Writers: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki
Released: 2007
Labels: Creature|2000's
Black Water is based on a true story in which we find three tourists that take a guided fishing trip out to the backwater mangroves of Australia. A large ''saltie'' (saltwater crocodile) attacks the boat and capsizes it, killing the tour guide. The three tourists are left to fend for themselves in the murky waist-deep water, they will have to use their initiative and find great courage if they are going to outwit the killer croc and make it back to safety.
Black Water is an intense film experience, it is filmed fly-on-the-wall style which really puts the viewer into the action. The tension that builds throughout is considerable and that sets you up for the shocks when the crocodile appears. The crocodile effects are completely convincing, as is the acting from all three leads, the performances leave you in no doubt as to the terror that these unlucky tourists are experiencing. This film is an out-in-nature-survival movie that very much reminded us of ''Open Water'' (that one was Sharks), both movies are less about being a ''Creature Feature'' and more about the reaction of humans trying to survive in unfamiliar and threatening surroundings.
This movie is not a ''Jaws'' or ''Lake Placid'' nor does it try to be and it is all the better for it, definitely worth a watch.
Black Water Theatrical Trailer
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