Not from Roger Corman or Avco Embassy but with graduates of the Corman school - director Lewis Teague and writer John Sayles. It's fast paced and witty. The alligator looks terrible and fake. The film gets by on Teague's unpretentious handling, a fine cast - Forster is always fun as a weary cop, Robin Riker sweet as a croc expert,Dean Jagger has a great late career role as a slimy politcian, Henry Silva almost steals the show as an extravagant hunter (they should've kept him alive). They kill a kid as Sayles did in Piranha - the good old days.
But the alligator looks stupid. Never once is it convincing.
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