Black Water (2007)

Splendid in its economy, Black Water gets a grip on our senses and never lets go %u2026 the writer/directors portray nature as something wondrous and deadly all at once, which is what it is of course, without guilt, without an agenda %u2013 except surviva

...an uneven yet sporadically tense thriller...

Nasty, brutish and at 89 minutes just the right length.

Australian film-makers Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich have done a great job in making the world’s most deadly reptile as scary as a shark.

Writer-directors David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki calibrate the tension with creditable skill.

While the when-animals-attack genre has been a staple of direct-to-retail movies for decades now, this tries for a more realistic approach than the usual rubber or CGI reptile's buffet.

There are some nice creepy chills to be had from the directors David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki's low waterlevel camera work, but ultimately the outlandishness of their real-life adventure deadens the visceral impact.

Packs enough shocks to keep you gripped, not to mention a conclusion that refreshingly refutes the genre rulebook.

Lean and mean, this basically does for crocodiles what Open Water did for sharks, Snap it up.

Well acted and all the more engaging for having been based on a true story, ultimately Black Water lacks teeth.