“The world's toughest cop is getting a brand new partner. And he's a real blast from the past!”
In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
Whoopi Goldberg
Katie Coltrane
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Elizar Kane
Juliet Landau
Dr. Veronica Shade
Bud Cort
Spinner
Stephen McHattie
Edge
George Newbern
Theodore Rex (voice)
Carol Kane
Molly Rex (voice)
Richard Roundtree
Commissioner Lynch
Jack Riley
Alaric
Peter MacKenzie
Alex Summers
Theodore Rex is a fantasy, science fiction, family, comedy film released in 1995 exploring themes of cyborg, detective, mad scientist, cop, dinosaur, murder investigation. Directed by Jonathan R. Betuel, it stars Whoopi Goldberg, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Juliet Landau. In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.
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