Rating: 3.5/5
COPS SEEK SEWER PSYCHO
Ramon, the baby alligator, gets flushed down the toilet, just like in the urban legends. Twelve years later, cops are finding dead dogs and gnawed-off limbs in the sewage intake
Meanwhile, Gutchel (Sydney Lassick), a pet store owner, is trafficking puppies for Slade Pharmaceutical. When his supply runs low, he takes to the sewers. But like Nedry in Jurassic Park or Beverly Powers in Jaws, the bastard gets them
Officer David Madison (Robert Forester pre-hair plugs) is on the case!
The alligator stunts and effects in this look great! The movie goes all out — the almost satirical script, the charming acting performances, the wild set pieces (alligator ripping through a wedding is inspired) — they all elevate this above “just another Jaws rip-off” or creature feature
Stray Thoughts
- Baby gators are so cute, but why would they sell those to kids? I know they did IRL, but why??
- Little Yorkies too?!
- “jaws meets chud meets soylent green”
- a guy being chomped and wrestled by an alligator left the audience unphased
- Robert Forester wrote all the “receding hairline” jokes to humanize his character and because his hairline was, in fact, receding
- Marisa is the girl who won Ramon but never finds out
- I’m already terrified of the sewer, at least how they portray it in movies — so sludgy and gross! Add a gator, and I’m losing it, just barfing with anxiety. Exception: the 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies made the sewers look cool as hell
- Oh, the explosions also pop off