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Black Water (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 15  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.9/10

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Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 mins

Synopsis: Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia. As they drift into a mangrove swamp their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the... Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a river tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia.

As they drift into a mangrove swamp their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim disappears. Realising they’ve been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace frantically try and manoeuvre Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck.

Stranded in the flooded mangrove swamp, the three holiday makers must work out what to do survive.
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Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Maeve Dermody, Diana Glenn, Ben Oxenbould, Fiona Press, Andy Rodoreda

Director: Andrew Traucki, David Nerlich

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 19, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned

Additional Release Materials:

  • Audio Commentary Andrew Traucki, David Nerlich - Directors
  • Behind The Scenes - Making Of
  • Deleted Scenes

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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

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04/18/08
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2.5/4

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

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02/26/08
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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Nasty, brutish and at 89 minutes just the right length.

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02/22/08
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
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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.

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02/22/08
Sun Online
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Writer-directors David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki calibrate the tension with creditable skill.

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02/22/08
David Gritten
Daily Telegraph
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3/5

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.

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02/22/08
Phelim O'Neill
Guardian [UK]
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2/5

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.

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02/22/08
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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3/5

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

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02/22/08
Neil Smith
Total Film
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3/5

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

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02/22/08
Tim Evans
Sky Movies
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2/5

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

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02/22/08
Steve Watson
Channel 4 Film
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3/5

Short, sharp and refreshingly nasty, it's a light antidote to all those heavy Oscar hopefuls clogging up the multiplex.

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02/22/08
Paul Arendt
BBC
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2/5

A wasted opportunity.

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02/22/08
Little White Lies
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3/6

Tapping into the primeval fear generated by these perfectly evolved killing machines, the filmmakers ratchet up the tension, while sustaining our interest in the fate of the trio.

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02/22/08
Derek Adams
Time Out
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3/5

A barely disguised B-movie - but one that bites deep.

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02/22/08
Simon Crook
Empire Magazine
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Watchable crocky horror flick that makes the most of its low budget and simple set-up, though the characters aren't especially engaging and you keep hoping they'll get eaten.

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02/21/08
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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4/5

"Black Water" is the scariest film of its type since "Jaws" - you'll wanna strap in for this one ... otherwise you'll be continuously jumping out of your seat. One of the most genuinely scary films I've seen in a long time.

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02/11/08
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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A lack of incisive action takes the teeth out of croc pic...offering too few scares and insufficient tension for audiences to take the bait.

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01/22/08
Russell Edwards
Variety
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Black Water may be derivative, but it ain't no crock

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12/10/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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There's something to be said for a chomp-em-up tale that exhibits some class, intensity, and restraint.

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11/20/07
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet
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