaii in apparently fifteen day . the act isn not great from no one i have ever hear of . tyrannosaurus azteca really isn not any good than any other cheap sci fi channel creature feature despite an almost interesting and unusual premise and that basic statement should basically be enough for you to decide whether you will enjoy this or not ( at a guess probably not ) .