Something is lurking beneath its calm surface. That's right, a cold-blooded reptile is living a good thousand miles north of water warm enough to sustain it. No, it's just there, waiting to bite the heads off unsuspecting actors who might actually be thrilled to have their two minutes in a major motion picture.
Same thing is at work here.
That kind of subtlety is at work throughout this movie, which is well worth a rental, particularly if the rental can be split between several people. It is a most excellent B movie. It stars Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Platt, who all deserve to be commended for managing to keep straight faces for the entire film. I strongly suspect that they decided to make this movie because they knew they would have a great time on the set, because goodness knows they couldn't have been taking it seriously. I actually have an alligator story to recount, and, this being a perfect time, I would like to share it with you.