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Gator Creek
Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson (director)
(studio)
15 (certificate)
87 (length)
24 March 2025 (released)
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Like many genre films there’s generally a period when there’s lot of activity around a particular sub-genre. It could be that alligators and crocodiles are going to be around with the arrival of Crawl 2 at some point and possibly kicking things off is Gator Creek.
The opening sequence and titles set up the film nicely along some quite familiar lines. That’s followed by the usual introduction to characters and reasons. In this case its Kyle (Athena Strates) looking to scatter the ashes of her murdered brother accompanied by friends - some as it turns out closer than others.
To do that they hire a light aircraft from crochety Frank (Andonis Anthony) and will be joined by several others. The flight takes them over the Louisiana Everglades into which they crash caused by a combination an engine problem and idiot passengers.
With most of them still alive but miles from anywhere and off the charts because the flight was uncharted. Confident that I’m not giving any spoilers its now that they find out that they are dealing with a particularly vicious species of gator. Luckily Kyle is on hand as apex predators are her speciality.
Directors Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson, and writers Ashley Holberry and Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens, aren’t that interested in creating anything that original. One idea is to guess which character gets munched first, turns on their friends and goes mad.
Facetious that may be but none of that detracts from an enjoyable ninety minutes or so. The pace is good, nothing and no one outstays their welcome – a particularly annoying passenger gets done in (from the viewers perspective) mercifully quickly.
The effects aren’t that bad, the crash is well handled and there’s plenty of flying limbs, bodies and gore as the gators start to move in. Once into the film the direction is fairly predictable. Again, it's none the worse for that. No film is beyond analysis or criticism just sometimes it's worth putting those faculties to one side.
Gator Creek will be on digital platforms on 24 March 2025.
The opening sequence and titles set up the film nicely along some quite familiar lines. That’s followed by the usual introduction to characters and reasons. In this case its Kyle (Athena Strates) looking to scatter the ashes of her murdered brother accompanied by friends - some as it turns out closer than others.
To do that they hire a light aircraft from crochety Frank (Andonis Anthony) and will be joined by several others. The flight takes them over the Louisiana Everglades into which they crash caused by a combination an engine problem and idiot passengers.
With most of them still alive but miles from anywhere and off the charts because the flight was uncharted. Confident that I’m not giving any spoilers its now that they find out that they are dealing with a particularly vicious species of gator. Luckily Kyle is on hand as apex predators are her speciality.
Directors Taneli Mustonen and Brad Watson, and writers Ashley Holberry and Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens, aren’t that interested in creating anything that original. One idea is to guess which character gets munched first, turns on their friends and goes mad.
Facetious that may be but none of that detracts from an enjoyable ninety minutes or so. The pace is good, nothing and no one outstays their welcome – a particularly annoying passenger gets done in (from the viewers perspective) mercifully quickly.
The effects aren’t that bad, the crash is well handled and there’s plenty of flying limbs, bodies and gore as the gators start to move in. Once into the film the direction is fairly predictable. Again, it's none the worse for that. No film is beyond analysis or criticism just sometimes it's worth putting those faculties to one side.
Gator Creek will be on digital platforms on 24 March 2025.
