Infierno bajo el agua

Crawl concerns itself with a young woman who goes looking for her missing father in the eye of a hurricane. Eventually she finds him in the basement of the family holiday home, but he is injured and in desperate need of medical attention. There is also the growing problem of this being gator central, and the rapidly rising flood waters are giving them free reign around the town. So the quest to not drown or get eaten begins...

Despite being mostly enjoyable this film didn't really push the boat out (heheh) in any way. For 90% of the film there were just 2 characters, so the film is light on deaths, and when some random no-mark would show up you knew they'd soon be a victim. The gator effects were.... decent and the plot and atmosphere servicable. If you've seen any monster movies at all ever you will know exactly what to expect, but having said that if the concept appeals it's perfectly watchable.

Nice and gritty little survival game of wits as a dad and his intrepid daughter try to get through no less than a hurricane just as the floodwaters release a hungry bevy of beauteous and bodacious alligators. Doesn't feel cheap or rushed and with loads of "what's that shadow moving under the water" tension.

I saw this in a theatre with my pal. Had high hopes with names like Aja, Raimi n Ghost House Pictures. The film is fast paced with sufficient kills. Only problem is the lack of character development of the extras. The last good crocodile film I revisited was Rogue n that film had some character development regarding the extras (fellas who get killed off) but in this film, extras r jus killed left right n cente, while our lead pair of father n daughter keeps hanging around in their basement with wounds. One of the best part about this film is the cinematography especially the constant rain n wind. Lots of crocodiles with vicious kills. Tension is maintained with a solid background music. Morgan Freeman's Hard Rain n Bait 3D came to mind while viewing this.

Despite 3 or 4 irritating scenes that transpire script mediocrity with let's say 1 or 2 appalling minutes, the film manages to scare the audience with panache, at least me anyway. I was indeed gesticulating in my armchair each time an alligator grabbed and shook a protagonist. Actually, it's not really surprising: as an euphemism, in the horror / thriller genre, Alexandre Aja is definitely not a padawan. Thus, Alexandre Aja has managed an effective film that successfully fulfills his objective: to keep the audience on the edge of the seat during 90 minutes.

A bit of a surprise and a tense and terrifying one at that. It knows what it is and because of that it's able to do what it does and do it well. Good looking Alligators.