Review of Lake Placid 2

Thanks to Tivo, I just finished watching Lake Placid 2 today. It originally aired on the Sci Fi channel in the end of April. Now let me first say that I did enjoy the first Lake Placid movie. It was a fun Sci movie that wanted to be a horror, but knew it wasn’t really. It was a big budget film that made you feel good at the end, not scared to go in the water. Lake Placid 2 was nothing like the first one.

None of the original cast returned for this direct to cable movie. They played the “ Oh I heard a rumor that some people got eaten by a big crocodile a few years ago.” card. If you lived in a town of less than 500 people, you would know if a 60-foot crocodile ate somebody! Come on, nobody know anything? They put poor Cloris Leachman in to take up the slack of the vacant Betty White in the original. And of course nobody knows about the lady feeding four giant crocs in a lake that’s main revenue is fishing and tourism. Let us not forget our star of the movie, John Shneider. This former Duke boy is the sheriff of this small Maine town, where he too has heard the rumors of the past sheriff that killed a giant croc. WHAT? Did the entire previous population disappear? Was the name of the village Jamestown?

I have never seen a more casual group of people react when someone they know or a friend dies. Serious line in the movie “Dang, he’s dead. He knew what he was in for when he came out here.” And who can forget this favorite, “I lost two boats and a deputy out here.” These where not said tongue in cheek, it was either bad acting or just lets finish the day acting.

SYNOPSIS:
Giant Crocodile eats researcher. Researcher’s friend goes to the Sheriff to show him remains of researcher and get help. Sheriff and Wildlife Ranger (ex love interest) go with friend to see for themselves. Croc eats boat. Deputy shows up with another boat. Croc eats friend and deputy. Great White hunter shows up with tribal slave… They kill Croc #1, then Croc #2 eats slave. Sheriff’s son and neighbor girl go camping on the lake with her boyfriend and another couple. All of them get eaten by Croc #3, except son and neighbor girl. They all meet up. Sheriff kills Croc #3 with a grenade launcher. Surprise, Croc #4 shows up and kills Great White Hunter, while Sheriff and ex love interest are making out. Sheriff with help of son kills Croc #4 with plastic explosive and grenade launcher. Son and neighbor girl go home and make out. Sheriff and ex love interest go to lab with some eggs they found and stop on the way to have a date. Roll Credits. The End.

It is amazing how it did not make it to DVD.