The Flood (I) (2023)
2/10
Sad and uninspired "Crawl" rip-off
24 August 2023
I'm not one that likes to use hyperboles like "worst movie ever!" (as if anyone really holds track of it during his lifetime!), but this one comes pretty close. I watched it because croc- (like shark-) features are among my guilty pleasures, and Caspar van Dien... well, he too, I admit. The only positive thing I can say is that Caspar van Dien at age 55 still looks great, but that's about it.

From the insipid opening scene up to the very last cringing dialogue this whole movie is deplorably bad. The CGI-crocs may look like crocs, but as soon as they start moving, and especially when they open their jaws (which they constantly do, mostly without reason) they not only look fake but even a bit ridiculous - their teeth look like made of glimmering iron, and in stead of a tongue they have something that looks like a metal plate. There's hardly any tension, the action is totally uninspired, the dialogues are lame, and the acting of most is below every par. Only Nicky Whelan was adequate, and poor Caspar just didn't have so much to act anyway, besides looking grim, running around and shooting randomly at virtual crocs.

It's always a mystery to me how makers, cast and crew can really believe in such obvious tripe - or are they just going through the motions for their paychecks? Who comes up with such a project anyway, and who do they think to please with it?!? Not me for sure, or most of the reviewers here on IMDb.
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