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Monday, September 30, 2019

[7.25/10] Crawl (2019)

Crawl (2019)

Quick Review: A hybrid between a disaster flick, creature feature, and family drama, Aja's plainly-plotted, if expertly-crafted "Crawl" combines a dire hurricane, nasty alligators, and rain flood to deliver one horrifying, intense, and gory thrill-ride with as much bite as heart that favors from Scodelario's tough, yet stirring turn, the grisly gator attacks, and the fact that it's set in a narrow, waterlogged crawl space underneath an outworn old swamp house, which also makes it claustrophobic as hell.

4 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

I thought it veered into Sharknado territory in the last part of the film, but the scenes in the crawlspace were super effective.

George Beremov [Nebular] said...

Alex, I'd never put it in the same category as Sharknado, as I thought this one was one of the most brilliantly-crafted predator flicks purely on technical level.

Kaijinu said...

I actually enjoyed this more than I expected. Aja and his sleeper comeback, hurray!

George Beremov [Nebular] said...

Me too! Very tense and well-made! Glad he's back.