Crocodile (2000/I) (V)

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Jace Anderson (screenplay)
Boaz Davidson (story)

Release Date:

24 September 2002 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Thriller | Horror

Tagline:

Ever Feel like Something is Watching You?

Plot:

A group of friends including Brady Turner, Claire and Duncan McKay go out on a boat trip on a lake in Southern California...

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Crocodile | Egg | Lake | Houseboat

Cast

Mark McLachlan	...	Brady Turner
Caitlin Martin	...	Claire
Chris Solari	...	Duncan McKay
D.W. Reiser	...	Kit (as Doug Reiser)
Julie Mintz	...	Annabelle
Sommer Knight	...	Sunny
Rhett Wilkins	...	Foster (as Rhett Jordan)
Greg Wayne	...	Hubs
Harrison Young	...	Sheriff Bowman
Terrence Evans	...	Shurkin (as T. Evans)
Vern Crofoot	...	Harvey (as R. Vern Crofoot)
Larry Udy	...	Arnold
Adam Gierasch	...	Lester (as Adam Redmond)
Kip Addota	...	Stanley The Fisherman
Crystal Atkins	...	Blonde Bikini Girl

Also Known As:

Flat Dog (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for monster violence and gore, language, some drug use and brief nudity.

Runtime:

93 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Malaysia:18SG (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Flat Dog Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: Claire, Brady and Duncan jump from a blazing boat, but there are no flames by the time they get to dry land.

Quotes:

Shurkin: It takes a lot to sever a spine.
Shurkin: You see, a crocodile's teeth intertwine.
Shurkin: They snap shut with forty pounds of pressure.
Shurkin: I can't tell you how bad this is, sheriff.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Lucky Day

Laughable.

Maybe I don't get this movie. Is it supposed to be as bad as it seems? When I watched Cabin Fever (and let's face it, Crocodile is similar with a different enemy) I thought I'd misunderstood it because there was a chance that the sheer awfulness was deliberate.

It's the usual (and annoyingly repetitive) Teenager Elimination flick (along with Cabin Fever, Wrong Turn, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jeepers Creepers, etc, etc) and, predictably, the characters are so obnoxious and shallow that you don't care who dies next. The afore- mentioned movies have a few things in common. Firstly you need a few teenagers to hate. Secondly, the enemy (which could be anything) needs to start wiping out the teenagers. Also required are some locals who know the history behind the enemy. Sound familiar? I can't understand why movie makers still write this kind of trash.

The CGI was awful. Another comment left here explained that this movie was supposed to be rubbish and the CGI was supposed to be unrealistic. What?! Why would a movie company want to spend its money on a film with unconvincing special effects on purpose? Ludicrous. This was released in 2000 and there's no excuse for bad effects these days.

The acting was substandard too. The writers have injected a love story into the mix which, quite frankly, didn't help things along. There was a little insight to the characters but after establishing that, you still didn't care who was going to die and when.

Won't be watching this one again in a hurry - if I'd read the review in the TV guide, I wouldn't have bothered at all. It's just the same old formula with a different enemy. Doesn't matter whether it's a contagious disease, piranhas, man with chainsaw, demon, alien or crocodile - stick a selection of unconvincing teenagers into the situation and you've got movie-making at its worst.