Crawl is a shockingly fun and tense creature thriller despite its weak start. This movie is about a girl and her father who become trapped in their house, surrounded by alligators during a Category 5 Hurricane. Kaya Scodelario gives a great performance. She has a likable presence and nails the physical elements of the role. Barry Pepper gives a good performance. He does not have a ton to do but I bought the father-daughter relationship between him and Scodelario. Alexandre Aja did a great job directing. The creature scenes are extremely intense while never being so stupid that I checked out of the film. He teeters the realism line perfectly. The visual effects on the gators are quite impressive especially considering the lower budget. At 87 minutes the first 15 or so minutes of plot setup is pretty weak but necessary to the film. However, the moment the first alligator shows up I became immediately locked in and the movie never lost me. Overall, Crawl was not cinematic art but it was a really fun creature feature and a lot better than I expected it to be.
7/10
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