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A little dumb but LOTS of fun
A group of teenagers plan a fun filled Spring Break on a house boat. One day the group stumble upon a load of crocodile eggs (most of them smashed already). Goofing around they break one and steal another. The next day they wake up and realise that the boat managed to drift away and none of them have any clue where the hell they are. That's not their only problem, for the mother(named Flat Dog) is extramly mad and wants revenge. After reviewing Blood Surf I remembered that I hadn't reviews Crocodile, so here it is. I highly enjoyed this flick and seriously think it should of gone to the cinema so it's ten times better then a few movies that have gone to the cinema, it's got quite alot of scares, I can't count the amount of times I jumped out of my seat. The movie has some cool gore and a nice script and is helped by some likable charicters. This is a great started for all the young actors in this movie, each one of them look to be having a blast in their roles and do a superb job as well. I still can't believe I didn't get a chance to see this on the big screen it's so good. I found myself into this movie very quickly it was truly a brilliant movie, I have my DVD ordered. I highly recommend this movie to any one of you (but there is a little bit of cheese, Croc pushing a car into the water to distroy the evadence anyone??) but who cares, it's to damn entertaining.

Lots and Lots of Fun.
This movie is not going to win any oscars, but it is sure a hell of alot of fun to watch when you are bored on a friday night. The corcodile is ok, it does not look that real, but it has teeth and can eat you. Even now low-budget movies are using CGI effects. Crocodile follws kids into swamp...crocodile eats kids in swamp one by one. Likable characters. A good party movie. Underrated. And for whatever person that wrote in their review andIQuote "whoever did this film was really dumb" is very, very wrong. Though many of you do not know it,guess who directed this movie? TOBE HOOPER! The guy who directed "texas chainsaw massacre" and "Poltergeist." He is not an ammatuer director.
Crocodile iis definetly something worht renting, and also buying if you are a fan of the "animals-eat-people" genre. lol.
OVERALL SCORE:87
Direction:19/20
Fun:19/20
Special Effects:18/20
Plot:15/20
Cast:16/20

BEST OTBE HOOPER FILM
TOBE HOOPERS BEST FILM AND SOMAHOW IT DIDNT GET INTO THEATERS. I LOVED THIS MOVIE. IT WAS GREAT UNLIKE THE SECOND ONE. THE BEST MOVIE THAT NEVER CAME INTO THEATERS. YOULL LOVE IT. THE CROC LOOKS CHEEP IN A FEW PARTS BUT ITS STILL A GREAT MOVIE. AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE CHARACTERS......YOUL JUST WISH THAT HALF OF THEM WILL GET EATEN. I LOVED THIS MOVIE

Better than "Eaten Alive"
I can't say for certain whether Tobe Hooper's film "Crocodile" was the one to kick off the spate of low budget beastie flicks currently plaguing video store shelves. It might have been the one, though, since Hooper's activities have been known to attract copycats. Perhaps this director is simply ripping off his own work, as he was the one who made the atrocious "Eaten Alive" back in the late 1970s. That film involved a killer crocodile (or was it an alligator?) wreaking havoc in the bayous of Louisiana. Well, "Crocodile" is a much, much better film than "Eaten Alive," but it isn't anything to brag about to your friends. It's sort of sad that Hooper's film career has had more downs than ups. "Crocodile" will probably not rescuitate his flagging career. While the movie is often fun to watch, we need to be honest with ourselves and admit that we have seen this all before. Aside from "Eaten Alive," the 1970s and early 1980s saw a huge number of similarly themed films. You had alligators roaming through sewers, piranhas preying on swimmers, and sharks shutting down beaches. I'm guessing these movies have something to do with the human need to believe in civilization. By conquering whatever nature can throw at it, humanity proves its own inestimable worth and confirms its position as ruler of the earth.

Before we can believe we are truly superior, we must make the requisite number of sacrifices to nature. In the case of "Crocodile," that means a bunch of college age kids heading out to a lake for a few days of summer fun. You've got Brady (Mark McLachlan), Claire (Caitlin Martin), Duncan (Chris Solari), Kit (D.W. Reiser), Annabelle (Julie Mertz), Sunny (Sommer Knight), Foster (Rhett Jordan), and Hubs (Greg Wayne) serving as the soon to be victims. The lead up to the massacre involves the mandatory relationship problems, overweening egos, and general bad behavior one expects from America's youth. For example, Claire is a nice girl just hoping to share a few precious moments with her lovebird Brady, but finds it difficult to hang out with him when his obnoxious friends show up. Too, Sunny has designs on Brady; designs that she hoped would find fulfillment on the trip before she knew Claire was coming along. Of course, Sunny and Brady have a little secret of their own that could cause serious problems for Claire. Yet, it is easy to forget such trivialities when the sun comes out, the water turns warm, and the alcohol flows like a river.

Unbeknownst to our eight happy campers, something horrible lurks in the deep waters of the lake. Two insufferable fishermen first encounter this beast when they stumble over a nest of crocodile eggs on the shoreline. Being the ecologically minded souls that they are, the two yucks start throwing the eggs around, breaking the shells while they laugh maniacally. Sadly for the fishermen the mother croc turns up at an inopportune time, making her presence known in no uncertain terms by gulping up one of the fools in a single bite. The kids, camping some distance away, here the calamity but think nothing of it at first. They do find the nest the next day, and once again humans start mucking around with the croc's potential offspring. One of the kids hides an egg in Claire's bag, much to her chagrin later. Soon after, the crocodile finally makes herself known to the youths by destroying their houseboat and chasing them overland for miles. Shrieks, the beating of chests, and the tearing of hair follow all to no avail. The beast turns out to be the size of a blimp with the ability to run at mach speeds. Our heroes and heroines begin to drop off one by one, overwhelmed by the brute force of nature run amok. To explain the presence of this creature, some bunkum story emerges that a local resident brought giant crocodiles over from Egypt years before, but the kids don't really care about that once the bloodletting begins. They just want to get away with their lives. Some will, of course, but more won't. "Crocodile" is so formulaic that we can guess from the get go how it will wrap up.

The general plot is rather pedestrian. The acting is, too, although it could be worse-and often is-in a film from this sub genre. The worst actor in the production has to be Sheriff Bowman (Harrison Young), the local cop who initially harasses the kids and then tries to save them. His leering, hammy performance didn't help the movie in any way. What really sets Hooper's movie apart from all the other efforts of the '70s and '80s are the special effects. Depicting an enormous crocodile with the ability to destroy civilization has to have shock and awe production values, so the filmmakers turned to CGI effects to realize their creation. A computer animated crocodile works most of the time, but occasionally looks a little cheesy. For instance, when the animal leaps over a boat sailing across the lake the effect looked like a computer animation. The techs did a better job when the crocodile attacks people. Pay attention to the scenes on the dock and on the boat. Good grief!

The "Crocodile" disc include a few trailers, a behind the scenes look at the special effects, interviews, and a commentary track with Tobe Hooper. I should say that the problems with "Crocodile" pale in comparison with the inherent difficulties found in low budget dreck like the "Shark Attack" films. Here's to hoping Tobe Hooper can revitalize his flagging career; he will have to do better than this movie, but it's a step in the right direction. Give it a watch.

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I REALLY LIKED THIS MOVIE!! ITS THE BEST ANIMAL ATTACK MOVIE EVER!! It has lots of gore and action. I highly recomend this movie to everyone, even if they hate animal attack movies. Its when 8 collage friends take a vacation on a nice house boat and one friend steels a crocodile egg. WHen the mother croc (flat dog) sees this, she kills the friends one by one to get her baby back.In the end she gets her baby back. She ate 4 of the collage students and got 1 blown up. Tobe Hooper did a great job! I really think you should see this. ... Read more

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great
The best thing about this movie is Tracy Ryan and the girl they pick up on the way. Kira Reed is in this but not enough.

Decent, chockful of nudity and laughs
I must have laughed so hard during certain parts of this movie that if I was in a movie theater, I would've embarrassed myself. And that is actually the best thing about "Fast Lane to Malibu" is its overabundant sense of humor, and how it takes itself with the joking, tongue-in-cheek knowledge that it is, in fact, just a straight-to-video skin flick,.... the scenes are often cut short as if they were just eager to get it over with. I didn't understand that, and I'm not complaining, because there are some truly inspiring scenes in this movie that involve a freeze-frame of everyone on the screen except one character, and that character proceeds to engage in a Shakespearean-style way of expressing their thoughts to the audience. I hadn't seen anything like that in a movie in a long time, and it was kind of refreshing to see some low budget skin flick writer utilize a time honored storytelling tool. Oh well... but that wasn't the point of this movie. The point was the sex and the women, who are (almost) all very good looking and sensual in their own way. If this was the standard for other films of the genre, they would all be a lot better.

Softcore porn movie at it's best
A film that says it all by the video cover. Two college students take a cross country road trip to Malibu where sorority girls are ready for action. If you're looking for a movie in terms of acting, you aren't going to get much. If you're looking for a lot of female nudity, this film will definitely make you smile. ... Read more

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great movie
hey this is a pretty good movie i recorded this from the disney channel in about 1998 trust me dawg if i liked it yawl will like it

Pretty Good
This movie is definitely a good kid's movie. The kids learn how to manipulate their parents to get everything they want, including getting rid of their evil big brother, Tyler. The characters are pretty well played, especially the part of the big brother, James Marsden, as Tyler. I remember I used to cringe, because he's almost too believable. He plays the evil part really well. If you're under thirteen, this movie is a very good way to fill the afternoon.

Kids love it on D-Channel -- hard to find as rental...
The Cochran kids have figured out how to control their parents -- even get them to send evil older brother to boarding school. Nice fantasy. ... Read more

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great
The best thing about this movie is Tracy Ryan and the girl they pick up on the way. Kira Reed is in this but not enough.

Decent, chockful of nudity and laughs
I must have laughed so hard during certain parts of this movie that if I was in a movie theater, I would've embarrassed myself. And that is actually the best thing about "Fast Lane to Malibu" is its overabundant sense of humor, and how it takes itself with the joking, tongue-in-cheek knowledge that it is, in fact, just a straight-to-video skin flick,.... the scenes are often cut short as if they were just eager to get it over with. I didn't understand that, and I'm not complaining, because there are some truly inspiring scenes in this movie that involve a freeze-frame of everyone on the screen except one character, and that character proceeds to engage in a Shakespearean-style way of expressing their thoughts to the audience. I hadn't seen anything like that in a movie in a long time, and it was kind of refreshing to see some low budget skin flick writer utilize a time honored storytelling tool. Oh well... but that wasn't the point of this movie. The point was the sex and the women, who are (almost) all very good looking and sensual in their own way. If this was the standard for other films of the genre, they would all be a lot better.

Softcore porn movie at it's best
A film that says it all by the video cover. Two college students take a cross country road trip to Malibu where sorority girls are ready for action. If you're looking for a movie in terms of acting, you aren't going to get much. If you're looking for a lot of female nudity, this film will definitely make you smile. ... Read more