not a bad movie, but it's like the new fast and furious movies, you have to turn off your brain to enjoy fully.
Crawl came out of nowhere and bit me in the ass. I wasn't expecting much more than a smile, but Crawl had teeth and had me in its Jaws from the get-go.
Most summer monster movies are simply excuses for good posters (The Meg, anyone?), but skilled French director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes remake, 2006) brings some original touches to the genre, and even when he stays in the realm of the cliché, he has the decency to never let up the pace.
Some alright tensions are built.
Dot to dot predictable.
Every gator bite should have caused the loss of a limb, or almost instant death.
Yet again...... The dog lives.
Seems even Paramount can make a good monster movie upon occasion. Slow start followed by intense gator fun. Has an important safety message, too....Don't ride out the storm! 7/10
A solid monster movie. It has some good gorey gator action. It moves pretty fast and doesn't waste any time. Probably won't be thinking about this for long but I had fun.
Not bad at all. Gets very tense as the gators appear every where.
Worth a watch.
nothing original, containing only the old plot involving crocodiles
now that was a rollercoaster i was jumping and screaming the entire time and even angry in some moment!! it was very enjoyable
A surprisingly solid gator flick with good gore/practical effects, tied together with a servicable story and characters. Regardless of the water levels on show, expect nothing of depth from Crawl and you'll come away satisfied, just buckle in and enjoy the ride.
It's been a long time since I've seen such a bad movie
Could have used a slice of cheese.
What a pile of shit. Never did a main character deserve to die more than this moron. Horrible writing, no suspense, rules that change from minute to minute, bad acting, and an unsatisfying ending. This is the lifetime movie of suspense thrillers. not even fun to watch as a bad movie.
oh you want more reasons it's bad? broken limbs get fixed in minutes, the sewer water flooding in from the streets is crystal-clear, if you don't move the alligators don't know you're there, an alligator softly stepping on a phone crushes it but an alligator ramming a glass shower door with full force just bounces off... and worst of all, the main character lives. she should have been torn limb from limb like the people trying to save her.
If this movie is good for anything, it's a commentary on how idiotic people in Florida are when a hurricane is coming. The news tells you to evacuate, police tell you to turn around because the road is underwater, and idiots ignore the warnings, and cost other people their lives. but the writer of this screenplay obviously does not have the intelligence for that kind of metaphor. If anything, the real metaphor is the stupidity of the characters reflect the stupidity of everybody who made this movie.
1 / 2 directing & technical aspect
0 / 1 story
.5 / 1 act I
.5 / 1 act II
.5 / 1 act III
.5 / 1 acting
0 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think
0 / 0 misc
3 / 10
It didn't entertain me. I usually like movies where protagonists are stuck in a place with some kind of enemiy around them.. But this movie was boring. Plus, I am tired of this damn cliches such as "you get bitten by a damn crocodile but you are still able to run".
Just come on..
Was the storm footage provided by Sharknado?
This movie was ok. The plot was predictable but in the same breath I kept watching. Good edge of your seat moments. I didn’t particularly like the actors but if you turn your brain off and just watch... it’s ok
Liked! Didn't expect much so it was great.
Same storyline has always, predictable, made me jump a few times.
First 25 min is to you get the story so dont judge, after that, it create the type of movie expected.
6/10
A tense little thriller with some very vicious alligator attacks on humans. The characters don't do too many stupid things but the smartest character is Sugar, the family dog, who trots away unscathed.
I wouldn't classify this as a Horror movie but there's quite a bit of bite-related gore if you're squeamish.
It was just boring most of the time!
TERRIBLE MOVIE, BORING MORE THAN ENTERTAINING,
RIDICULOUS THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER CAN GET BITTEN MULTIPLE TIMES AND STILL LIVE, WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE GETS TAKEN OUT IN ONE GO, AS IT SHOULD BE. RIDICULOUS
THE DOG LIVED, ANNOYED ME TO DEATH SHE NEVER GOT A LEG ARE LIMB TORN OFF WITH HOW MANY TIME SHE GOT BITTEN. IT WAS ALL JUST LAUGHABLE IF I WASN'T SO BORED. I KNEW FROM SEEING HER IN THE HUNGER GAMES
THAT SHE COULD NOT CARRY
A MOVIE ALL ON HER OWN,
AND I HATE BEING SO RIGHT.
THAT CROC SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT HELICOPTER OUT AT THE END. JUST TO GIVE ME SOMETHING. THE SONG AT THE END WAS MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE HOLE MOVIE. I'LL JUST STICK TO MY LAKE PLACID SERIES FOR MY CROC FEST MOVIES
2/10
This movie was absolutely hilarious. At the end I was expecting the gator to crab the rescue helicopter like jaws did in jaws 2. Only part I was really into was making sure the dog made it to the staircase. Thank god it did. Using torches during the day. Ah the sun is blinding, must use light to find my way through this well lit basement. And did the house rise with the water, or did the producers forget the beginning of the film where she was crawling in the crawl space before... whereas, over time as the water rose, she was walking around on bloody tip toes. Explain. Also what happened to the police boat? Why go after a boat on the other side of the street when a police boat was outside the house. Guess that went walkies.
Overall, I completely average film. surprised it isn't in the comedy genre. 10/10 would not watch again
Was slasher but was very good for a horror movie
You know where this film is going from the opening scene of the movie! Its not a bad effort, but by failing to be a fun monster fest or an out and out horror flick, it doesn't do much to stand out from other films of its type - Jaws, Rogue, Crocodile Dundee (okay, perhaps not this one). Watch it by all means, but you will have forgotten it within half an hour.
It does what it sets out to do, no more no less. Standard horror with all the "why didnt she ____ !" Or "why didnt he _____!" holes in the movie. It was entertaining enough at least and a decent amount of gore.
absolute garbage, a waste of time dont watch it
I expected nothing and it still came up short.
Alexandre Aja creates and maintains tension well, Kaya Scodelario conveys her anguish well, yes, she has too much "luck"
It wasn't bad. Quite fun towards the end. But the film plays with its own logic a bit too much—like Haley moving around freely on both legs after being bitten by a gator.
The film leaves a lot of threads it brings up unresolved. Like the baby gators, Haley's sister, etc. Not major things, but they feel strange being in the film. Like there should've been additional scenes after the ending—perhaps one showing Haley and Dave reuniting with Beth, and then a flash back to the alligator nest showing that a ton of gators still remain, for instance.
The acting is mostly fine, with some cheesy and cringey lines here and there ("Apex predator all day.")
As it is now, it's okay. 5/10.
Such a blast!! Man oh man this is exactly what you want it to be. And it gets in and GETS OUT. A breezy, gory, gator filled good time. loved it!!!!
The premise is good, but "things that have to happen" just to move the story along are irritating and reflect lazy writing.
Wow this one is very well made. Greetings to Serbia.
A nice little surprise. Crawl is suspenseful and well acted throughout. It’s a nice change that the dog is pretty much a character as well. He’s not just there to get eaten.
Though is a little too convenient that a girl on the swim team gets stuck in a flooded basement with alligators. Instead of a girl that works at McDonald’s.
And the moral? When they say "evacuate" it's the right time to do it. ;)
Man, I felt so bad for the dad character. He took an absolute beating from these American alligators.
This is perfect for what it is. A creature feature “B” movie! This movie is definitely a fun movie when you want something nice and light.
It immediately seems that this is such a self-sufficient exercise. Here we have a little possible situation, well, ok, but can I make a thriller out of it? The feeling of contrivedness does not leave until the end. But. Inside - a nerve-wracking confrontation. Humans vs. Alligators. Exhaustingly frightening. Despite the obvious jambs. Such things
Competent and tense creature feature that exceeded my admittedly low expectations.
“Apex predator. All day."
Ok, so if you put aside the cheesy lines and all the tough love coming from the father, I would say this is a pretty simple but entertaining creature feature. Growing up in the Amazon, I can say that these alligators are pretty weak though :smile:.
I had to give this at least one star above "meh" simply because it started off beautifully. I even told my wife at one point "I expected this to be a cheesy creature feature but it's actually scaring the bejabbers out of me!" Unfortunately, it couldn't last; there were plenty of "make you jump" moments and plenty of "you know it's coming" moments (the only thing missing was the 'duh-duh-duh-duh' theme music from Jaws) but honestly, the beginning of this movie - I think I can safely say the first half of the 90-minute flick - was a terrific "scare" movie. After that, it started getting seriously eye-roll-worthy. What were the odds that the eye of the hurricane would pass just when they NEEDED the cover of the storm? The videography was, for the most part, excellent with some GREAT underwater/below-surface filming. I did feel that it was a bit of a stretch to make every single alligator look like a mutant gigantic freak; not a single small one in the entire congregation. Also, the film made it appear that gators are nothing more than rabid killers with a bloodlust to kill anything that moves. It was never about "prey" or "food" but just "Hey there's something moving. I want to rip it to shreds because that's what I do." Unfortunately, the movie's final half is far more what you remember than the first half, and by the time this one ended, I had lost interest enough to start playing games on my phone and halfway watch the ending. It deserves a "Meh" but I added a star just because of the first half of the movie. Takes it a few minutes to get started, yes, and yes, there's some really lame "dysfunctional family" drama that does nothing for the film, but if you detach your brain and just watch, I find it worth the 88 minutes or so.
Ok first of all the storm shot and the house under water at the end was epic i must admit.
But wtf was this logic from the woman xD
And she never took deep wound damage xD
The crocodiles swim slower than a wounded girl? ok
Just a silly movie with 2-3 cool parts thats it....
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘Crawl’:
1/4 disaster flick. 3/4 creature feature. I’m totally here for it.
Between the gore, the rats, the spiders, the gator eggs, and swimming/walking barefoot in questionable water... my skin was what seemed to be crawling the most.
This was a fun film that wasn’t trying to be anything more than it intended. From the basement to the roof, solid thrills were had.
I've seen a lot of croc films and lake placid is still my favorite and even that's not brilliant and most croc films are terrible but this one wasn't that bad and a good watch with an average cast.
honestly made me laugh on some of the scenes, predictable, Even though it tried to make some compelling father-daughter moments but never got to reach my cold hardened heart
Not much to say; it's a movie about alligators trying to kill people in the water. Your opinion of this movie will be the same as your opinion of Deep Blue Sea.
It's good for what it is. It has the clichés that you'd imagine but it didn't appear to overindulge.
this movie sure as hell deserves 7/10. this was Quentin Tarantino's favourite movie from 2019, that was the reason that made me wahch the movie, it was cringy at some points but it was a good movie.
The movie was okay. thank god the dog survived.
I was hoping at the last scene she was going to be eaten by an alligator when she turn her back, it could have been so funny but yeah not bad.
Keep an open mind for the first half hour & this movie's gonna fuck u up in the next one hour.
This was surprisingly good. Splendid action with the Gators. That's me done with swimming.
HOT DAD ALERT. Sorry, I just found him so attractive. Ahem. Good movie, good jump scares. Wish it was longer though.
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This movie is everything you'd expect it to be. Which is exactly why I enjoyed it! (I do have a soft spot for disaster/creature features). Predictable plot, some decent tense moments, and just pure fun! See you later alligator :wink::smile: