Rendező:
Steve MinerForgatókönyvíró:
David E. KelleyOperatőr:
Daryn OkadaZeneszerző:
John OttmanSzereplők:
Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Natassia Malthe, Mariska Hargitay, Steve Miner, Adam Arkin (több)Tartalmak(1)
Lake Placid, azaz Szelíd-tó pokoli hellyé változik, amikor szörnyű beszámolók kezdenek keringeni egy emberevő krokodilról. A tulajdonosok még a turistaszezon előtt szeretnének a híresztelések végére járni, és egy csapatot bíznak meg az ügy tisztázására. Még hogy krokodil a hegyek között? A nagyvárosi paleontológusnőt, Kelly Scottot (Bridget Fonda) egy helybéli keményfiú, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) segíti a rejtély megoldásában. Munkájukat azonban jelentősen akadályozza egy túlbuzgó állatbarát, aki betegesen szereti a krokodilokat. Az új veszély hamarosan felborítja a kisváros csendjét. (Best Hollywood)
(több)Recenziók (4)
All in all, a pretty average horror flick that would be a good fit on the shelves of video stores, but would only be a poor relative in cinemas. It follows the clichéd routine of some 1950s monster horror films (smart scientist, extravagant millionaire, good-looking policeman), so there are no genre surprises. Only the scenes with the crocodile are really memorable (feeding the cow and the grizzly as a snack rulez!), and there are a couple fo nice, properly bloody deaths, the rest is plot wadding and hammy humour. But it’s alright to watch once.
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A movie that should have been made fifteen years earlier. It could have been at least a solid video cult-classic like Alligator, because this way it's just cliché-laden, boring stuff designed for the bottom shelves of video stores.
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I have no doubt that this is good horror comedy/parody. Similarly to Arachnophobia, at first glance it looks like another addition to the monster-horror family, but it is mainly a sympathetically exaggerated affair with equally sympathetic characters, a script full of funny verbal shootouts... And in this case, also with one absolutely perfectly created crocodile (Stan Winston is/was Stan Winston), which creates the necessary suspenseful atmosphere. All in all, what bothered me most about Lake Placid was the reggae song at the end.
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"Jezero" is a classic film that you can watch basically anytime and it usually won't ruin your mood. It's not a great fun, I mean in the sense that you probably won't laugh much, but it won't bore you to death either, if this style of films doesn't bother you. I also have to mention that it has incredibly good effects, especially considering it was made around 1999, so it's not surprising that Stan Winston was involved in the film.
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