Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Uriah43
This movie begins with several friends from college going out to the lake for a vacation. Their goal is to drink lots of beer and have a good time. Little do they know that this lake is home to an enormous crocodile which has left a nest full of eggs on the shore near the water. When these eggs are discovered and subsequently broken by couple of drunken fishermen the crocodile becomes extremely protective which results in severe consequences for everyone in the area. Anyway, so much for the plot. As far as the movie was concerned I thought it started off really great but after the first half of the movie it just seemed to fall apart. I attribute this to the director (Tobe Hooper) not recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of his cast and production crew. For example, the actors were very good at portraying college kids having a good time. But some weren't very convincing when it came to displaying horror or grief. Another problem had to do with the special effects which was adequate in some scenes but horrible in others. Yet, instead of minimizing the weaknesses he placed greater emphasis upon them as the picture progressed. Big mistake. In any case, I liked the presence of both Caitlin Martin (as "Claire") and Sommer Knight ("Sunny") but I thought Julie Mintz ("Annabelle") and her dog "Princess" were just plain annoying. Slightly below average.
TheLittleSongbird
I was expecting little from Crocodile but was hoping I would enjoy it despite its limitations. But I just couldn't. It looks cheap for starters with choppy editing and very fake-looking and poorly-utilised effects. Okay, I knew the effects were not going to be great because of the budget but that is no excuse for the lack of effect, for that was the impression I got. The script is cheesy(the campfire scene) and has no sense of tension or foreboding, the music is over-bearing with little much original or memorable and the story is dull(with the romance subplot further dragging things down) and predictable with the killings undermined by very fake gore. There is some questionable logic and continuity, seeing as crocodiles don't come from America the title should've been Alligator instead, and the crocodile lacks menace and the way it's used is little different from other similar creature movies I've seen. I wouldn't have minded that the characters were clichéd, if they weren't so shallow and annoying, and if most of the actors didn't literally scream their lines all the time. Overall, a terrible movie even with the limitations. 1/10 Bethany Cox
atinder
Eight teenagers go out on a weekend boat trip on a remote lake in Southern California only to have it turn into a nightmare when they are stalked by a very large, monstrous man-eating crocodile after they disturb its nest, and soon they must band together in order to survive from the beastI love killer Animals movies , this it not a bad at all, I for one think this movie is really good, it had some good scare scenes, which made me jump.Acting in this movie was not great but not bad at all, as I have seen much worse. For me this movie never got boring,as I was really griped into the story! Very good cheesy /scary Crocodile movie 6/10
Michael_Elliott
Crocodile (2000) ** (out of 4) Direct to DVD film from director Tobe Hooper about a bunch of college students who hit the river for some sex and beer but end up being menaced by a twenty-foot croc. The film starts off okay but wears out of steam by the fifty minute mark. The characters are all very obnoxious so it's hard to care if any of them live or die. The CGI effects are among the worst I've ever seen. Hooper's direction puts this slightly above most other direct to DVD titles but the film is a long way off from Alligator.
