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Alligator (1980)

Director:
Lewis Teague
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Thriller/Horror/Science Fiction/Disaster
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Alligator
RUNNING TIME
94 minutes
Producer:
Brandon Chase
Screenwriter:
John Sayles


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
David Madison Robert Forster
Marisa Robin Riker ½
Slade Dean Jagger ½
Col. Brock Henry Silva
Chief Clark Michael Gazzo
Mayor Jack Carter

 

Review

Penned by a young John Sayles, who'd written the Jaws spoof Piranha two years earlier, this is a mildly amusing fantasy in the same vein as the two before-mentioned films. Admittedly, Alligator helps itself to more creative liberties (read: illogicalities) than its counterparts, but thrust forward by a young, sexy and shamelessly talented Robert Forster, the film has drive and some useful scares and thrills. That is, until it dries out and becomes standard and dull.

Copyright © 20.3.2007 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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