I loved the original "Alligator" from 1980 and 11 years later this comes out and I finally watched it. I liked it, but not a lot.
The cast is very good. but the movie itself I found I could take or leave. Once again a giant alligator is killing people in and around a city and a policeman named David Hodges (Joseph Bologna) is trying to convince everyone that he is not crazy when telling the story.
His wife Christine (Dee Wallace) is a medical expert who backs his findings, but his boss, Chief Speed (Brock Peters) and the Mayor (Bill Daily) are controlled by a billionaire businessman named Vincent Brown (Steve Railsback), so the disregard the story.
This movie will remind you of the original Jaws back in 1975 as it plays out the same storyline. The movie is ok, but it seems it just doesn't have the same entertainment value as the first film.
As I said, the cast is fine and they all do a great job with the material they have. The rest of the cast includes Richard Lynch as a big game hunter who gets a little more than he bargained for, Holly Gagnier, Woody Brown, Deborah White and Jack "Wildman" Armstrong.
If you want to, check it out, you might enjoy it more than I did.
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