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Dark Age (1987)

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
G'day mate! … Big teeth ya gat there!, 18 August 2006

Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

"Dark Age" is a rather impressive creature-feature from Down Under, professionally directed and surprising NOT featuring the dreadful clichés of other over-sized-animal flicks. It has style and brains and still the movie is pretty bloody and vile, which is a unique combination already. And even when the story tends to get a little tedious, you can always admire the lovely outback filming locations as well as the typical Aussie accents, which I personally find really cool. The hungry reptile eating his way through the Australian outback is referred to as Numu…Nuwamu…BIG FREAKIN' CROC! He's some sort of ancient and spiritual deity to the aboriginals, but since the protected saltwater croc already consumed quite a few people, local park ranger Steve Harris is under a lot of pressure to destroy it. He cooperates with the leader of the aboriginals to keep the beautiful animal alive, but there are loads of angry poachers that want its head as a hunting trophy. About 15-20 minutes into the film, there's a sequence that every single horror fanatic on this planet will love or at least respect… The croc leaves his territory and heads for the populated areas where it immediately attacks & devours a defenseless child. This scene genuinely surprised and shocked me and I got hooked to the film until the end. It's the only REAL shock-moment, but it's great enough to recommend the entire movie. The climax is also very spectacular and fairly original. The big plastic croc-creation looks convincing enough and, as said, the locations are often breathtaking. It's quite a challenge to come across a copy of this obscure Aussie adventure/horror movie, but it's definitely worth it.

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
A different crocodile film!, 16 June 2003

Author: Movie Nuttball from U.S.A.

This monster crocodile film is pretty good.If you can find it would be a good collector's video because its a hard one to obtain.If you find it get it!Its not boring,it has some good scenes and a different ending and should satisfy most horror fans!

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
An Australian 'JAWS', 1 April 1999

Author: Bryan H from Heidelberg, Mississippi

This film was made in Australia and is very hard to find in America, but it is worth watching at least once if you can find it. Basically, it's just an Australian 'JAWS', except that instead of a shark, it's a giant crocodile. The ending is also something to see, because they don't just blow away this magnificent creature as they have in other films of this nature. I won't give away the ending, but it is very interesting. I give it 7.5 out of 10.

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I found it!, 25 June 2007
Author: oli42 from Australia

I might be one of only a handful of people, to have seen this movie in Australia. I had read about 'Dark Age' in Fango, many years ago, and had knowledge of the production.(it was shot in my home town- Darwin) So I waited patiently, time pass, but nothing! Then one fateful day, a friend came back from East Timor with a bunch of bootleg DVDs. Amongest them was 'Dark Age', with the alternative title- 'Lake Placid 3: Dark Age'. It was a really dodgy copy, that fell apart towards the end, but it was enough to get an idea of what I had been missing. Hopefully with the release of 'Rogue', someone might dig up the rights to this gem and get it out there.

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Interesting crocodile film, better than some, 1 October 2004

Author: medic249a2 from Langley, Canada

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

I saw this movie in 1992 when I stumbled across it in a video store. It is definitely worth having a look because it's hard to find. Having been to the country in which it was set - Australia - and seen plenty of Saltwater Crocodiles, it's somewhat realistic too.

***SPOILER WARNING***

In Australia's Northern Territory, a land of billabongs (waterholes), swamps, and rivers, a titanic-sized Saltwater Crocodile is killing people at an alarming rate. The state government enlists the help of a hunter (John Jarratt) to hunt down & kill the crocodile. But the local Aborigines believe that this particular croc contains the spirit of their past, and want the animal preserved, despite its continued killing of people. Eventually the huntsman comes up with a solution. He decides to trap the giant beast and have it relocated, so it will no longer trouble people. The Aborigines, one of whom is played by David Gulpilil (from 'Crocodile Dundee' - he played Paul Hogan's friend Neville Bill) go with the hunter into the swamps to find the crocodile before it kills again...

***END SPOILERS***

This one is close to being on a par with 1981's Alligator (dir. Lewis Teague). The crocodile himself is fairly convincing, having seen a crocodile of comparable size myself. The movie is based on Graeme Webb's novel 'Numunwari'. Webb is an authority on saltwater crocodiles; this story bears some resemblance to a pair of incidents in Australia's Alligator River in the early 80's when an Aboriginal woman and and a man were killed by a huge saltwater crocodile. After the first attack, just like in the movie, the Aborigines of the area did not want the crocodile killed. Although their wishes were respected, the following year the second attack took place - and the same huge crocodile was suspected.

As this is very hard to find I would recommend getting it if you do find it!

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Interesting enough to stay awake... but once was enough, 9 November 2004
Author: vandal-11 from Alberta Canada

The plot was disjointed... and the story even jumped ahead a year without warning... had to figure it out yourself... strange because it was already not the most together plot.

Why do B movies always have a scene where the couple fights like cats and dogs and then ends up with making love?? This one did it... but it was more like they felt the movie needed a nude scene and didn't quite know how to get there.

I found it very interesting that the "monster" croc kept shifting from being a fresh water croc with a thin pointy snout... to a salt water croc with a wider deeper snout.

Watch it if all there is on besides is reruns of Dallas

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0 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Jaws meets Free Willy down under, 30 January 2002
Author: pcampbell25 from Lawrence,KS

As b-movies go, this is definately a must-see. Not only is the plot stolen and adapted Aussie style,but the whole thing is littered by lameness which is not even a tribute to Jaws. So often the Croc looks so rubbery and plastic, you would think it was a giant pool toy. The film is littered by cliche characters and bad dialogue, as well as random screen moments that are sheer oddity. Normally, I would go into detail, but the ineffable quality makes this a see for yourself. P

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