Robocroc is one of those movies where you shouldn't expect too much from and had potential to be enjoyably daft. It has a great title, the scenery is quite nice(although the zoo doesn't really look much like one) and there are three quite good performances from Corin Nemec, Dee Wallace and Steven Hartley. Nemec has a lot of fun with his role and avoids becoming too much of a Steve Irwin clone, Wallace has a character that's ruthlessly evil and she relishes it and Hartley is wonderfully grizzled. Elsewhere in Robocroc, the movie, even when judging it for what it is, came across as rather messy from a personal perspective. The production values are a little drab- though there are much cheaper low-budget movies elsewhere- and the crocodile, who doesn't have much personality, looks more silly than menacing. The writing came across as cheesy and daft and not in a good way, I found myself either cringing in its banality, laughing out loud at how stupid some of it is and rolling your eyes at the cheesy tone it adopts. Some may find it enjoyably daft and light-hearted- and they're entitled to- and others won't, that's what opinions are for. The characters are not much more than underdeveloped clichés and despite the efforts of a few members of the cast are not easy at all to root for. And excepting Nemec, Wallace and Hartley the acting is not good at all, often of the dull-as-dishwater type and there is not much awareness of the situation or proper emotion. The story is the biggest problem, as said already it did judging from the title have potential to be daft in an enjoyable way. For this viewer though it was too dull to even be that. There is a severe lack of suspense. The premise is not much different from other "monster" SyFy movies and Robocroc doesn't do anything new with the formula at all, in fact it's all very predictable and at times confusingly structured as well. The pacing lacks momentum and the exposition scenes suffer from that and that they's rather talky and at times not always on-point. And sadly, the killings and the scenes with the crocodile, who isn't even introduced until half an hour in, are little better. The killings are not in the least bit suspenseful or fun- not helped by that they're not really shown- and the silliness becomes too much to really digest, very Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus-like. To conclude, Robocroc has a great title but apart from that, the scenery and three good performances it's pretty messy. SyFy have done far worse but that's not much consolation. 4/10 Bethany Cox
Robocroc
2013
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Robocroc
2013
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Keywords: creaturezoocrocodilenanobotswater park
Plot summary
An experimental rocket lands near a habitat for a crocodile called "Stella". The payload is an experimental nano technology programmed to survive at all costs. Soon "Stella" encounters the nanotechnology in her food, changing her slowly to the dismay of her keepers. Soon the military show up and take over as man versus Robocroc becomes heated eating it's way through teens at a water park to military men/woman. It soon to find that someone inside the military camp may be helping "Stella" get away for scientific purpose! Will they survive the cunning of man , beast , and technology?
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Great title, messy movie
WANT TO SEE MY SCAR
The military loses a bunch of nano-bots in a zoo where they immediately fly into a crocodile and turn it into a mechanical killer, with an appetite for jailbait in bikinis. Duffy (Corin Nemec- saved the planet also in Dracano) is the knowledgeable zoo keeper and croc wrestler. He is joined by a biologist (Lisa McAllister who played "passenger" in "Dark Knight) who just hired on. In spite of that fact she has nice eyes and he is capable of developing deep feelings for her in about 45 minutes after they show each other their scars. The film is saved by the evil one, Dee Wallace. Dee as you recalled personally rescued 1 star films like "Bonnie & Clyde: Justified," "Hansel & Gretel" "Lords of Salem" and "Exit Humanity." I look forward to seeing her star as Sharon Sommers in the much awaited release of "Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard."
I think you get the picture. Not much to see here except the same old stuff. $9.96 Walmart. They rolled the credits real fast at the end, apparently no one wanted to be be known they were connected to the film. The small print on the back is a bit blurry too.
Parental Guide: No F-bombs, sex, or nudity. A film you let the kids watch before you go to the zoo.
Unleashed
I really do like Dee Wallace - and while she has quite a big role in this (not as big as the croc obviously, no pun intended),she can't really help elevate the movie either. This is low budget so I can see that some are able to cut this more slack than others. I also am happy for the at least one person who really enjoyed watching this. The majority of the viewers will feel differently.
You don't have to just suspend your disbelief - you have to shoot it into outer space. Kidding aside, the movie has dialog that is cringe worthy, CGI that obviously is not good at all and a predictibility rate that is beyond anything one can measure ... maybe take a look at the trailer and decide if you want to embark onto this "adventure"