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Primeval (2007)
Topic Started: Jul 6 2014, 04:26 AM (96 Views)
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A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
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Once again, I thought we had this thread but I guess not. (wary)

Watched this a few days ago, for the first time since 2008 or so and I liked it a lot more than I did back then. There's not too many well done, likeable characters here, most of the dialogue sucks, and the whole thing just felt kind of...empty at times. That said, MOST (but certainly not all) of the effects and kills were good, brutal, and pretty mean. It was also mostly well paced, had like 20 deaths, and had some beautiful locations. There's really not much else to say about this other than; they really should've done a better job with the marketing since I'm sure a lot of people went into this expecting a slasher or something (lol)
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Really? I expect a 25 foot crocodile to kill everyone .
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LOL they didn't let people know that it was mainly a killer crocodile movie.
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Caught this on TV around 2am last year. Surprisingly decent, since I had never heard of it before


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This is a really underrated creature feature that does have a lot to offer.

This one has a pretty impressive feat in that there's a unique spin on it where rather than the creature showing up at a particular location where others are gathered together, this one takes place where the croc calls home. It's a surprising idea and all the fun from this is a cause from it, and that extends into the big reasoning for this one being so underrated which is all the action the film has.

The early parts of the film, where the attempts to capture it result in some really big action scenes are rather fun with the opening attack inside the body-filled pit is really great, the group's first trap attempt is quite creepy and chilling and a chase through the jungle comes at the tail end of a huge gunfight with the warlord's henchmen isn't that bad either. The big one is the spectacular assault on the floating campground since it's on the water where there's a lot of opportunities for action from these scenes and they are just plain great as well with the surprise charge and the gunfire to hold it off before taking out the walkways and then leading into the charge against their hideout makes this a highlight that is quite fun.

Even the rather fun and frantic finale, which is the big encounter in the bush surrounding the swamplands in the driving rain where they encounter both the creature and the henchmen in some rather fun and exciting scenes that really do ends this on a high-note.

The few croc attacks here result in some really graphic kills while the non-croc kills aren't that bad either, leaving this one with numerous amounts of bloodshed throughout here. These here all make it really underrated as this one here doesn't have a whole lot of flaws, and those aren't that bad.

The main factor against it is that this one has a whole lot of really bad quick-cutting during the big action scenes that are nearly impossible to see at times, and along with the use of extreme close- ups there's not a lot to see during these. As these are the film's big moments, it has a real tendency to drag down. There's not a whole lot of surprise in the final twist in the film, which is one that could be seen coming from a mile away, and is so un-shocking that not even the characters offer up any surprise at it, merely taking it for granted that it happened. That alone speaks enough of how good it is.

The last flaw is that, despite delivering some of the goriest moments in the film, there really should've been more crocodile kills. It gets only a few, and these are the real gory ones, but it doesn't have the majority, and for it's own film that is a little sad. Overall, these aren't that bad and make it somewhat worthwhile.
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