MINI REVIEW: Bad CGI Gator (2023)
Strangely, I've seen worse CGI!
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You have to love it when a movie tells you, straight up, what you can expect from it. And know that it’s not lying to you at all.
It’s refreshing when a movie is brutally honest.
Although I think the CGI could be worse, but that’s a story for another day and another movie.
This one comes courtesy of Full Moon Pictures, who up until a few weeks ago I didn’t know were still pumping out movies. But they are, and they are glorious as ever.
Some might even say they’ve taken over the mantle from Troma!
PLOT
Six unlikely friends head down to a cabin for spring break to party it up. While filming a viral video for Tiktok, they throw their laptops into the lake, with the resulting electricity spark causing a massive growth and skills burst for the local alligator.
With its newfound girth and an amazing ability to float in mid-air, the ‘gator stalks the teens one by one until it meets its match in the virgin couple of Hope and Sam.
ABOUT THE FILM
The best part about this film is that it knows what it is, it knows why you are watching, and it gives you exactly what you're looking for.
The characters are obnoxious. But that’s fine, because that’s what you’re expecting. If anything, they just camp up to the modern teen stereotypes. And while it seems that they’re an oddball collection, at least the movie bothers to explain why.
Then you’ve got the main event: the gator! And wow they weren’t lying when they said bad CGI - but all things considered it actually could have been a lot worse!
Poorly animated, and barely fitting into the scenes, the ridiculousness of the gator makes this a hilariously good time. And just to make it even more of a riot, the filmmaker has given the gator the ability to float in the air, which leads to some humourous dialogue from the survivors, and the ability to both grow and shrink.
And I won’t spoil how it does that, but suffice to say, it’s quite clever. And I didn’t expect to say that about a movie like this.
What are my overall thoughts?
If you like campy movies, movies that are so bad they’re good and movies that don’t attempt to anything other than what the title says, then you’re going to have a rollickingly good time with this film.
The only real issue is that it’s too short, at 58 minutes you can barely call this a movie, but that just means it doesn’t outstay its welcome.
In the spirit of enjoying films, I would recommend this in a heartbeat.
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Genre Comedy Horror Creature Feature
Director Danny Draven
Starring Michael Bonini, Sarah Buchanan, Maddie Lane
Original Title
Country of Origin USA
Release Date November 24 2023
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