Bai wan ju e

Okay, so this movie is pure, unadulterated cheese. If your looking for something that will give you nightmares, or even be serious, try something else...War of the Worlds maybe.

In my experience, most Asian films when trying to portray a serious story go two ways, either heart-wrenching drama that makes me contemplate suicide...or a boring, matter of fact, mind dump of every small detail. Thankfully, this does neither...its just a stupid monster movie, with a fair amount of humor added in.

Seriously, the main characters name is "Wong Wei", and he is a bit of a stumble-bum...and the portrayed stereotypes of the bad guys is just stupidly funny. Its not Stephen Chou, but its still pretty darn watchable and good for a mindless chuckle here and there.

Even by the admittedly slack standards of The Chiller Channel, infamous for some of the worst, low-budget, terribly-acted, cartoonish-CGI movies, this one is bad. Tao Guo and Barbie Hsu aren't, on the form shown here, qualified to act in a local theater version of Andy Warhol's "Empire" (it showed the Empire State Building solo for 24 hours). How this movie got 4.2 stars out of 10 is a story meriting a movie in itself. Given a choice, do anything else but watch this movie.

I once worked with a Florida native who held me in awe with her stories relating watching gators walk the streets in the quiet, Summer mornings of her hometown. Since then, much to my husband's dismay, I have wanted to experience seeing these mighty animals in nature for myself! Well, I think there is one particular moment in this movie that may have finally fixed that idea! :)

I very much enjoyed this film! The gator was magnificent, and the actors/characters were interesting. The dubbing could have been much better admittedly, but what ended up killing the movie for my husband, and led me to only give the film a 6, is the ending.

I don't want to give it away, and it is definitely still a journey worth watching. I commend the movie for managing to make a statement about how cruel humans are to animals, but there is so much MORE they could have done with the ending. Even with leaving one of the characters as is, there is so much MORE that could have been done, or said, concerning another. We don't even have a final answer for that particular character, and whereas they may have done that on purpose, leaving his fate up to the viewers' imagination, I would have still appreciated some further answer on it! The final scenes were lackluster at best, although I again do appreciate the statement they made about "human" kind.

Xiao, befriends Amao a 36 foot crocodile, who lives on his fathers croc sanctuary.

Xiao's father is forced to sell his crocodiles to a gangster who plans to use them for high priced meals.

Before Amao is due to be slaughtered, he escapes, slaying his captors in the process.

Amongst the chaos, Amao accidentally swallows a bag with $1 million dollars inside.

When rumor's of this spread, the town locals are split with some fearing for their lives and others set out to capture and kill the crocodile, at any cost.

More or less a rip off of the Godzilla chain using technology stolen from the West. It's a harmless movie with kookie acting and a kid's focus. If adults watch this film, they are crazy.

Crockzilla was a bit of a surprise. Even though the English dubbing and storyline are a little weak, this is a fun film that actually employs some cinematic skill.

The cgi and live croc shots and scenery et al are actually pretty good. The scenes which depict the giant croc eating things are very well done, with believable cgi animation apparently done by someone with some talent. Some scenes you have to really look to tell if you're seeing cgi or live animals. So kudos there!

Other than the cheesy acting by the few actors in this film, such as the cross eyed tea garden worker (who oddly is the only person in the entire tea garden who is seen working in the field) and the incompetent sushi squad, this film should rate more than just a couple stars.

Compared to other awful "B" flicks like "Sharknado," this film deserves an academy award!