Rogue

ROGUE (2007) - May 24, 2009 (S)
About a group of tourists on a boat in an isolated river in Australia who wind up being terrorized by a giant crocodile. This is Greg McLean's follow-up to Wolf Creek, and like that film this one takes its time setting up all the characters before the crocodile shenanigans start kicking in. They're all pretty much stock characters (ie. the happy family, the bickering couple, the quiet guy, etc.), but I suppose that's necessary to be able to set them up all reasonably quickly. There's not quite as much crocodile carnage as you might expect (the bulk of the film is essentially Lifeboat with a crocodile), but it's suspenseful in parts and definitely entertaining throughout. And then there's the ending, which features Michael Vartan infiltrating the crocodile's lair in order to rescue Radha Mitchell, which is riveting and flat-out awesome. I kinda wish that the film had been more like that all the way through, but... oh well. ***