There wasn't quite zero problems, there characters weren't quite as tight as they were in Wolf Creek, some of the timing was off and the CG wasn't that great (above) although it was better than most Creature Features around, and the use of puppets and real crocodiles helped remedy this. Here we don't have the evil paramilitary forces who've made a super croc intent on killing all humans with its diamond teeth and acid breath, it's just a 7 metre beast (living crocodiles have been recorded at over 8m long) that's territorial as Hell. Too often we're put through the light-hearted mediocrity of Lake Placid and Black Waters, or the the dull waste of potential seen in Primeval and Eaten Alive. Proving once again that the Australian outback is a terrifying place to be, Greg McClean brings out the best giant-croc film there is, and makes it believable. He brings the fear without ever having to show it on screen, and the fact that you wait so long for its appearance just makes the crocodile all the more brutal and frightening when you eventually do.
If you can't make the creature look overwhelmingly realistic, then don't concentrate on the creature.
Rogue is not a big-buck picture, but it's not what you've got to work with, it's how you work it, and he knows exactly what the fuck he's doing. You don't actually get to see any more of the croc than its tail until over half way through the film (when it's already demolished 2 boats and killed 5 people) which I'm sure the community at large will take any excuse to complain about, but I think it works perfectly for Greg McLean's film. No film has ever pulled off a plot like this in quite such a unique and clever way. The cinematography and soundtrack brilliance from Wolf Creek shines through. Every actor bar Michael Vartan (Alias, Kitchen Confidential and One Hour Photo) is Australian (though Vartan did get a Southern Cross tattoo after starring in Rogue) and yet half of the characters are international tourists, which just goes to further show their acting mettle.Ĭreature-Features are pretty standard horror fair, and there's enough DVD's about giant crocodiles to kill a hundred zombies vinyl-Shaun of the dead style.
But he pulls off this (relatively small) role in outstanding stride, as do the rest of them. It's as much of a different a role that John Jarratt could really have from Mick Taylor in Wolf Creek. Every one of these Aussies are worth their weight in Golden Globes. Let me start of by commending the cast of Rogue made up of John Jarratt (Wolf Creek, Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Final Winter), Stephen Curry (The Castle, Thunderstruck, The Wog Boy and The King), Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, The Crazies, Surrogates, Pitch Black and Man on Fire) and Sam Worthington (Somersault, Thunderstruck, Macbeth, Terminator: Salvation, Avatar and Clash of the Titans).
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