History Film / AztecRex

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The Tyrannosaurs are portrayed as traditionally scaly, T-rex is now considered to have most likely had feathers, although the idea of feathered theropods wasn’t so prominent when the film was released and it clearly had a very limited special-effects budget. However the “Thunder Lizards” in the film could have lost their feathers during 65 million years of continued evolution.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The Tyrannosaurs are portrayed as traditionally scaly and don’t have any feathers, which T-rex is now considered to have most likely had, although the idea of feathered theropods wasn’t so prominent when the film was released and it clearly had a very limited special-effects budget. However the “Thunder Lizards” in the film could have lost their feathers during 65 million years of continued evolution.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: A possibly justifiable example, The Tyrannosaurs are portrayed as traditionally scaly and don’t have any feathers, which T-rex is now considered to have likely had. However the T-Rexes in the film could have lost feathers in 65 million years of continued evolution.

* TRexpy: The Thunder Lizards are odviously descended from Tyrannosaurus rex, however they are never referred to as T-Rexes because of the obvious fact that the name wasn’t invented until several centuries after the first Spaniards arrived in Mexico.

* ChekhovsGun: The horn that is used to summon the dinosaur to sacrifices [[spoiler: is later used in order to lure the male tyrannosaur to the spaniards trap.]]

* LastOfTheirKind: It is mentioned that there used to be many “thunder lizards” but now there are only two who are the last mating pair of their kind. [[spoiler: The female Tyrannosaur specifically becomes the last when her mate is killed.]]

* MedievalPrehistory: A population of Tyrannosaurus rex have managed to survive into the 16th century.

* LastOfTheirKind: The Two Tyrannosaurs appear to be the last mating pair of their kind. [[spoiler: The female Tyrannosaur specifically becomes the last after her mate is killed.]]

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The Spaniards have to battle a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

In 1521, a small group of conquistadores led by UsefulNotes/HernanCortez arrive in Mexico seeking fame and fortune when they discover and are captured by an Aztec tribe that worships and regularly performs ritual sacrifices to appease a mating pair of UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex which they call “Thunder Lizards”.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The the Spaniards have to battle the a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

* LivingDinosaurs: Two Tyrannosaurus Rex are alive during the time of the Aztec Empire.

* InertialImpalement: [[spoiler: The male tyrannosaur is killed when it is lured by Rios into a spike pit.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The horn that is used to summon the dinosaur to sacrifices [[is later used in order to lure the male tyrannosaur to the spaniards trap.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two tyrannosaurs are somehow able to sustain themselves on what appears to be a diet of human hearts (a measly 11 ounces of meat) and the only animals that they could prey on in the region would be smaller mammals, birds, lizards and crocodilians which would likely not provide enough food for a pair of 7-9 ton dinosaurs.

In 1521, a small group of conquistadores led by UsefulNotes/HernanCortez arrive in Mexico seeking fame and fortune when they discover an Aztec tribe that worships and regularly performs ritual sacrifices to appease a mating pair of UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex which they call “Thunder Lizards”.

* InertialImpalement: [[spoiler: The male tyrannosaur is killed by being lured by Rios and falling into a spike pit.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two tyrannosaurs are somehow able to sustain themselves on what appears to be a diet of human hearts (a measly 11 ounces of meat) and the only animals that they could prey on in the region would be smaller mammals, birds, lizards and crocodilians which would not likely provide enough food for a pair of 7-9 ton dinosaurs.

* LastOfHisKind: The Two Tyrannosaurs appear to be the last mating pair of their kind. [[spoiler: The female Tyrannosaur specifically becomes the last after her mate is killed.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two tyrannosaurs are somehow able to sustain themselves on what appears to be a diet of human hearts (a measly 11 ounces of meat) and the only animals that they could prey on in the region would be smaller mammals, birds, lizards and crocodilians which would not likely provide enough food for a pair of 7-ton dinosaurs.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two tyrannosaurs are somehow able to sustain themselves on what appears to be a diet of human hearts (a measly 11 ounces of meat) and the only animals that they could prey on in the region would be smaller mammals, birds, lizards and crocodilians which would not provide enough food for a pair of 7-ton dinosaurs.

* ActionBomb: A gunpowder bomb is used to defeat the female T-Rex.

* LivingDinosaurs: Two Tyrannosaurus Rex are alive during the time of the Aztec Empire.
* SpecialEffectFailure: The special effects on the dinosaurs is clearly low budget.

* LivingDinosaurs: Two Tyrannosaurus Rex are alive during the time of the Aztec Empire.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The two tyrannosaurs are somehow able to sustain themselves on what appears to be a diet of human hearts (a measly 11 ounces of meat) and the only animals that they could prey on in the region would be smaller mammals, birds, lizards and crocodilians which would not provide enough food for a 7-ton dinosaur.

When Cortes’ second-in-command, Rios saves the tribe’s princess Ayacoatl from one of the dinosaurs and he gains the gratitude of her father, the village chief and the Spanish explorers and Aztecs decide to set out and slay the beasts once and for all.

When Cortes’ second-in-command, Rios saves the tribe’s princess Ayacoatl from one of the dinosaurs he gains the gratitude of her father, the village chief and the Spanish explorers and Aztecs decide to set out and slay the beasts once and for all.