Big Red is the main antagonist of the 2008 film 100 Million BC. He was a carcharodontosaurus-like dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous, and pursued members of an expedition that traveled back in time on a rescue mission, and was later accidentally brought to the present by the time portal.
Biography[]
At one point, Frank Reno sent a squad of soldiers on an expedition for an experiment in time travel, which ultimately failed, resulting in all the soldiers being stranded in the Cretaceous for over 90 years. There, the soldiers came across a large and dangerous predator, which they nicknamed "Big Red", and who is apparently the main cause of death for many members of the expedition.
After all this time, Frank plans another expedition, this time on a rescue mission to the former members. On this expedition, Frank and the soldiers find the team, find that they have adapted to the nature of that time and that they lost many soldiers during their time there, and are also informed about the existence of Big Red, who later locates them. easily by the smell of blood from one of the wounded soldiers and finally shows up for the first time when he finds the team leader alone, who tries to save himself by shooting him, but the damage turns out to be little and he is immediately swallowed and killed by the predator. Big Red also chases after the rest of the team after he spots them, but loses them when they enter a cave.
The next day, Big Red is awakened by the sound of a grenade from one of the soldiers, and begins to cautiously pursue them until Frank finally opens the portal back to the present. All the soldiers are sent back except Frank, who had decided to risk his life by staying behind to close the portal, but before he could turn it off, Big Red appears and enters the portal, thus arriving in the present, where he kills Manriquez and other crew members, and later leaves the station and heads straight for the city, where he scares and kills several people while looking for somewhere to hide.
After several attempts to get rid of Big Red, the team is surprised by a younger Frank Reno, who claims to have had a conversation with Frank Reno from the present (who is revealed to have been injured by Big Red before his entry into the portal). The team, after luring and trapping the dinosaur at the entrance of a tunnel, manage to finally make it disappear successfully with one of Frank's inventions, ending up with the city finally being saved.
After the team's parting with Frank from the past, they ask him where he sent Big Red, and Frank satisfactorily answers them "where he belongs". At the end, Big Red's dead body is seen in the Cretaceous, where he was brutally crushed by rocks, being his punishment for the damage caused by him.
Appearance[]
Big Red's species is uncertain, but it closely resembles a carcharodontosaurus, with an enormous size and red skin, hence its nickname.
Trivia[]
- On the cover of the movie, Big Red is shown as a completely different dinosaur, with their appearance resembling a tyrannosaurus rex.