The Story:
The sequel that nobody demanded, from the franchise that never should have been a franchise, continues with killer crocs of ginormous size running amok and eating people. This time, all of the crocs are killed, and the local area is saved.
Right.
The more sequels to this franchise that comes out, the more the original Lake Placid looks like the Citizen Kane of giant crocodiles that eat people movies.
:)
That said, if you're going to watch any of the sequels, this is one of the better ones to endure. Way better than the 2nd, not quite the cheese factor of Hasselhoff in the 3rd, but this one is tolerable enough.
Robert Englund makes a glorified cameo as an evil poacher, but even he can't raise this one into pure camp or awesomeness. It simply exists to cash in on whatever goodwill the fans have for this franchise.
The stilted movement of the fake CGI crocodile is mostly dreadful. I'm not sure if it's low budget films that can't get movement down, but it's just sad.
Hopefully the studio will take their own advice, and let the franchise truly end.
If they stick with the Friday the 13th style of naming their sequels, then we know we are in for at least 5 more... : /
Final Grade: C- --- I'm trying to be nice guys...
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nope, makes me long to see the original though. :)
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