Fantastic!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The DVD cover of this movie is plastered with sentences like "From the director of 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'" and yes, that does mean the return of Tobe Hooper. Sadly, gone is the innovative '70s maverick and in his place is a by-the-numbers director out to make a buck from impressionable teens. Well, CROCODILE is a cheesy and nondescript B-movie at heart, and fans of monster flicks might find this one a guilty pleasure.Once the brain-damaging shenanigans of the first half are out of the way, the film actually becomes fairly decent, moving quickly and with plenty of action and destruction to recommend it. The crocodile itself is an impressive creation on a low budget, whether the mechanical or the cheap CGI effects are being used – the reason being that old hand Greg Nicotero is on board, and he knows how to deliver on a budget. Of course, the teenage cast are all unknowns and annoying, again picked for beach-model looks rather than acting ability, but who cares when they're being chewed in half, beheaded or generally bloodied beyond repair.The film is plot less and rambling in places, and the sweary scripting gets quickly wearing. However, the destructive set-pieces (a houseboat and then a general store) are mingled nicely with more typical running-through-the-woods behaviour and at least there is blood in this one. The ending rips off ANACONDA in a big way and couldn't get any cheesier, but then there's nothing particularly wrong with that for this type of film either. CROCODILE ain't a great movie by a long shot but at least it delivers, unlike anaemic offerings such as BOOGEYMAN.

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

I came across this flick combined with part 2 on a sell out of DVD's. Naturally I picked it up because I saw the name Tobe Hooper and for special effects I saw KNB, what could go wrong. Everything goes wrong. I have seen all the classics directed by Hooper and they were all great, so many to mention but let me just say Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) but this one was rather good on the part of directing but I guess that's all that worked. The effects are for the most part CGI and one of the kind that looks like done by old computers. The croc never looked believable and made moves that a croc never could make. He even jumps into the air. But it's really the script that sucks. This has nothing to do with the croc, this has everything to do with love stories and affairs. The CGI is laughable but the story goes that it was meant to be a bad movie on all accounts. I just can't believe that KNB or even Tobe would go for such a flick. And what was the part that KNB did, the croc in the water? Nothing is gory or whatsoever and aren't they known for their gore? The acting is also something that good have been better. But most of the actors were doing their first flick here and it really shows. You just couldn't care about who is going to be eaten by the croc. I haven't got any problem with bad movies but this one really had nothing to offer. I rather would go for those old Drive-in flicks or exploitations but this, no thank you.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Alright... let's be honest here... when you come across a movie entitled Crocodile what can you expect at the most... I mean seriously. Your not gonna expect Jaws or any other big budget film... I guess what I'm getting at is that this movie is pretty decent for a low budget B monster movie. I mean the acting is a little below average considering it was most of the casts first movie. The effects are actually somewhat decent for the time, aside for a few shots of an ugly CG crocodile. The story has been done over and over but that's the fun of it, in my opinion, comparing them all together. The gore was decent and it was bloody enough to satisfy me. This movie, honestly, is what you'd expect from a B movie, and you can't really ask for anything more of it... you just can't. But i do believe this was the first to start the whole cheesy B crocodile movie phase but this one actually executed it pretty well. It's entertaining, fun, hilarious, cliché, and cheesy but that's what i look for when watching a film like this. So if you happen to look for the same things I look for one coming upon a film such as this than i recommend it, but if your looking for a Lake Placid then don't watch it.