Our patrons voted for this week’s movie review, and they selected Crawl. This was a movie we let slip by us when it was in theaters. However, now we know, you don’t just slip by gators, they will look for you, they will find you, and they will kill you.

* Intro - (0:27)* Trailer - (7:27) * Synopsis - (10:55) * Review - (12:01) * Score - (16:00) * Spoilers - (25:43) * Final Recommendations - (53:39) * Taglines - (54:54) * It Came From Social Media - (1:00:08) * Outro - (1:20:50)

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Crawl Trailer

https://youtu.be/H6MLJG0RdDE

Crawl can is available for rent or purchase on your favorite video platform.

Synopsis

The movie follows Floridian Haley (Kaya Scodelario), a competitive swimmer that goes to check on her father before a category 5 hurricane hits. She discovers that her father Dave (Barry Pepper) is in the CRAWL space below his house with a broken leg from an alligator attack. She finds out quickly that there are not one, but two hyper-aggressive gators that will stop at nothing to kill them both. What proceeds is a game of gator and mouse where they try to escape the gators in a labyrinthian and increasingly flooded crawlspace.

Crawl Poster

My Review

This movie has a simple set up and delivers exactly what you would want out of it: ridiculous gator action.

Before coming to Dave's crawlspace, these gators must have stopped by Tony Montana’s and consumed the mountain of coke on his desk. These gators are ridiculously aggressive.

The two main characters are constantly in danger, but are protected by the most powerful substance known to man… plot armor. So for an hour and a half, as we watch them try to outsmart the gators to accomplish the impossible task of… you know crawl a couple feet to the stairs, we are introduced to a steady stream of possible saviors who are immediately attacked and torn apart by ravenous gators.

Oil me up daddy, it's dinner time, and I'm a little soup-boy. Chompa. Chompa.

I’ve said it before. I’m not a huge fan of monster movies. But I can appreciate the ones that are done well. This is one of those.

The situation is creative, the pacing of the plot is great. Even the tension is high throughout the movie because of the rising water. It really is a great device to move the plot forward. There is also a decent amount of character development between Haley and her father. 

If all that bores you and you are only coming for alligator attacks, you will not be disappointed. Everything from just plain gator bites to being completely drawn and quartered by a congregation of gators is covered.

Getting Drawn and Quartered by Gators

Overall it’s a really well written and executed creature feature that maintains tension, has the proper amount of ridiculous action, and doesn’t overstay its welcome.

Score for Crawl

7/10