Black Water
November 11th 2009 23:31
Co-writers and co-directors David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki have fashioned a lean, mean fighting machine; a massive Northern Territorial rogue crocodile and pitted three (make that four) pitiful humans against it in the swampy mangroves where the water is as black and murky as the devil’s backside. It’s a essentially a three-hander (there’s only five speaking parts in the whole movie); Grace (Diana Glen), her fiancé Adam (Andy Rodoreda), and her younger sister Lee (Maeve Dermody) head off on a much-needed holiday, but end up spending most of their time up a tree with a hungry croc snapping at their heels.
Adam (Andy Rodoreda), Lee (Maeve Dermody) and Grace (Diana Glen) embark on their holiday
Heading into the swampy mangroves with guide Ben
Three cheeky monkeys up a tree, teasing the crocodile, saying you can't get me
Excellent UK DVD cover art
I think I prefer Rogue over Black Water, but Black Water is a close second, with Alligator (1980) chomping furiously in third place. Go in with low expectations and Black Water delivers in spades. I can’t wait for Andrew Traucki’s next monster feature, The Reef (2010), which he’s currently filming, ‘cos it deals with a 15-foot Great White hunting the crew of a capsized sailboat near Great Barrier Reef. Bring it on!
Here's the trailer to Black Water:
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
The Reef could be a blast of tension, lets hope so.
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Apparently he plans not to use any CGI or animatronic shark, and only real Great White footage which he'll integrate in the same way he did with the crocs in Black Water. I reckon The Reef will eat Open Water for breakfast.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Comment by Anonymous
Also how do you 'waterlog' a mechanical device made entirely of metal?
It cost $1.2M not 700k. What else.. oh yeah it did ok at the AU box office in the few cinemas brave enough to screen it. It was was basically hopelessly fumbled by its distributors here in oz.
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Not sure where I read about so-called experts challenging the supposed crocodile in the movie ... I must have thought it was a legitimate challenge, otherwise I wouldn't have included it in my review. I'd be curious if anyone else has any support for or against this "expert" argument.
Perhaps I made a bad choice of words, but I was under the impression that you can't submerge a gun in water and then expect it to operate properly.
As for the production costs, I sourced my information from imdb.com, so if they're wrong, then you've got beef with them, not me. Actually, the 700k is probably in US dollars, so you're probably right. And as for box office, well, according to imdb, the Oz receipts were pretty slim, but hey, apparently their stats are wrong.