Rogue (2007)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 99 minuten
Country:
Australia / United States
Directed by: Greg McLean
Stars: Sam Worthington, Radha Mitchell and Michael Vartan
IMDb score:
6,2 (35.868)
Releasedate: 8 November 2007
Rogue plot
"How Fast Can You Swim?"
An American writer travels through the outback in Australia and joins a group of tourists who want to discover the Kakadu National Park. However, when forced to sound an alarm, they enter an unknown territory where a giant crocodile is after them...
Actors and actresses
Kate Ryan
Pete McKell
Neil
Mary Ellen
Simon
Gwen
Russell
Elizabeth
Allen
Collin
Reviews & comments
Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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When you think of 'big animals' horror films, you mainly think of shark films, a subgenre in itself. Of the other animals, the movies with crocodiles and alligators also do quite well otherwise. Think movies like Lake Placid, Alligator, Eaten Alive, Black Water, Crawl and more. This Rogue should be somewhere at the top of the list. A strong horror film that delivers what you can expect. Enough suggestion to build suspense and the right effects to keep the monster itself believable.
The film also looks beautiful, right in nature like a kind of documentary. We are introduced to some characters as it should be in this genre, but they are also not exaggerated types or obvious beef cattle for what is to come. And always nice to see Radha Mitchell. I got to know her in the series Neighbors (from a time of 1 TV for the whole family and no internet yet) and since then I always add a nice touch to films such as Man on Fire or Pitch Black in small roles. But also good in the lead role in smaller films such as High Art and Silent Hill. She can easily pull the film, even if of course the monster is central.
Sufficient tension, not a lot of silly humor that you usually see in these kinds of films, but it does break the atmosphere. What appropriate music and beautiful images. This makes it a much better movie than you would expect.
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Fisico
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Not all that special. A dangerous animal movie just like there are movies with anacondas, bears, sharks and so on. Kind of genre Lake Placid (1999). But it's certainly not super bad. Entertaining even. Not that I cared who got eaten, but the film is short and sweet. Once started after a long run, it didn't stop. Fortunately, we were able to enjoy the beautiful natural beauty during the run-up. Still always a plus.
The crocodile itself looked pretty good, moved a bit strange at times, but overall it certainly succeeded. He might go a little off track towards the end, but you know it will have a similar ending anyway. Nice to have seen, but it is certainly not a must.
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Collins
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Amidst a beautiful mountainous backdrop with a river in the middle, a group of tourists and their guide are attacked by a large crocodile. Rogue is the name of the movie. Director and writer Greg McLean made his name with the horror/thriller Wolf Creek (2005). An overrated movie in my opinion. That film tells a simple straightforward story and does so with little eye for creating a nice dark atmosphere. The same is true for Rogue. Later work by McLean (Jungle (2017) for example) is much better.
Rogue is much like a slideshow of the beautiful Australian nature. A performance that is occasionally interrupted by the presence of particularly irritating characters, who go down the river in a boat to spot crocodiles and then force themselves annoyingly and disrupt the fine idyll noisily. Flat characters whose function as a food source for a hungry crocodile takes shape well. Although the crocodile looks awe-inspiring, it is primarily a clinical spectacle. There is no emotional involvement with the characters.
Barring a sporadic scene, the film as a whole is not very exciting. The camera occasionally moves wildly back and forth, but this does not create tension. However, the lack of transparency is well served. The dangerous reptile itself is rarely seen. That doesn't have to be a bad thing if the story has something more to offer than the noise of egocentric characters. That is not the case. A lot of screaming and whining on an island in the river offers little counterweight to the scenes with the crocodile. The scenes with the crocodile are very ok. The animated beast looks realistic and generates an absolute threat.
Furthermore, Rogue offers very little.
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