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NOT A CROC Alligator, with a sharp script by John Sayles, is one any fan of post-Jaws cult movies can sink their teeth into
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Rated: R; DVD Release Date: Sep 18, 2007; Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-fi; With: Robert Forster and Robin Riker
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Chris Nashawaty
Chris Nashawaty is a senior writer for EW, and author of EW.com's DVD Insomniac column
After Jaws turned beaches red and Universal's coffers green, Hollywood unleashed a wave of man-vs.-beast knockoffs: 1976's Grizzly, 1978's Piranha, and this cult gem written by a young John Sayles. Clever, funny, and wonderfully bloody, Alligator stars Robert Forster as a gruff Chicago cop joking about his hair plugs, pitching woo to a sexy herpetologist (Robin Riker), and hunting a ravenous reptile as big as a Cadillac in the Windy City sewers. EXTRAS include a commentary by Forster and director Lewis Teague and a sit-down with Sayles, whose B movie deserves an...A-
Posted Sep 21, 2007
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