The US military is endlessly prone to blunders. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and in this dumbass teen b-movie, releasing a swarm of intelligent nanobots which transform crocodile and zoo attraction Stella into a lethal cybernetic predator upon hundreds of partying American teens: proving they can do something right for once.
But the air force believes otherwise, and enforces a lockdown on the attraction after declaring Robocroc to be contained by any cost necessary – despite its taste for human blood. Will they succeed? Will the animal keepers help? Does anyone really care at all?
Let’s cut to the chase and discuss the titular croc. The animation is… interesting. Well, it’s pretty fucking terrible, and there’s not much you can expect with this level of amateurism. Its form is blurred and unconvincing, the model noticeably warps out of shape or relevance to its surroundings, and the shaking camera makes it worse.
Luckily the acting is superior. The conflict and animosity between the and the zoo staff is a finer point. The two losers and their bullies are a satisfying and wasted dynamic. And the lady commander is impressive and striking – far more authorative than her spineless men.
The orchestral direction which the soundtrack takes isn’t a bad choice. Although it stinks of bravado and jingoism (as does the script), their quality and composition is okay, it’s a solid improvement from cheesy house music or whatever the composer feels like they turn around in 5 minutes in Ableton Live.
As should be clear at the very first sight, the loss is the poorly constructed robo-thing. Its semblance of a story and handful of props are better in comparison. It is so tough to look at and such a badly rendered monster for 2013; surely, somewhere, there could have been enhancements or ideas that would have dramatically improved its presence and delivery.
3/10
Possession Media 