Crocodile

This movie is slightly flawed. But Tobe Hooper can direct. I loved this movie. It was better then lake placid. Mr. hooper puts in some good scares. It will make you think twice before leaning over a dock. The film is just a joyride. It's a good old fashioned monster movie. Much better then Anaconda

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.

A group of college students unknowingly enrage a large female Nile crocodile that goes to a killing spree.

Hot off the heels of Lake Placid, unfortunately, Tobe Hooper's offering shares more with SyFy Channel or a DTV film than it does with his directing highlights, which is a crying shame. Elliot Rockett's cinematography of the bright locations steals it of some much needed atmosphere and the abundance of dodgy CGI effects ruins the croc of what would have been quite a good story, so much so Jurassic Park 3 would later borrow from it.

Hooper's talent is sadly kept behind the camera and doesn't really appear on screen. Caitlin Martin does a good turn as Claire, but most of the cast struggle with the paint by numbers script delivering a handful of over the top performances.

It's unexplainably not a great giant crocodile given the talent involved. Surprisingly Crocodile 2: Death Swamp is much more fun.

A couple of months ago, I was pre-ordering a bunch of dvds when I came across this upcoming release of a film entitled CROCODILE---I didn't know much, if anything about it, but then I found out it was directed by TOBE HOOPER and thinking to myself "This is the man responsible for one of the greatest horror flicks of all time--THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE--it can't be that bad", so I ordered it. Well, I just got it the other day, popped it in and----ENJOYED THE HELL OUT OF IT! Tobe Hooper still has what it takes to get jolt out of people. I admit, the story has pretty much been done to death, but I really think that Tobe has put his own little twist on it and breathed new, um, "life" into it. The actor's done really well for being complete unknowns--in fact, I really hated a couple of the characters, and kept rooting for the Croc to eat them! This movie actually made me jump 4 times! Which is great for me---after so many years of watching fright flick after fright flick--I've become somewhat immune to the parts that make other people jump--so it felt damn good! For that Tobe, THANK YOU! I know, the first thing people will think when they see this title on the shelf---another LAKE PLACID (which was another great film in it's own way)--but even though it has it's similarities--it's a completely different film, so bare that in mind--and go out and rent (or buy!) this movie---you're definitely in for a campy little treat.

Many people trash "Crocodile" for having terrible effects, terrible acting, etc. I think those people just don't understand this movie. It isn't SUPPOSED to have great effects, great acting, great story, or great anything. This movie is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS, which is exactly what makes it so fun! Tobe Hooper knew exactly what he was doing with this movie. It's insane, it's stupid, but it's the most fun I've had in a long time.

This movie is very easy to enjoy. Just turn off your brain, toss that useless film school education out the window, and enjoy bad actors being eaten by a bad effect.