Rating of
1/4
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Franz Patrick - wrote on 10/20/08
I like B-movies because they are able to provide a certain level of entertainment (mostly the good kind of camp) that mainstream, studio-backed movies cannot. Unfortunately, this picture is not of those B-movies I like. It’s not a complete failure because some scenes made me laugh like when the alligator attacked the policeman and the wedding chaos. However, there is no solid story, the pace is as slow as molasses, and the acting is pretty bad. Robert Forster and Robin Riker had some sort of chemistry during their more romantic scenes, but when they actually face the alligator, it seems as though they were on a completely different page. I understand that this has a low budget so I tried not to look down too much on its visual effects such as when the alligator would look a bit cartoonish, but that issue became a bit too distracting as the movie went on. I liked the scenes where Forster would ask Riker or some other scientist about their opinion on why the alligator became gigantic because they were able to come up with not-so-outlandish explanations. That said, I still can’t forgive the fact that the kills were uninspired; the filmmakers tried to summon the tension that was present in excellent horror creature films like “Jaws” but they just couldn’t pull it off. This might be a must-see for B-movie buffs, but I wouldn’t watch this movie again any time soon even if I had nothing to do on a Friday night and it happens to be playing on the Sci-Fi channel.
