Film Review: Crawl
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Cert: 15
Director: Alexandre Aja
Screenwriter: Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson, Jose Palma, George Somner, Anson Boon, Ami Metcalf, Tina Pribicevic, Srna Vasiljevic, Cso-Cso, Colin McFarlane, Annamaria Serda, Savannah Steyn
Running time: 1h 27min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: Against all logic, the competitive swimmer, Haley, drives into the mouth of a furiously destructive Category 5 hurricane on a collision course with her hometown of Florida, to check in on her estranged father, Dave. There, in their weather-beaten house amid a rapidly sinking and alligator-infested town, Haley and her father find themselves trapped in the labyrinthine mess of their flooded crawl space, where a merciless pair of six-meter predators is silently stalking them. Now--as Haley and Dave are gasping for air in the claustrophobic basement--only their will to survive can help them stand a chance against the scaly adversaries' powerful jaws. Can they escape without getting eaten alive?
Likes: Finally got to see this film after it was realized in the US, and in all honesty, this was an absolute Brutal and vicious film that involves one of the best CGI animations from Alligators film ive seen in years, giving them a dark vicious Apex predator hunting anything that moves really give the film that intense and frightening tone.
What you see in the trailer is nothing for what you about to see if you dont like blood or gory this film is not a film for you, I kid you not there is a lot of scenes through this film that when the film kicks in they become extremely Vicious and frightening on a level that this situation can easily happen.
For a pretty short film with a reasonable length time, the pacing is solid along with the acting as well giving a pretty solid film, but not without its flaws. There are plenty of moments through this film that gets really intense with a few jump scare moment, some being so intense as you have no idea where the alligators are under the water, this gives the film a frightening and intense nature.
To make a film work like this as a horror thriller is really hard especial when you have alot of alligators it tends to take away the fear, but with this film they did a very clever thing in only showing the alligators when needed and keeping them out of sight for the most intense parts of the film. This gives the audience a sense of fear as at any moment someone could be grab and torn apart in a bloody carnage of flesh and bone.
The film set mostly in a crawlspace during a hurricane which gives the audience a sense inherently claustrophobic nature, it plays with the motion very well. For a creature feature, this doesn't go beyond absurd, and unrealistic as it gives a very real and not unpossible situation giving that most of Florida's land is Gator country.
So I will say this is a great film, well writen in most parts but a few flaws, but well worth watching for the most intense and brutal moments you possibly see in a film, that should've been Rated R because some scene is seriously brutal.
Dislikes: The one issue I did find was kind of a lazy set at the begin with a certain sign on the side of the road, I think the film could've had a better set up involving a rescue of alligators that went wrong would have been a better set up, but apart from this begin they did the rest of the film was actually good.
The other thing that was mention in the film was being able to swim fast than an alligator in the water, this is virtually inpossible for any human to do since an adult Alligator swimming can reach up to speeds of 20 mph, While 23 time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps topped out at about 6 mph so you can see why trying to swim away from alligator is inpossible.
These are the only two issue I found with the film
Overall: Dark, solid acting, great atmosphere tone, Amazing CGI making the alligators look more realistic.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8.1 out of 10 for Concept
Cert: 15
Director: Alexandre Aja
Screenwriter: Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen
Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson, Jose Palma, George Somner, Anson Boon, Ami Metcalf, Tina Pribicevic, Srna Vasiljevic, Cso-Cso, Colin McFarlane, Annamaria Serda, Savannah Steyn
Running time: 1h 27min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- We see women in their swimsuits at the beginning of the film.
- Mild cleavage from the main actress.
- A magazine with the word "SEX" is briefly shown during one scene which takes place in a gas station. The head of the woman on the cover of the magazine is visible, though the rest of her body is covered over by another magazine.
- The butt cheeks from the female swimmers show at the beginning of the movie
Violence & Gore:
- A man has a severe gator bite on the shoulder, the wound is very bloody.
- A man has an open fracture on the leg. Blood and bone can be seen.
- A group of people is attacked and eaten alive.
Profanity:
- around 12 uses of the s-word, approx 6 f words are used
- Multiple uses of the F-word
- use of "shit" and "ass
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- A bottle of alcohol and a prescription bottle of pills is inspected by one of the characters, though no controlled substances are shown as consumed during the film.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- The whole movie is intense with the presence of alligators and a hurricane. Be prepared to hold your breath the entire movie. It's that intense.
Story: Against all logic, the competitive swimmer, Haley, drives into the mouth of a furiously destructive Category 5 hurricane on a collision course with her hometown of Florida, to check in on her estranged father, Dave. There, in their weather-beaten house amid a rapidly sinking and alligator-infested town, Haley and her father find themselves trapped in the labyrinthine mess of their flooded crawl space, where a merciless pair of six-meter predators is silently stalking them. Now--as Haley and Dave are gasping for air in the claustrophobic basement--only their will to survive can help them stand a chance against the scaly adversaries' powerful jaws. Can they escape without getting eaten alive?
Likes: Finally got to see this film after it was realized in the US, and in all honesty, this was an absolute Brutal and vicious film that involves one of the best CGI animations from Alligators film ive seen in years, giving them a dark vicious Apex predator hunting anything that moves really give the film that intense and frightening tone.
What you see in the trailer is nothing for what you about to see if you dont like blood or gory this film is not a film for you, I kid you not there is a lot of scenes through this film that when the film kicks in they become extremely Vicious and frightening on a level that this situation can easily happen.
For a pretty short film with a reasonable length time, the pacing is solid along with the acting as well giving a pretty solid film, but not without its flaws. There are plenty of moments through this film that gets really intense with a few jump scare moment, some being so intense as you have no idea where the alligators are under the water, this gives the film a frightening and intense nature.
To make a film work like this as a horror thriller is really hard especial when you have alot of alligators it tends to take away the fear, but with this film they did a very clever thing in only showing the alligators when needed and keeping them out of sight for the most intense parts of the film. This gives the audience a sense of fear as at any moment someone could be grab and torn apart in a bloody carnage of flesh and bone.
The film set mostly in a crawlspace during a hurricane which gives the audience a sense inherently claustrophobic nature, it plays with the motion very well. For a creature feature, this doesn't go beyond absurd, and unrealistic as it gives a very real and not unpossible situation giving that most of Florida's land is Gator country.
So I will say this is a great film, well writen in most parts but a few flaws, but well worth watching for the most intense and brutal moments you possibly see in a film, that should've been Rated R because some scene is seriously brutal.
Dislikes: The one issue I did find was kind of a lazy set at the begin with a certain sign on the side of the road, I think the film could've had a better set up involving a rescue of alligators that went wrong would have been a better set up, but apart from this begin they did the rest of the film was actually good.
The other thing that was mention in the film was being able to swim fast than an alligator in the water, this is virtually inpossible for any human to do since an adult Alligator swimming can reach up to speeds of 20 mph, While 23 time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps topped out at about 6 mph so you can see why trying to swim away from alligator is inpossible.
These are the only two issue I found with the film
Overall: Dark, solid acting, great atmosphere tone, Amazing CGI making the alligators look more realistic.
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