Reżyseria:
Steve MinerScenariusz:
David E. KelleyZdjęcia:
Daryn OkadaMuzyka:
John OttmanObsada:
Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Natassia Malthe, Mariska Hargitay, Steve Miner, Adam Arkin (więcej)Opisy(1)
Mieszkańcy położonej na odludziu osady nazywają pobliskie jezioro Lake Placid "spokojnym". Gdy w okolicy dochodzi do tajemniczych ataków na ludzi i zwierzęta, okazuje się, że błękitna toń jeziora kryje w sobie zagadkę. Żyje tam prawdopodobnie jakiś prehistoryczny gad. Po tragicznej śmierci pewnego mężczyzny sprawą zaczyna interesować się prywatny detektyw, Jack Wells. Tajemniczym potworem z jeziora zainteresowana jest także pani Kelly Scott, paleontolog, zwariowana na punkcie ochrony przyrody. Zagadkę tajemniczego zabójcy ludzi i zwierząt próbuje również rozwikłać miejscowy szeryf, Hank Keought. Komu pierwszemu uda się rozwiązać te zagadkę? (Best Film)
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All in all, a pretty average horror flick that would be a good fit on the shelves of video stores, but would only be a poor relative in cinemas. It follows the clichéd routine of some 1950s monster horror films (smart scientist, extravagant millionaire, good-looking policeman), so there are no genre surprises. Only the scenes with the crocodile are really memorable (feeding the cow and the grizzly as a snack rulez!), and there are a couple fo nice, properly bloody deaths, the rest is plot wadding and hammy humour. But it’s alright to watch once.
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A movie that should have been made fifteen years earlier. It could have been at least a solid video cult-classic like Alligator, because this way it's just cliché-laden, boring stuff designed for the bottom shelves of video stores.
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I have no doubt that this is good horror comedy/parody. Similarly to Arachnophobia, at first glance it looks like another addition to the monster-horror family, but it is mainly a sympathetically exaggerated affair with equally sympathetic characters, a script full of funny verbal shootouts... And in this case, also with one absolutely perfectly created crocodile (Stan Winston is/was Stan Winston), which creates the necessary suspenseful atmosphere. All in all, what bothered me most about Lake Placid was the reggae song at the end.
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"Jezero" is a classic film that you can watch basically anytime and it usually won't ruin your mood. It's not a great fun, I mean in the sense that you probably won't laugh much, but it won't bore you to death either, if this style of films doesn't bother you. I also have to mention that it has incredibly good effects, especially considering it was made around 1999, so it's not surprising that Stan Winston was involved in the film.
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