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Sewer Gators
USA 2022
produced by Austin Frosch, Zack Lee, Paul Dale (executive) for Paul Dale Films
directed by Paul Dale
starring Kenny Bellau, Manon Pages, Austin Naulty, Sean Phelan, Sophia Brazda, Karista Filopolos, Charles Early, Margret Early, Carter Simoneaux, Frank Thompson, Mike Hebert, Paul Dale, Alvaro C, Austin Frosch, Melissa Dale
written by Paul Dale, songs by Carter Simoneaux, OJ and the Simpsons
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It all starts with a trailer trash couple being killed in their trailer
- by an alligator that has come through the sewers. But it's before
Sheriff Mitchell (Kenny Bellau) can really do anything that he's already
put on a leash by mayor Bobby (Sean Phelan), who wants to hold the
traditional, annual Gator Fest at whatever cost. And shen more gator
related incidents follow, the mayor just puts a price on the gator's head
- and when some local yokels bring back a dead gator, it seems like
problem solved. Only the sheriff and a freshly arrived zoologist Laura
(Manon Pages) are not that sure, and an abduction shows that the captured
gator has never had human flesh - so there must be more than one in the
sewers. So it seems the whole town's in danger, but that doesn't keep the
mayor from having his festival - and thus the sheriff and Laura hook up
with Shane (Austin Naulty), local survivalist and crazy person rolled into
one, and the three of them go down to the sewers to do some hunting - but
are they the hunters or the hunted? Now yes, the story of this
film follows the plot of Jaws pretty
closely, and if you look close enough you'll also see the occasional
reference to Sharknado -
besides many other animal horror flicks I'm sure -, and it's also true
that the film's creature effects give Bela Lugosi's octopus fight in Ed
Wood's Bride of the Monster
a run for its money ... and none of this really detracts from the movie's
entertainment value, quite the contrary, as Sewer Gators doesn't
take itself seriously in the least, instead plays with genre conventions,
deliberately ditches realism for good (or even cheap) jokes, and just
enjoys being silly. That said, the film stays clear of just coming across
as moronic, it does have a structured plot and decent build-up - if stolen
from Jaws - and fun characters that
are more than just one-joke wonders. Basically not a masterpiece at all -
but a fun party flick all the same.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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