Review of Croc (2007) by Van R — 07 Jan 2010
CROC is one of the better entries in the Maneater series of made-for-television movies. Actually, director Stewart Raffill and MIAMI VICE/CRIME STORY writer Ken Solarz are paying tribute to JAWS with this story about a renegade Australian crocodile that is about 20 feet in length and is creating a reign of terror in scenic Thailand.
This big feller likes to slip up into the wading beaches and snack on an unsuspecting tourist. Once ole snapper snags him a body, it tows it back to its cave and lets it rot until it smells ripe enough to chow down on.
Jack McQuade (Peter Tuinstra) runs a crocodile zoo and his arch-enemies are trying to put him out of business so that they can acquire his prime real estate. Initially, the authorities blame crocodiles that were let out of his zoo for the deaths, but a television news crew records footage of the giant reptile cruising the waters of the channel.
About thirty minutes into the action, Croc Hawkins (Michael Madsen of DIE ANOTHER DAY) shows up on the fringes quietly making notes about the victims and where they died. He limps around on a steel leg and has vowed to kill the giant croc.
What sells this movie is a good performance by Madsen but largely the chomping scenes when the big feller strikes. This sneaky creature slips into the house of the villain and takes a bath in his swimming pool.
When the villain takes a swim, CHOMP! When the brother of the villain scoops the head of his old brother out of the pool, big croc lunges out and tears off his arm. Our heroes track the big guy down to a cave at the mouth of a river.
The blood & gore set this one about and Raffill occasionally scares up a modicum of suspense. The big croc attacks look really cool, especially when he gobbles a kid in one gulp.
This review of Croc (2007) was written by Van R on 07 Jan 2010.
Croc has generally received negative reviews.
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