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A Balasaur Score of 51 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 47%, Metacritic 34/100. Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 6 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 22m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
1,299 audience votes
Key crew
- Steve MinerDirector
- David E. KelleyScreenplay
- John OttmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bill PullmanJack Wells
- Bridget FondaKelly Scott
- Oliver PlattHector Cyr
- Brendan GleesonSheriff Hank Keough
- Betty WhiteMrs. Delores Bickerman
- David James LewisWalt Lawson
- Tim DixonStephen Daniels
- Natassia MaltheJanine
- Mariska HargitayMyra Okubo
- Meredith SalengerDeputy Sharon Gare
- Jed ReesDeputy Burke
- Richard LeacockDeputy Stevens
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Themes
sherifflakedivingcrocodileanimal attackdeputypaleontologistmainedecapitationsevered headcreaturescientist