Review of Rogue

Rogue (2007)
4/10
Mediorce gator flick with overtones of Gilligan's Island
2 June 2008
Warning: Spoilers
A bunch of strangers get on a boat and go for a sightseeing tour just like in the TV show Gilligan's Island; things take a turn for the worse, they get stranded and have to do their best to survive.

But, this isn't a comedy, just a PREDICTABLE gator flick. It starts out slow and drags on from their.

On the plus side there are some nice landscape scenes as the tour goes up-river at the beginning (but, a nice postcard has the same effect).

And, the fake crocodile is believable which is a plus as a lot of gator flicks can't even get that right.

There are a couple major problems.

1). The second half of the film is way too dark. Yes, it's shot at night, but numerous other films competently manage this challenge. Here, one can hardly see anything for far too long and so one ends up losing interest in the story. This is video not radio so one wants to be able to see the action.

2). Too many background characters on the boat. These characters don't add anything to the story and their not developed enough so no one cares about them. Maybe they were included to keep people guessing who will be eaten next, but it's easily predictable who will get it and when.
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