IMDb Rogue Boards
October 26, 2006
Saw this yesterday at an NYC screening
By vze3tndu
SPOILERS!
First let me indicate that people who had seen Giant Alligator, or Croc films will either love this film or be biased, (cause once you seen one you seen them all). I had saw this yesterday at Lowes theater in 11 and 3rd ave. The pacing of the film is a little to slow, however once we get introduced to all the characters, the pacing is a suspenseful slow. The great thing about Rouge is what you dont see usually scares the sh@t out of you.
The cinematography exploits the vast landscapes of Austrialias outback, a beautyful place, that gives out that unforgiving creulness of nature.What makes Rouge so great its is handheld camera techniques giving the film a very realistic feel in the beggining, it also adds deph to the supporting cast who really did there job, in films like this you would have either the whiny bi**CH, THE selfish man, the survialist,or the big boobed blond skinny dipping in croc infested waters but Rouge does not have any of these cliches, usually films like this have any overacting in this film *common in creatures gone awry movies* You care for these characters, and it becomes unpredictable on who lives and who dies,I felt that Greg Mclean should of played more with this formula instead of using his supporting actors as a prop to propel the audience to the last act.
If you really look hard one of the characters is played by John Jarret of Wolf Creek. However where the filmed suffered was in the lead actor, Michel Vartan who was promising in the begining but underplayed his role where it seemed flat, compared to his female lead Rahda Mitchel who was once again great, you see that there was no chemistry between the 2.
When the Croc is finally revealed, what you get is a very realstic menace created half by cgi and animialtroncs. The Croc was terrifing Although there was some gore , there could of been more,especially in the last act. Overall Rouge is good but not great, although suspenseful, it should of use this formula towards the end, instead it makes an impressive cgi romp*but like I said earlier you seen one giant croc movie you seen them all. What greg mclean should of done was not make the croc the star of rouge,but its cast , because it there reactions that brige that connection to the audience of fear and not the Giant Croc. Good but flawed, but very entertaining.
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