Black Water (2007)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 19
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 1
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Three tourists navigating the treacherous swamps of Northern Australia are forced to fight for their lives after a hungry crocodile capsizes their boat and stalks them from the murky depths in this natural horror thriller from directors David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki. It was during a relaxing voyage into the outback that Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister Lee decided to venture into an area of the outback rarely seen by tourists. Enlisting the aid of local tour guide Jim, the
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Andy Rodoreda
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Ben Oxenbould
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Fiona Press
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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.
Top CriticA lack of incisive action takes the teeth out of croc pic...offering too few scares and insufficient tension for audiences to take the bait.
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.
Short, sharp and refreshingly nasty, it's a light antidote to all those heavy Oscar hopefuls clogging up the multiplex.
A wasted opportunity.
A barely disguised B-movie - but one that bites deep.
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.
"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.
Black Water may be derivative, but it ain't no crock
There's something to be said for a chomp-em-up tale that exhibits some class, intensity, and restraint.
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