i do not know if this be one of the syfy channel original movie and but that exactly what it feel like . a cheap and low budget action movie that be probably make very quickly and it contain laughable effect and lame dialog and and one vaguely faded star to give some name brand recognition to it ( funny how many of the kid from 90210 be do cheap tv movie now ) . ian ziering play cortes and who we know from history a the explorer who wipe out entire population of native people while conquer part of north america . here and he be not play a a hero or even sympathetic and but a a slimy opportunist while his character would probably be kill off if this weren not loosely base on a historical figure . in this story and cortes be on a brief surveying mission and try to find something of value to prove he deserve finance to far explore america . he and his men find a small tribe of aztec plague by dinosaur . the actual hero of the story turn out to be lt. rio and who prove to be honorable and resourceful and and wise . he know the right thing to do in every situation and which put him at opposition with cortes and as well a with the young and ambitious aztec shaman . of course and the native girl who be suppose to marry the headstrong and scheme shaman fall for rio and further his anger towards the spanish outsider . so it all pretty cliché . the dinosaur be dispatch with relative ease . despite take place in an area that seem wide open and the story pretty much take place in either the wood and or the aztec village for 95 % of the time and so it isn not visually excite either . i do not even recognize ian ziering . they give him a ridiculous wig and an unconvincing accent and and somehow he disappear into it . he doesn not look or sound spanish for a second and however and make the casting choice wrong in every way . if this movie have be release theatrically and he would have be single out for a razzie and no question . overall and forgettable .