Killer Crocodile 2

KILLER CROCODILE 2 picks up right where part one ended, which isn't surprising since the sequel was made immediately after the first one was finished. It opens with another hopeless imbecile being consumed by the rubber behemoth. It then switches to the nefarious activities of the polluters from part one, and their love of toxic waste.

Enter tough-as-nails, ace reporter, Liza Post (Debra Karr). She's dispatched to the very area where the croc troubles were / are, in order to track down clues on the polluting criminals.

Meanwhile, the monster lizard is busy eating students from a religious school, along with a nun!

As all sequels seem to do, this one attempts to be bigger and more exciting than its predecessor. In this, it somewhat succeeds by having even more idiot human snacks for the monster to chew on, though it might get indigestion from some of them. They're pretty nasty people! Also, we're shown far more of the creature, leading to several laugh-out-loud moments of pure schlock perfection!

Do Not Miss The Explosive, Utterly Absurd Finale!

Watch for Richard Anthony Crenna who returns as Kevin, as well as Ennio Girolami, reprising his role as Joe the crocodile hunter.

Gather your friends and prepare the intoxicants! This is one for the ages!...

Although the gigantic killer crocodile was killed at the end of the previous film, she managed to leave behind an egg that hatches in the same swamp at the beginning of this movie. Meanwhile, a newspaper reporter for the New York Chronicle named "Liza Post" (Debra Karr) has been assigned the case involving the illegal dumping in that swamp which has yet to be cleaned up. Sent to help her is the swamp expert by the name of "Kevin Jones" (Anthony Crenna) who killed the killer crocodile in the first movie. Now, as far as this film is concerned it certainly could have been much better. The dialogue was substandard and some of the scenes were pretty bad as well. But to be fair the movie was filmed in Italian and dubbed into English so I suppose some allowances should be made. Also on the plus side was the presence of Debra Karr who was absolutely stunning. Still, as I stated earlier, this movie could have used some improvement and even though I enjoyed it, in all fairness I have to rate it as slightly below average.

As with many monster movies, you may ask yourself: how hungry is a crocodile? Also is it a crocodile or an alligator? I read the distinction and explanation what is what, but I forgot it since I did. But that shouldn't matter - as it doesn't matter if you've seen the first one or not. Although it is the better "movie" of the two. So if you only watch one of these, watch the previous one. On the other hand this has the beautfiul Debra Karr undressing herself - so maybe it's a tie for some.

That aside the monster is the highlight again. The hungry hippo ... I mean crocodile. Really great monster, because it was made and interacted with the actors instead of being rendered in later. Well done and a lot of gore and mayhem. But no story apart from being the ... spawn of the first one and having some ... leftovers from the previous movie to ... chew on. Enough jokes? Well don't expect the dialog in this to be better, the opposite is the case

A corrupt land developer is pursued by a tenacious and ambitious investigative journalist (Karr) after another journalist uncovers evidence of radioactive waste being dumped in the local swamps. But when our rogue reporter goes missing in the swamps, her employer calls in the expert – Anthony Crenna, appearing half way through the film as the visiting specialist on all-things swamp, like gi-normous crocodiles. Through a series of painful recollections, Crenna labours in the tortured soul characterisation, and re-acquaints with local game hunter Girolami to go in search of another giant crocodile, and hopefully, find Karr alive and well.

Former special effects man De Rossi follows up the mediocre 1989 offering with this flimsy concept of a sequel. There's even less to this outing than the original – ridiculous dialogue (although it's impossible to tell just how bad it is, considering the English dub), laughable set-ups and a puerile make-up effects leave little room for suspense, thrills or basic plot cohesion. Awkward attempts at humour fail miserably, but then the acting is so stilted and amateurish, it would be unfair to expect a cast of this quality to master the timing required to deliver comedy, when they struggle attempting to convey fear and surprise. The crocodile itself moves through the water like it's being towed by an outboard.

Leading man Crenna (Richard's son) arrives in the second half with immediate impact, while the bubbly and effervescent Karr is enthusiastic, if somewhat at the mercy of the poor script. "Killer Crocodile 2" is a virtual carbon copy of its predecessor and looks like director De Rossi (who provided the special effects for the first film) combined mostly out-takes and left-over footage to cobble together a quick cash-in. If there's any redeemable features at all, the music isn't bad, and, Enio Girolami (aka Thomas Moore) is laughably intense, but there's little more to recommend. I paid $2 for this movie as an ex-rental, and that's about the worth.

The 1990 follow up to the 1989 "Killer Crocodile" movie wasn't really a step in the right direction. Not unless you count a cheesier and campier storyline as better, or having an even more inanimate crocodile as being better.

The storyline in "Killer Crocodile 2" was a direct continuation of the events and story in the 1989 movie, for better or worse. But then it gets weird, because apparently one crocodile survived from part I and it emerged from the egg as a hatchling. But wait, within mere minutes apparently, it had grown bigger than the crocodile in the first movie. There was no time lapse to the storyline, which was a total slap in the face of the audience that have sat through the 1989 "Killer Crocodile" movie.

The events were less interesting in this sequel, and there were far less deaths throughout the movie in comparison to the first movie. And that was something that made the movie suffer.

As for the acting in "Killer Crocodile 2", well it was equal to the level of acting in the 1989 "Killer Crocodile" movie, so you know what you are or aren't getting here, depending on how you look at it.

I found this 1990 sequel to be less adequate in terms of entertainment and enjoyment in comparison to the predecessor. I managed to get through the movie, but it was an uphill battle because the storyline was essentially pointless and non-existing.