Review of Alligator (1980) by J D — 14 Dec 2007
John Sayles is great. Only he would write a movie about a giant alligator living in the sewers that was also a sly commentary on classism, vivisection, and environmental pollution. This is a tongue-in-cheek monster flick (the first victim is a sewer worker named Edward Norton, if that gives you a clue as to the wink-winkness of the story).
Robert Forster is fun to watch, as usual, even poking fun at his own male pattern baldness, not something you're likely to see with too many action heroes. The alligator itself is pretty realistic looking, and Harry Silva is fun as the "great white hunter" who's replaced hunting on the savannah with hunting in the ghettos of Chicago, replete with his own "natives" (another nice touch by Sayles).
You can't beat a flick that lets a giant alligator loose at a garden party. Amusing, cheesy stuff.
This review of Alligator (1980) was written by J D on 14 Dec 2007.
Alligator has generally received mixed reviews.
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