Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
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Movie Reviews of Crocodile 2: Death Swamp
Movie Review: Now that's a croc!
Summary: 2 Stars
Although director Gary Jones (Mosquitoes, Spiders - am I sensing a trend here?) does put together a few nice scenes, he is hampered by a script that is simply braindead. A group of unsubtle thugs rob a bank (it's a pretty hilarious sequence, what with the cops running into a shoot out wearing zero body armor), hijack a storm tossed plane (whipping guns out of their boots!?!), and crash in a swamp. Said thugs then gather the survivors together to carry their loot and ventilate an uppity crocodile after it attacks someone. Too bad said croc is only a wee lass and its 30 foot mother shows up a short time later. Mom is not pleased to find her baby dead and goes on the rampage...Oh, yeah...and the boyfriend hires Martin Kove (at least its a paycheck bud) to search for his girlfriend since no one else seems interested in looking for a downed passenger airliner. The thugs bicker in Tarantino fashion (i.e. they use profanity WAY too much) while the croc picks people off one by one. This makes the first movie look like a horror classic.
Movie Review: ANACONDA meets THE REF
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok, now this was stupid. Several foul-mouthed thieves toting guns that never need reloading cause a plane to crash into a Mexican swamp with several hostages. Next thing you know, there's a huge crocodile chasing them around trying toeat them beacause they killed its baby.
Does the "croc's-killing-spree-brought-on-by-harm-to-it's-children" part sound familier? It should. It's the same reason the crocodile started killing people in the first film.
Bad effects, so-so acting, and an over-use of profanity bring an entertaining monster movie worthy of at least three stars down to a 2/5.
And the DVD transition is bloody awful. Plus, all we get for special features is trailers for this film, OCTOPUS 2: RIVER OF FEAR, which was also pretty bad, and Tobe Hopper's CROCODILE.
Movie Review: It doesn't comapre to its predecessor
Summary: 2 Stars
After seeing Crocodile for the first time, I was actually looking forward to the sequel. Unfortunately, it doesn't measure up to even those standards.
For one thing, there's too much focus on the criminal gang even after the movie gets going and it's just not interesting.
At one point, it starts to get interesting when none of the male characters match the profile of the lead male in this type of movie. A few minutes later, what do you know, Mr. Generic Hero is introduced and on his way to everyone else.
Movie Review: Crocodile 2
Summary: 1 Stars
I happened to catch this one night on the Sci-Fi channel. I can honestly say that this is the worst movie I've seen all year. You have to wonder that when someone reads a script like this, that the movie still gets made.
One thing though, this movie is perfect for it's great unintentional [or was it intentional??] comedic value. The plot of the movie is just silly, and the writing is even more absurd. The leader of the robbers is the most ridiculous stereotype of a black man I've seen in any movie. Why are the robbers even in the story at all?
Without them, we wouldn't have the hillarious scene where they cap off dozens of rounds into the baby croc, and one of its feet can be seen floating in the water. This is followed by the brilliant line delivered by the lead robber "Yo man, jump in there and check that (...) out!" There was a very excessive amount of swear words, even for this kind of movie, especially the 'f-word'.
Towards the end of the movie, the scenes just become more and more laughable. One that stands out in particular is when the croc snatches a helicopter out of the air, and pulls it into the marsh where it explodes!
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Don't even get me started on the helicopter pilot. He turns on the heros and leaves them, to later explain that he just had to get the last bad guy? What kind of plot device is that?
If you're in the mood for a good laugh, then check this one out if it's on TV. I occassionally like to watch bad movies on TV just for the unintended comedy, and this one had me laughing the whole way through. But I wouldn't buy it. I can't even recommend a rental.
Movie Review: How did this movie get made?
Summary: 1 Stars
Isnt there any executive that funded this movie that watched it? This movie does not have a single redeeming quality. Bad acting, bad effects, horrible writing.
All the female lead did was scream. All the badguys did was swear and shoot their guns which seemed to have and endless amount of bullets. If you're one of those people who hates it when an "actor" ( and thats being generous ) fires 83 shots from a two shot shotgun, dont watch this movie.