Lake Placid 2 (2007)

Upon hearing about the Sequels that followed the original Lake Placid, I wasn't sure if this would be any good! Considering that it was one of those Straight-to- DVD/TV Films. The film starts out pretty much like the first Lake Placid! 2 guys are in a boat in the middle of the lake collecting/looking for samples, aside from talking crap about this and that causing one of the to get distracted & then... A crocodile attack takes place! And the guy gets pulled under the water & gets partially chewed up! The other guy is then astonished & looks around in confusing & panic, calling his friends name out until the body of his friend lunges from the water & he tries to save him by pulling him back into the boat & a part of his body is in the hands of the guy who attempt to pull him in.etc! Etc! body count was better!They then take the body to the morgue to examine what happened & as usual the sheriffs department think the guy who witnessed the attack is crazy & just seeing things & claiming it was a bear that killed him! What the f**k!! They then go in search & still think he's crazy until they find a head of the man (slight difference) & then witness the crocodile & instantly believe him! A Group of survivalist/hunters come to help. They then make camp by the lake & work out a way to try & kill the Crocodile(s)But this time, in Lake Placid 2! There's 3 crocodiles!!!To say the least, I liked this film abit better than the first, because it had more bloody effects in it (not really gory but good enough!) as well as a higher body count! Which if I'm not mistaken was 8 people! Unlike the first which only had a body count of 2!The CGI effects though were abit crap! You could instantly tell the crocodiles weren't real & didn't blend in very well! The water plane was the worst & possibly the best example of the CGI being cheap & tacky! I've seen better effects in a cheap 90's Horror Film! Although it didn't so much mind the CGI blood I felt that was OK! But the plane was just incredibly fake! Even a 5-Year- Old could tell it wasn't real! The Crocodiles were OK but didn't have a realistic effect as the original did!The kills were OK not the best but OK for a sequel like this one! The usual kills when the 2 girls get killed by the crocodile & the guy runs in foolishly shouting "Whose there!" & gets eaten! Seen it all before! Bit of a typical horror cliché! I liked how Mrs. Bickerman got what she deserved after she attempted to kill Kerri on the pier! (Creepy Old B*st*rd!)The typical teen-adults were typical as you'd see in any horror film! Stripping on the lake, skinny dipping, drinking beer etc! Etc!The ending was pretty good! The sheriff got together with Emily Warner & Scott who liked Kerri got together with her!Overall I'm giving this a 9/10 for higher body count & more bloodier effects! Through I think the CGI effects were abit crap!

This is lame follow-up to "Lake Placid". This time the acting is at best mediocre, the script awful and the computer graphics exceedingly poor. If the budget was a tenth of "Lake Placid" it is still a poor excuse for the production company.And not just the computer graphics is real bad, continuity stinks as well - daddy sheriff borrows a grenade launcher which he saves his son and gal with, but when they exits the wood minutes later it is just a rifle - how did that happen?! Then in a few scenes later he has it again?!And what about the topless gals - if you have no script, add a few nudes, so we don't notice the other of the movie's weaknesses?!?!Anaconda is a masterpiece compared to this one - avoid!

'This' film' disappointed' me! 'What' happened' to' ten stars? 'Down' the toilet now! 'This' film was only' good for' naked' woman' and their breasts!'That's the' only reason' why people' like 'to' see these films! Not' for the' 'croc for' the breasts' 'of' women! Now come' on' I'm a strict' critic' they've got' to stop' doing these' type of films. Now focus on the' movie at' hand! This' 'film was forgettable and' bad. Don't be' making' 'a' dull' film here! 'What happened' with the first' film was awesome! Now' they went' to just' naked women. There 'is' a scene' where' a bikini' girl is snatched by' the crocodile! Come on' this film' overall' is 'terrible' don't see it!

In case you're not aware, the original Lake Placid was a movie about giant crocodiles eating people in New York's very own Lake Placid.Here we have the sequel, Lake Placid 2, which takes place in Maine, in a lake that is not called Lake Placid... but let's not sweat the details.After the astonishing success of Lake Placid 1, I can't blame the director for sticking to the plan - 5 minutes into the movie, we find ourselves knee deep in 40 foot crocodiles that have been raised by none other than the sister of the woman who raised the original crocodiles - talk about a family affair!Honestly, I loved the movie - the acting was fantastic, and I couldn't help but feel that I was right there in the action, watching some fool get eaten by a crocodile. And when the small town sheriff shows us all that he is an expert with an MGL Grenade Launcher, well, let's just say I called up my local movie store and reserved ten copies.