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It's a normal
day for Kate, bringing out tourists in
her boat to show them the vicious side of Australia.
Unfortunately, the trip takes an unexpected turn and
the group soon find themselves stranded on a small
island with a gigantic man-eating crocodile waiting
for them to take a dip. As if that wasn't enough, the
island that they're on will soon be gone as the tidal
water is coming in.
Finally, after mediocre to utterly atrocious movies
such as Supergator, Black Water, Supercroc and Primeval,
we finally have a winner. The director of Wolf Creek
has brought us the best creature feature in several
years and it's really a shame that it didn't get the
proper theatrical release that it deserved. Throughout
the years we've seen several horror flicks where
crocodiles go on a killing rampage but Rogue is without
a doubt the best one to date. This is exactly what
creature features are all about. It's got a bunch of
relatable characters, it's got a believable story,
it's got a very realistic-looking killer crocodile and
most importantly, it's got lots of action in it.
Actually, it's quite similar to Black Water, only this
time there were actually things happening throughout
the movie. It did cost 20 million dollars to make though
so that should explain why.
Okay so the story is fairly basic - just like it should
be. An American journalist travels to the outback of
Australia to write a report on a famous crocodile
tour. At first it doesn't seem very eventful, they see
a couple of crocodiles and not much else happens. But
just when they're about to head back they see a flare
go off a couple of miles up the river. They decide to
check it out but quickly realize that this was a bad
idea. Soon enough they find themselves stranded on a
tiny island with a huge - and I mean freaking gigantic,
crocodile swimming about in the water around them.
Rogue is a well-crafted and genuinely entertaining
creature feature with a couple of great scares, and
an easy-to-swallow story but no movie comes without
flaws and Rogue does actually have a few.
First of all, there are way too many survivors, they
could've easily crammed some more cool crocodile
attacks in there as most crocodile attacks are quite
tame. Second of all there's almost no gore to be
found in here (again, no need for an Unrated release
since it would've been rated R anyway). Other than
that I can't find any real flaws with the movie. The
cinematography is just stunning and really captures
the beauty of the Australian outback. Believe it or
not, but the movie actually makes you want to go and
experience it for yourself because it truly seems like
a magical place - minus the crocodile attacks of course.
Greg McLean obviously put his soul into this project
and it sucks to see it get dumped like this by Dimension.
If you're in the mood for a great creature feature,
look no further, Rogue is the best creature feature
to come out in years and I strongly recommend that
you check it out. It's a non-stop thrill ride and an
outstanding horror flick. Definitely not one to be
missed. I'm sure that this would've been moderately
successful had it received a wide theatrical release
in the US and perhaps even spawned a sequel but as it
is now, a sequel will most likely not happen. It's a
shame, it really is, but for now, enjoy this brilliant
creature feature with a big bucket of popcorn.
A gory corpse, fingers chewed off and little more.
Worked brilliantly together with the beautiful
scenery and the suspense score really did the trick
as well. Top-notch material.
A great creature feature has been due for some time
now and I really think that Rogue could've done with
creature features what Scream did for slashers if it
had only gotten the chance. Rogue is an outstanding
horror flick with a great pace and a very realistic
looking crocodile. Don't miss this one people.
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