Released Year: 1999
Directed by Steve Miner
Casted by:
Bill Pullman as Jack Wells
Bridget Fonda as Kelly Scott
Oliver Platt as Hector Cyr
Brendan Gleeson as Sheriff Hank Keough
Betty White as Mrs. Delores Bickerman
Bridget Fonda as Kelly Scott
Oliver Platt as Hector Cyr
Brendan Gleeson as Sheriff Hank Keough
Betty White as Mrs. Delores Bickerman
Story:
A marine fish and game officer is scuba-diving in Michael Kane Lake, Aroostook County, Maine, when he is savagely attacked and bitten in half by something unseen in the water. A tooth is found in the diver's remains and, as it appears to be a prehistoric fossil, a request is made for assistance to the Natural History Museum in New York City. Paleontologist Kelly Scott gets this job.
Upon arriving in Maine, Kelly informs Fish and Game officer Jack Wells and Sheriff Hank Keough that the tooth appears to be reptilian in nature, and is not a fossil, but something much more recent. They meet Delores Bickerman, one of few people living on the lake, who claims that she killed her husband when asked how he died.
Later, a helicopter arrives at the camp. Hector Cyr is an eccentric mythology professor and crocodile enthusiast who believes that the creature behind the attacks is indeed a crocodile. While the four are exploring the lake, the creature is shown settling under Kelly and Hank's canoe. Hector's radar begins to pulsate as Kelly and Hank are thrown off their canoe and into the water, but survive. They then find a severed toe of another man, as well as a severed Moose head.
The next day, Jack and Hector go diving in the lake to find the creature. A speaker producing the sound of baby crocs in distress is placed in the water. The creature is shown sneaking up on them. It pulls the boat anchor, but Hank orders his deputy, Burke, to cut the anchor cable, and the boat escapes. While removing the speaker, Burke is attacked by the creature and his head is bitten off.
Hank blames himself for the deputy's death. Hector's attempts to console him backfire and they get into a fight. During the brawl, Hank chases Hector to the lakeside and as the others follow, a grizzly bear appears. Suddenly a giant saltwater crocodile leaps out of the water and drags the bear into the lake. Jack, Kelly, and Hank visit Delores again and, after finding a mans severed head, find her feeding the crocodile with a blindfolded cow. Delores reveals to have been feeding the crocodile for six years after it followed her husband home and killed him. She is placed under house arrest for not telling the police what she knew when they visited her before.
Hector decides to take one of Hank's deputies on a trip in the helicopter, and lands the helicopter in the cove where the crocodile lives. While he is diving, it attacks him, but he escapes. Jack and Hank plan to allow Florida Fish and Game to kill the crocodile when they arrive, but Hector suggests instead that he lure it out of the water and drug it. Jack reluctantly accepts the proposal and they use one of Delores' cows, dangled from the helicopter, as bait. After a few hours, the crocodile turns up and lunges at the cow. Hector pulls up, loses the cow, and crashes the helicopter into the lake. The crocodile comes on land and attacks Jack and Kelly. Kelly is knocked into the lake but makes it to the helicopter just in time.
Despite Hector and Kelly's protests to let the animal live, Jack grabs a gun and shoots it, but the gun is revealed to be a tranquilizer rifle. As Hector comes out of the water, a second crocodile attacks him, but Hank blows it up with his grenade launcher. Florida Fish and Game arrive seconds later. They load the crocodile on a truck and take it to Portland, Maine until they can figure out what to do with it. The last scene shows Delores feeding bread crumbs to many baby crocodiles, implying the two adults were a mating pair. During the end credits, the surviving adult crocodile is seen tied to the back of a flat-bed truck, speeding down a road.
Upon arriving in Maine, Kelly informs Fish and Game officer Jack Wells and Sheriff Hank Keough that the tooth appears to be reptilian in nature, and is not a fossil, but something much more recent. They meet Delores Bickerman, one of few people living on the lake, who claims that she killed her husband when asked how he died.
Later, a helicopter arrives at the camp. Hector Cyr is an eccentric mythology professor and crocodile enthusiast who believes that the creature behind the attacks is indeed a crocodile. While the four are exploring the lake, the creature is shown settling under Kelly and Hank's canoe. Hector's radar begins to pulsate as Kelly and Hank are thrown off their canoe and into the water, but survive. They then find a severed toe of another man, as well as a severed Moose head.
The next day, Jack and Hector go diving in the lake to find the creature. A speaker producing the sound of baby crocs in distress is placed in the water. The creature is shown sneaking up on them. It pulls the boat anchor, but Hank orders his deputy, Burke, to cut the anchor cable, and the boat escapes. While removing the speaker, Burke is attacked by the creature and his head is bitten off.
Hank blames himself for the deputy's death. Hector's attempts to console him backfire and they get into a fight. During the brawl, Hank chases Hector to the lakeside and as the others follow, a grizzly bear appears. Suddenly a giant saltwater crocodile leaps out of the water and drags the bear into the lake. Jack, Kelly, and Hank visit Delores again and, after finding a mans severed head, find her feeding the crocodile with a blindfolded cow. Delores reveals to have been feeding the crocodile for six years after it followed her husband home and killed him. She is placed under house arrest for not telling the police what she knew when they visited her before.
Hector decides to take one of Hank's deputies on a trip in the helicopter, and lands the helicopter in the cove where the crocodile lives. While he is diving, it attacks him, but he escapes. Jack and Hank plan to allow Florida Fish and Game to kill the crocodile when they arrive, but Hector suggests instead that he lure it out of the water and drug it. Jack reluctantly accepts the proposal and they use one of Delores' cows, dangled from the helicopter, as bait. After a few hours, the crocodile turns up and lunges at the cow. Hector pulls up, loses the cow, and crashes the helicopter into the lake. The crocodile comes on land and attacks Jack and Kelly. Kelly is knocked into the lake but makes it to the helicopter just in time.
Despite Hector and Kelly's protests to let the animal live, Jack grabs a gun and shoots it, but the gun is revealed to be a tranquilizer rifle. As Hector comes out of the water, a second crocodile attacks him, but Hank blows it up with his grenade launcher. Florida Fish and Game arrive seconds later. They load the crocodile on a truck and take it to Portland, Maine until they can figure out what to do with it. The last scene shows Delores feeding bread crumbs to many baby crocodiles, implying the two adults were a mating pair. During the end credits, the surviving adult crocodile is seen tied to the back of a flat-bed truck, speeding down a road.
L² Scored: 5.5/10
L² Comment:
L² Comment:
Well, it just a normal & ordinary movie for me. The croc is kinda huge and scary though, but the storyline is really bit too predictable. But i admire the technique how they film this movie during 1999, the graphic wise is very well done either :)
No comments:
Post a Comment