Movie Review: Dinocroc vs. Supergator

Dinocroc vs. Supergator
Starring: David Carradine, Corey Landis, Amy Rasimas, Rib Hillis, John Callahan, Delia Shepard
Director: Jim Wynorski
New Horizons Picture, Bay City Productions, Syfy, 2010.

Cult horror director Roger Corman produced this made for tv movie.

Okay, so the one with wider snout and spikes is the Supergator and one with thin nose is Dinocroc. Supergator escapes the Hawaiian research lab and eats some scientists. Soon also Dinocroc escapes. At the waterfall a young couple gets eaten. Funny thing that the Supergator was hiding in knee-deep water. Also Dinocroc is quite stealthy for a giant reptile.

Supergator

Dinocroc

Paul (Corey Landis) tries to investigate the secret lab unsuccessfully, so he decides to go fishing instead. River police Cassidy Swanson (Amy Rasimas) and her father Charlie (John Callahan) decide that it would be good idea to go searching for the missing persons.

Cassidy and her father Charlie

Drake (David Carradine in one of his last roles) is the owner of the lab. He calls some mercenaries to take out the reptile problem and eliminate the witnesses. Of course Dinocroc is immune to bullets so the mercs become another snack for Dinocroc. Drake's assistant Victoria (Lisa Clapperton) tells Drake about the failed mission, so Drake calls the alligator hunter the Cajun (Rib Hillis) whose real name is Logan. The Cajun is in Louisiana hunting Alligators. Paul gets a call from his boss, who tells that the satellite pictures show that the lab was destroyed.

Cassidy and Paul hear some not so distant roaring

Cassidy's boat breaks so Paul gives her a lift back to town. Cassidy is actually a conservation officer for Fish and Game department. There are rocks on the road, so they have to take a detour via Drake's research area. Meanwhile a jerk (Victor Macias) is harassing some tourist girls (Ashley Murphy & Katy Magnuson) at the hotel. The Cajun has apparently teleported himself to Hawaii. He shoves the jerk into pool to cool off.

Local jerk

The Cajun, alligator hunter and gentleman

Later the tourist girls meet famous nature photographer Reese Hammond (Brooks Kephart). The girls want Reese to take a picture of them. So Reese walks to the edge of water to take a picture... and you can probably guess what happens next. Paul seems suspicious to Cassidy, so Paul tells her that he is a Eco-spy who investigates Drake for doing illegal military research using fast growing organisms. As proof he shows some giant mushrooms.

Girls want to be in the picture

Some big mushrooms

In the movie there are two Jurassic Park style car chases on what seems to be the same road on both occassions. Drake orders Victoria to kill all witnesses. Cajun says alligators and crocodiles are mortal enemies and they should try to make them fight. Meanwhile a tourist bus is visiting a hotel used in filming a Roger Corman movie "She Gods of Shark Reef". Well, bad idea. There is an annoying tourist lady obsessed with Elvis. Guess who is eaten first. After second car chase the Dinocroc and Supergator finally fight. The wimpy Supergator does not have much a chance against Dinocroc. Finally we get also some crispy croc.

First Déjà-vu

Finally the final fight

The monster CGI isn't all bad. The acting is awkward and bad. David Carradine mostly sits drinking whiskey and smoking cigars. Some characters appear, only to be eaten by either Dinocroc or Supergator (but mostly Dinocroc, because Supergator appears only in the beginning and the end). The movie goes on for the same way for a while so it soon gets repetive. Also the characters are uninteresting. You don't expect much logic with giant monster films, but the film has just too many stupid moments.

Drake enjoying his Jac Dans whiskey

Bad place to park

Rating: Bad