Director:
Steve MinerGuión:
David E. KelleyCámara:
Daryn OkadaMúsica:
John OttmanReparto:
Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Natassia Malthe, Mariska Hargitay, Steve Miner, Adam Arkin (más)Sinopsis(1)
La inexplicable muerte de un oficial de protección de aguas y bosques en Lake Placid siembra la confusión y el miedo entre la población. Para conocer más detalles sobre este misterioso y violento caso, un equipo formado por una paleontóloga, un oficial de caza, un profesor, un guardabosques y un sheriff se dirige hasta la zona, donde descubren un diente de origen prehistórico. Será el comienzo de una investigación que la monstruosa criatura del lago se encargará de convertir en una horrible pesadilla. (Lauren Films)
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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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