Rogue (Unrated)

Inspired by the true story of a giant Indo-Pacific/estuarine/ saltwater crocodile named Sweetheart, this is both unrealistic and realistic all at once which is a seriously surreal mismatch. So far, to me as a guy that loves all creatures with a passion and knows a lot about them, this is the most insulting. But, there are some redeeming qualities that are in this failure: Greg Mclean's direction is decent in some places, like visual suspense, timing, and claustrophobic atmosphere during the climax, but that is just it; there is nothing that spices up everything else because how plain the filmmaking is. The soundtrack is great; the simplistic music score by Frank Tetaz is a very moody and very effective aspect of the entire soundtrack and a very strong one at that, however the score can get really repetitive at times. The soundtrack also contains realistic sounds (particularly for the gigantic saltwater croc). instead of using the same regular crocodilian sounds, the sounds that are used for the gigantic croc are growls and jaws snaps from real saltwater crocs that the sound company team have recorded. The cinematography is absolutely first-rate; excellent camera work and realistically stunning shots. The film was shot in Victoria and the Northern Territory which are all found in Australia. And then there are effects; the CGI and animatronics. The look of this giant croc is great if not authentic because it's just plain CGI special effects, but the movement of this special effect is very authentic with animalistic precision and has some very glossy detail on the skin, but some of the behaviors and the size of this CGI croc is unrealistic, a 25 foot, 2 ton Saltie destroying a big pontoon boat and diving down under water like a seal which is not accurate. Now here's the rest: This entire creature feature is very stereotypical; It's human against nature (as well as all animals), the human characters are exactly how real humans are portrayed in real-life: They smoke, they do some stupidly idiotic things, they cuss, they are not interesting, and they all know nothing about nature and animals. The main character "Pete McKell (Michael Vartan) is very unlikable protagonist and an uninteresting guy with no depth, he is American travel journalist who knows nothing about all animals, strongly hates all animals, and calls them specific names that are foul cuss words! I wish they would hire David Wenham as the tour guide instead of Radha Mitchell. Mitchell's performance is very underwhelming. Mary Ellen (Caroline Brazier) is a very whiny coward desperate for The safety of her home and getting back his husband which is annoying. Heather Mitchell plays Elizabeth, Heather is the worst actor in the cast; she has nothing to do at all except for having great fear and her acting is sub-par at worst because when she says her lines when she is acting scared, the pacing of her talking is way to fast with a quivering prosody, which is pretty cringe-worthy. Some of the dialogue is kind of corny, very trite, and some are really bad. The lines of dialogue for Radha is seems fluffy when it comes to information on saltwater crocs. The facts about Salties need to be more professional and detailed. One line for Damien Richardson's character calls the geese "ducks". Why!?And I strongly despise the written dialogue for Michael Vartan. The climax of the film is decently written but it wanders in the same territory of Jaws (1975) and Predator (1987) which is unoriginal, and has an unrealistic and inaccurate death at the end of the climax. In conclusion: In spite of it's redeemable aspects, it's superficial, and it's extremely offensive towards zoology and herpetology. Rogue is a very sub-par creature feature with an aggressive bite that has smashed the buffalo's skull! If you are desperate for a herpetological movie or a movie about the wild Australian Outback that's highly worthwhile, watch The Crocodile Hunter Collision Course (2002) instead.

this is one of my favorite croc movies, right up there with lake placid. I rented it, expecting an entertainingly cheesy B movie, and was surprised to find that it was actually really good. the special effects are impressive, and the people behave pretty realistically. we'd all like to think we could stay cool and think of others in a crisis, but we are human. we panic, we do dumb things, and we think of ourselves and our loved ones first. the movie portrays that very well with most of the characters. ps, dear Kyle Vansteelandt: look up "rogue animal" real quick. as a general rule, you're right, we shouldn't just go killing things. but there are exceptions. the title isn't just there to sound cool, this is a real thing that happens and needs to be dealt with.

I think rotten tomatoes was on some kinda mind trip here, perhaps just one toke over.... I saw this months ago, completely unaware of ratings, as I'm very sympathetic to a semi cheesy horror flick, a lot of careers were launched through em. While this movie has a lower budget, high predictably factor, I stayed glued to my seat, it had some good acting, good staging, and I do recommend it if you don't want to search your media for the perfect movie, killing an hour or 2