DinoCroc |  | Director: Kevin O'Neill
Actors: Costas Mandylor, Charles Napier, Bruce Weitz, Matthew Borlenghi, Jane Longenecker
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 71,857
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 786936692563
EAN: 0786936692563
ASIN: B000B8QFP0
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: December 13, 2005
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Imagine all the fury of a prehistoric carnivore combined with the ferocity of the largest crocodile known to man and you have the makings of nonstop terror. Run for your life as Gereco Corporation's experiment to manipulate a rapid-growth hormone gets out of control, and a ravenous monster gets out of its cage. Now the residents of the once-peaceful Grant's Lake have only the talents of a crude Australian reptile hunter, the short-handed local sheriff, his daughter the animal control expert, and her boyfriend, to save them from the insatiable jaws of a beastly feeding frenzy
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Not such a crock after all July 23, 2010
Michael J. Tresca (Fairfield, CT USA)
Dinocroc is an interesting mix of old school (some might say prehistoric) monster movies and new school Syfy movies (some might say crock).
On the dino-side, Dinocroc hews closely to the rules of Jaws. Monster shows up on beach, trailed by mysterious hunter who claims he can kill it (Costas Mandylor as Dick Sydney...you read that right). Everyone thinks he's a loon until the monster kills enough people to make the local sheriff (Charles Napier as Sheriff Harper) believe him. Somewhere in the middle of all this is a confused everyman (Matthew Borlenghi as Tom Banning) who's just trying to get the girl (Jane Longenecker as Diane Harper) and move on with his life. And of course there's always the scientist (Joanna Pacula as Paula Kennedy) who wants to keep the animal alive...for SCIENCE!
On the crock-side, there's the usual stupid Syfy tropes: a mutant monster, "monstercam" vision, a bite so fast and lethal that it leaves limbs twitching in its wake, critter speeds that rival motorboats, a grizzled actor spouting one-liners (that'd be Napier), and an evil corporation (GERECO) trying to cover its tracks.
Borlenghi is a poor-man's Tony Danza, mumbling and moping his way through the film. Fortunately, Longenecker does a competent job of making their relationship believable, if a little one-sided...it's hard to conceive of anyone finding Banning interesting.
And yet, despite these flaws Dinocroc isn't all that bad. The beast in question is carefully rendered, doesn't shift in size between scenes, and interacts appropriately with its prey. The director wisely avoids revealing the beast in all its glory until the final confrontation. And when we do finally see Dinocroc, we finally understand how it got its name.
If the fact that Dinocroc looks a lot like a baby Godzilla doesn't bother you, then maybe this movie isn't such a crock after all.
IT'S ZILLA!!!! June 28, 2010
I, Da Ca$hman (Colorado)
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Please note that the rating above might not accurately reflect my thoughts, you will see a rating sentence at the end of the review.
Roger Corman. Must I say more? Well, in this case, yes, I must. Now, this movie tries extremely hard to create a great monster movie, it was just squashed from the beginning. The shots are beautiful, the characters are written to a familiar stand-point, the monster is awesome. The directing and scriptwriting is great, it was the acting and editing that sort of flushed the movie down. Of course, the CGI is bad. But, don't we all love that? And of course, we have DinoCroc named Zilla!!! Okay, not really, but he looks a ton like it. Really, the acting. It's like these guys are TRYING to be stereotypical. It's like they're TRYING to be stupid. I swear, there was a conspiracy.
And, I said the scriptwriting was great? Well, the points in the script were great, but as overall, THAT WAS THE MOST PLOT HOLES I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!!!! It's like half the script got burnt, much like DK was created when MK gone $#!Tless.
There's not much left, honestly. The only thing I can say, is that it's pure today's monster movie. Check it.
I rate it, 2.89/5
 Dinocroc a crock May 31, 2010
Mr. David Anthony (Cairns, Qld, Australia)
Roger Corman's "Dinocroc" is a disappointment. The special effects are good and I have no argument with the standard storyline that has served Mr Corman's career well. All the Corman themes are here intact - government secrecy, maverick capitalists, science gone wrong, environmental vandalism and the little people, usually the first to suffer, fighting back against the odds.
My problem with "Dinocroc" relates to a couple of decisions made by the filmmakers. The death of the teenage boy, a potential hero of the story, may have seemed a like a good way to turn convention on its head. But it rips the heart out of the story and our interest in the ensuing action. The film does not recover from this ugly plot turn.
Another problem is the filmmakers' decision to use religious Gregorian-like chants on the soundtrack, perhaps taking their cue from "The Exorcist" films and "The Omens". In one crucual scene told in montage, the overuse of the music is intrusive and boring. The intended tension falls flat and isn't regained in the climactic duel between man and man-made beast.
The use of religious-sounding music to convey evil can be used effectively, as in "The Omen". But it doesn't work here and the potential to thematically align "Dinocroc" with Larry Cohen's ideas in "God Told Me To" is wasted.
The truly sad thing, however, is that our politicians and corporate giants still haven't learned from the messages in Corman's films, let alone the lessons of history. The BP oil spill in the Mexican Gulf is another ecological disaster caused by man. The cautionary messages in "Teenage Caveman", "Day the World Ended", "Piranha", "The Nest", "Carnosaur", "Raptor", "Dinocroc" and many more are important ones.
I think a remake of "Dinocroc" is in order.
 themeatnpotatoesofitall May 13, 2010
Jesse S. Sconza (usa)
alright,..alright the CGI could've been better, but that's where they went wrong..they should of went old school stop motion,. or even minimized the CGI to limited scenes..(think Hellboy movies with less CGI)regardless the concept of the movie is still pretty cool,.Mutant Oh this time around, Wererabb..wereshark naa..but ah!, you guessed it a werecroc..Humanoid crocodile thing..I thought the kill sequences were interesting yeah, yeah even though I know the CGI wasn't up to par.. still I enjoyed it anyway. I'm not going soft on The team that put this one together, I just feel that they went CGI because they wanted to be(Hip) in, the in thing of the times CGI.. Still I bought it..Like it.. WHY? you might ask, cool thought out kill scenes, creature concept a Croc that runs on two leggs..and it looks cool between my Peter Benchley's Creature dvd and my Anonymous Rex dvd..sorry guys I can't beat this dvd up I liked it..yeah..yeah I know weak CGI..
 Bad June 2, 2008
Trevor Merris (Carmicheal, CA USA)
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Why such films like this get good reviews is beyond me. The story is sooooo boring and the"DinoCroc" looks like a dinosaur made with 90's CG technology.
A Lab in a local Town develops a Giant Crocidile, why they and i have no idea. It gets lose and begins to eat people and the local nut decides to stop it while trying to prove it exists to the sheriff.
I baught the movie for $19.99 when it came out and i was greatly diappointed. Roger Corman is famous because he's a genious? Yeah right and im am Tom Cruise.
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