Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Weekly Movie Review: Crawl (2019)

Everything wrong about the miserable state of Florida came to life here. Hurricanes (hurricane season lasts for 5-6 months). Alligators (year round). Traffic (year round). Humidity (10-11 months). Bullshit (year round).

We get some relevant backstory for the first 20 minutes, and then the last 70 is spent in a crawl space during a hurricane with alligator infested waters. Myself, personal PTSD went rampant after going through Andrew, Katrina, Irma, and others. Luckily no alligators, however. I digress.

Lots of gruesome deaths: bone breaking, flesh tearing, bloody goodness. We also get some heartstring pulls as we see multiple shots of Barry Pepper continuing to wear his wedding ring despite a bitter divorce.

But as the movie goes on, we stay stuck in one dimension for a great deal of the film; none of our main characters bite the dust, despite both being horrifically injured. It’s a good enough watch, however, especially if you’ve ever survived a hurricane and/or alligator attack.

6.5/10

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