An American journalist on assignment in the Australian outback encounters a man-eating crocodile while trapped on a rapidly flooding mud island. An idyllic wildlife cruise disintegrates into terror when a party of tourists are stalked by a massive man-eating crocodile. Pete McKell, a cynical American travel writer, joins a disparate group of holiday-makers on a river cruise through the waters of Kakadu National Park. Initially Pete clashes with their tour captain, Kate, a feisty young woman who assumes he is just another 'city-slicker' in search of a quick thrill. After an uneventful day cruising the river, Kate is reluctantly persuaded to steer their boat into unexplored territory. They discover a secluded lake but terror strikes when their craft receives a powerful blow from beneath the murky depths and begins to sink. With little choice, she beaches the vessel on the closest dry land -a tiny mud island. With a rising tide and only half an hour of daylight left, fear grips the group as they realize they are trapped in the lair of a 'rogue' crocodile, governed only by its need to hunt and kill. Begrudgingly, Pete and Kate join forces to keep hysteria at bay and in the process start to see beyond their initial impressions. Their first attempt to escape fails, but then Pete has an idea - they must trap the crocodile to enable the group to flee to the other side of the island whilst Kate swims for help. Pete volunteers to stand guard, but without warning, the beast breaks free and targets Kate who fails to resurface. As darkness descends and the muddy waters rise, a terrifying struggle ensues with only one probable outcome death. One word… EXCELLENT!! This movie just blew me away! The acting was OK and the story actually was good enough to keep you interested all the way.. at least much better than other creature flick which has no personality in characters or storyline. But what is truly the amazing part in this movie, is the croc itself!It was brilliant. The CGI and animatronics was just great, and the size of the croc was just where it should be. Not too small and not too big, but still big enough to be feared!<br/><br/>I loved this movie, and without a doubt one of the best creature features I have seen! Hope to see some more of these movies in the future, and hopefully this will begin to be the standard. Found the movie most pleasing without preconceived hints or expectations of it's outcome or storyline. I appreciate how the end of the movie linked to the beginning. Enough said on the storyline- The actors are very real in character. This film was very well written and with a believable storyline. Has a, "Ghost in the Darkness", truth to it. Very convincing special effects (some of which I could not differentiate from reality) and an extremely compelling ending. Stay for the ending. There are several moments when you think you have the ending figured out but it just doesn't pan out that way. This one is for the library.
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