Horror
Science Fiction
Thriller
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
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Robert Forster
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Robin Riker
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Michael V. Gazzo
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Dean Jagger
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Sydney Lassick
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Jack Carter
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Perry Lang
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Henry Silva
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John Lisbon Wood
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Robert Doyle
Bill
Patti Jerome
Madeline
Angel Tompkins
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Sue Lyon
ABC Newswoman
Leslie Brown
Young Marisa
Royce D. Applegate
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It's snappy.
After an irate father flushes down the toilet his daughter's baby alligator, the creature feeds on dumped animals that have been tested with a growth hormone. Thus the gator grows into a 36 foot long monster that promptly terrorises Chicago.
With a rather witty John Sayles script, tidy effects work and Lewis Teague's knowingly "B" movie direction, Alligator turns out to be one of the better post Jaws copy-cats. Very much using a satirical slant, Alligator's gigantic horror is born out of dubious suit types involved in conspiracies. While the cheery pay back that comes the way of various gits responsible for the growth of super gator is rewarding to say the least. Peperred with in jokes as well, Alligator also benefits from having the considerable talents of Robert Forster and Dean Jagger in the cast. They may look a touch bewildered at times, more out of a sense of fun one feels, but they give it gusto supreme and carry the picture to the bloody and entertaining finale.
A million miles away from Jaws of course, but this is a funny, enjoyable and different type of animal. 6.5/10
John Chard13 Apr, 2020
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