Primitive (2011) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Colonel Jericho ordered the Vulture Squad to search for a missing Green Beret platoon that had been swept by an unseen threat while on a classified mission in the remote jungle valley. The squad was assembled as a LRRP unit to track down the missing soldiers and investigate what had happened to them.

Foreshadowing: The mission's purpose seemed clear, but the dangers that awaited would test every skill the squad possessed.

• vulture squad
• green berets
• colonel jericho
• rescue mission
• lrrp

Soviet scientist General Grigory Borodin built a particle collider designed to create wormholes for teleporting troops anywhere in the world. During its first test, a catastrophic malfunction opened a wormhole that dragged a menagerie of dinosaurs from the past into the present-day valley. Borodin had also murdered colleagues who questioned his methods.

Foreshadowing: Sofia's revelations threw the mission into new and almost unbelievable light.

• dinosaurs
• borodin
• particle collider
• wormhole
• soviet experiment
• teleport

Sofia revealed that Borodin murdered her husband and other coworkers who questioned his methods and the safety of his experiment. He was determined to proceed with his particle collider project regardless of the risks or ethical concerns raised by his team.

Foreshadowing: Sofia had been forced to survive by any means necessary in the valley.

• borodin
• murder
• soviet scientists
• sofia
• experiments

Baker was attacked by a larger, more dangerous species of raptor that Sofia identified as distinct from the Deinonychus pack. This larger predator ambushed Baker shortly after insertion, and it also killed Aleksandr from the Dogs of War. It was described as a threat far beyond what the soldiers expected.

Foreshadowing: An unseen predator launched an ambush on Baker, but he managed to drive it off alive.

• baker
• raptor attack
• predator
• valley
• larger raptor

Jericho wanted to keep the collider intact until reinforcements arrived because he recognized its potential as a strategic advantage during the Cold War. He believed the device could shift the balance of power in the United States' favor and didn't want to destroy it despite the existential danger the dinosaurs posed.

Foreshadowing: Jericho insists that it stay intact until reinforcements arrive.

• jericho
• collider
• cold war
• strategic advantage
• reinforcements

Keyes was first wounded in the leg during a firefight with the Dogs of War. Later, the Deinonychus pack attacked and dragged him away. He fought the predators and managed to wound a larger raptor in the eye with his knife, but was fatally wounded by that bigger predator. He made a final stand with grenades to slow the raptors while his squad escaped by boat.

Foreshadowing: He fights to the end, fatally wounded, but not before stabbing one of the raptors in the eye.

• keyes
• deinonychus
• sacrifice
• death
• grenades
• raptor

Stovall made the ultimate sacrifice to give his teammates a chance to disengage and rally as more Deinonychus attacked. His act of bravery allowed the others to escape the overwhelming raptor assault at the Soviet base facility.

Foreshadowing: Stovall makes the ultimate sacrifice to give his teammates a chance to disengage.

• stovall
• sacrifice
• deinonychus
• escape
• heroic death

Miller confronted Con Nhen, a Vietnamese guerrilla fighter from the Dogs of War, and ultimately died when he detonated his explosives to destroy a critical chokepoint. His sacrifice was meant to cripple the attackers and block the enemy's movement.

Foreshadowing: Miller confronts Con Nhen and ultimately dies when he detonates his explosives.

• miller
• con nhen
• explosion
• sacrifice
• dogs of war

Baker sacrificed himself to hold the remaining raptors at bay long enough for the others to regroup and escape. His final act of bravery allowed Sofia, Verne, Xavier Wise, and Sergei to join Jericho's forces and fight off the remaining predators while explosives destroyed the collider.

Foreshadowing: In a final act of bravery, Baker sacrifices himself to hold the predators at bay.

• baker
• sacrifice
• raptors
• escape
• collider destruction

Borodin's soldiers killed an infant Tyrannosaurus at the base, provoking a deadly counterattack from the parents. The tyrannosaurs' brutal rampage consumed many of Borodin's troops, forcing the Vulture Squad to press forward with their plan to disable the collider while the chaos unfolded.

Foreshadowing: Borodin's soldiers massacre an infant Tyrannosaurus, provoking a deadly counterattack.

• tyrannosaurus
• baby dinosaur
• attack
• borodin
• base
• revenge

A flock of Quetzalcoatlus descended from the sky into the valley, killing Tolstoy and sending both the Vulture Squad and Dogs of War scrambling in fear and fury. The aerial threat dramatically shifted the battle dynamics and forced a hasty regrouping as the pterosaurs proved to be another deadly element of the valley's ecosystem.

Foreshadowing: The skies grow even more perilous as a flock of Quetzalcoatlus descends.

• quetzalcoatlus
• tolsvoy
• aerial attack
• pterosaur
• valley

With the collider's power failing, the tyrannosaurs departed with their young. The explosives from the Vulture Squad destroyed the collider, sealing the immediate threat. However, Sofia warned that the damage was already done: the dinosaurs had begun migrating beyond the valley, potentially altering the world's future in ways no one could have anticipated.

Foreshadowing: Sofia warns that the damage is already done: the dinosaurs have begun migrating beyond the valley.

• collider destroyed
• dinosaurs migrate
• world consequences
• sofia warning
• valley

The Dogs of War were a Soviet reconnaissance unit that included Tolstoy, Nikita, Sergei, Aleksandr, and Con Nhen. They were tracking the Vulture Squad in the valley, leading to hostile encounters between the two groups. However, later in the story, Baker and Sofia recruited disillusioned members like Nikita and Sergei to join their side against the dinosaurs.

Foreshadowing: Meanwhile, the Vulture Squad is stalked by a Soviet unit known as the Dogs of War.

• dogs of war
• soviet unit
• nikita
• sergei
• conflict
• vietnam

Jericho mourned what was lost and regretted destroying the collider because he believed it could have shifted the Cold War balance in the United States' favor. He saw it as a potential strategic asset that could have given America a significant advantage over the Soviet Union.

Foreshadowing: Jericho mourns what's lost and regrets destroying the collider, fearing it could have shifted the Cold War balance.

• jericho
• regret
• cold war
• strategic advantage
• collider