☆ ☆ ☆
Alligator (1980) – L. Teague
Robert Forster is
an endearing hero in this low budget Jaws-knockoff notable for its screenplay
by John Sayles (who used his fee to finance his early independent features).
Perhaps because of that screenplay, the film doesn’t take itself seriously, sporting
a very fake animatronic gator and the occasional ridiculously gruesome bite
effects (that’s what you came for, right?).
The plot revolves around a pet baby alligator flushed down the toilet, Big
Pharma flushing illegal hormones into the sewer, and the resulting toxic
combo. Forster is the dedicated cop who pulls
out all the stops to find and destroy the gator, even after he’s kicked off the
force and Robin Riker is the herpetologist (and love interest) who helps him.
Everyone else here is incompetent and most get crunched. Fun for a brainless night in!
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