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Credits | |
Title: | Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus |
Director: | Christopher Ray |
Writers: | Naomi L. Selfman; Micho Rutare |
Producers: | David Rimawi; David Michael Latt; Paul Bales |
Composer: | Chris Ridenhour |
Cinematography: | Alexander Yellen |
Editors: | Joe Montesinos |
Production | |
Distributed by: | The Asylum |
Released: | December 21st, 2010 |
Rating: | R |
Running time: | 88 min. |
Country: | USA |
Language: | English |
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Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus is an American sci-fi/horror film of the giant animal subgenre. It was directed by Christopher Ray and written by Naomi L. Selfman based on a story by Micho Rutare. The film was produced by The Asylum and released direct-to-video on December 21st, 2010. The film stars Gary Stretch, Jaleel White, Sarah Lieving, Robert Picardo, Gerald Webb and Dylan Vox.
Plot[]
Deep in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an illegal diamond mining operation awakens a giant 1,500 foot prehistoric crocodile. Meanwhile, on the Atlantic Ocean, the US Navy warship USS Gibson is attacked and sunk by the megalodon that ended up surviving suffocation by the octopus in the first film. Lt. Terry McCormick (Jaleel White) who was experimenting with a sonic shark-repelling device, is the sole survivor of the attack. Back in DR Congo, an English hunter named Nigel Putnam (Gary Stretch) successfully captures the giant crocodile when it attempts to eat him and he injects his tranquilizer darts into its mouth. He then has the crocodile delivered to a shipping yard for his friends to load it in a cargo ship.
In Los Angeles, California, McCormick is being interrogated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Special Agent Hutchinson (Sarah Lieving) for the USS Gibson incident. He feels responsible for the sinking, suggesting that his sonic device lured in the megalodon. Because of this, he offers to help Hutchinson hunt down the megalodon with his invention. Meanwhile, a cargo ship is carrying the tranquilized crocodile on the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles south of Florida. It is revealed that the ship is also carrying the crocodile's eggs as well. Then, without warning, the ship is attacked by the megalodon, waking up the crocodile from its sleep. Putnam and his partner Jean jump overboard before the ship is destroyed in the ensuing battle.
Aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, McCormick is introduced to Admiral Calvin (Robert Picardo), who informs him that his elite crew has only one objective: to hunt down and destroy the megalodon. McCormick is given a room aboard the carrier, and the most advanced tracking equipment. Hutchinson is sent to a remote island to meet and interrogate Putnam, who had just washed up ashore following the cargo ship incident. Hutchinson is shocked when Putnam informs her of the crocodile he captured, as her team was only aware of the megalodon. She then has him handcuffed and brought back to the carrier. Once there, the crew discover the appearance of eggs on another island. Adm. Calvin assigns McCormick to accompany Hutchinson and Putnam and capture an egg. Upon arriving on the island, they discover that the eggs are laid by the shoreline and are about to hatch. When the fin of the megalodon is seen nearby, Hutchinson orders the Lexington to launch a missile strike on the island. As the team leaves the island, the megalodon swallows the eggs, angering the crocodile, while a squadron of F-18 Hornets fire their missiles at a cave holding more eggs. As the crocodile invades Miami and heads toward Orlando, McCormick suggests the use of an arc flash powered by the nearby Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station to ward it off. The gamble works, as the arc flash sends the crocodile back into the sea.
Back aboard the Lexington, Putnam suggests dissecting a crocodile egg to find its vulnerable factors; the team is informed that one egg is aboard the submarine USNS Invincible and two are being transported by Black Hawk helicopters. They also discover that the megalodon is attracted to the eggs, as it has devoured the Invincible and the Black Hawks transporting them. As no cage or trap is big enough to capture both creatures, Putnam suggests luring both the megalodon and crocodile into the Panama Canal, much to McCormick's disapproval. The submarine USS Argonaut is sent to the wreckage of the cargo ship to retrieve some crocodile eggs. The retrieval mission is a success, and the eggs are dropped into the Panama Canal. Instinctively, both the megalodon and the crocodile arrive at the canal, where they battle each other while being attacked by the Navy. The fight causes a tidal wave that destroys the entire Panama Canal as both creatures continue to bite each other.
It is later revealed that the crocodile has adapted itself to lay more eggs during the time the megalodon devoured the earlier batches. Hundreds more eggs have been laid all over the American coastline and are hatching. While crocodile hatchlings are attacking the Santa Monica pier, the nuclear submarine USS Carter is in pursuit of the two giant creatures, which are heading towards Hawaii. The Carter fires a nuclear torpedo at the creatures but misses, and is swallowed by the megalodon. This results in the megalodon becoming an even bigger threat, as it now has a nuclear reactor inside it. As the crocodile invades Hawaii, it causes the helicopter carrying McCormick, Putnam and Hutchinson to crash. With Hutchinson unconscious, McCormick and Putnam leave her and take a raft to drop McCormick's sonic emitter in the sea as part of their new plan: to lure all the creatures together near an undersea volcanic range. The sonic emitter lures the adults, who fight each other, and the crocodile hatchlings come to assist their mother. McCormick and Putnam are then picked up by Hutchinson, who has recovered and reactivated her helicopter. The volcano explodes and detonates the nuclear core in the shark, the combined force killing both the adults and hatchlings. The trio fly home while the crocodile and shark, now completely charred and still latched on to one another, sink into the volcano.
After the credits, Nigel meets up with Jean on a beach and mentions a giant lizard in Japan. He asks him if he's up for it, and his partner says "On one condition - no more boats." They shake hands and head off on another adventure.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Gary Stretch | Nigel Putnam |
Jaleel White | Doctor Terry McCormick |
Sarah Lieving | Agent Hutchinson |
Robert Picardo | Admiral Calvin |
Gerald Webb | Jean |
Dyaln Vox | CWO Butowski |
Hannah Cowley | Legatt |
Steve Mason | Investigator |
Bobby Ray Shafer | Charlie Ross |
Nicola Lambo | Corrine |
Michael Gaglio | Captain Smalls |
Sean Cory | Moise |
Tarnue Massaquoi | Claude |
Bechir Sylvain | Badawi |
Anica Barbosa | Bartender |
Yoshie Morino | News reporter |
Gerald Bales | Marty |
Peter Trenholm Smith | USS Carter sub commander |
Rachel Riley | USS Carter sub tech #1 |
Colby Clayton Lemaster | USS Carter sub tech #2 |
Sheun McKinney | USS Carter sub sonar tech |
Kevin Yarbrough | USS Omaha officer |
Louie Allen | USS Omaha sonar tech #1 |
Jessica Irvine | USS Omaha sonar tech #2 |
Kaiwi Lyman | USS Argonaut officer |
Sky Adams | Sonar tech #1 |
Brandon Slagle | Sonar tech #2 |
Mark DeLisle | Communications officer |
Erica Duke | Aircraft carrier tech |
John A. Lorenz | Enrique |
Jayson Matthews | Fighter pilot |
Tiffany Cole | USS Invincible researcher |
Darin Cooper | Commander Vail |
Glenn Miller | Raul |
Harmony Blossom | Blue bikini babe |
Jackson Meehan | Kid on beach #1 |
Cody Meehan | Kid on beach #2 |
Ashley Carr | Nuclear tech #1 |
Jose Montesinos | Nuclear tech #2 |
Eugene Mosley | Turkey post supervisor |
Frank Rada | Commander |
Sally Elpchick | Officer Morgan |
Amara Grace | Naval officer |
Michael McLaughlin | Sonar tech |
Jessica Joan Salazar | Red bikini babe |
Tamara Akins | Liza |
Gregory Paul Smith | Navy cadet |
Michael London | Drunk in bar |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Film ratings certificate #46526.
- Production on Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus began on August 21st, 2010. Filmed in only thirteen days, principal filming wrapped on September 2nd, 2010. It was shot at Asylum Studios in Los Angeles, California. Location shots were filmed at Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
- The tagline for the film, "Whoever wins... we lose!" is not even remotely original. It was first used in the 2004 sci-fi monster-mash film Alien vs. Predator.
- A reference to the 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is made in this film. A female Naval officer named Khan is in command of a submarine called the USS Reliant. In Wrath of Khan, Khan Noonien Singh captures a Federation starship called the SS Reliant.
- Nigel Putnam's final line in the movie, "I just got a call from Japan. Giant lizard", is a reference to Godzilla, the infamous mutant dinosaur from Toho's popular Japanese film series.
- Director Christopher Ray is the son of famed exploitation director Fred Olen Ray. Christopher also directed the 2009 film Reptisaurus.
- Actor Jaleel White is best known for playing the role of annoying nerd Steve Urkel on the television sitcom series Family Matters.
- Actor Robert Picardo is best known for his work in the sci-fi genre, specifically the Star Trek and Stargate TV franchises, but he is also known for playing serial killer werewolf Eddie Quist in the Joe Dante's 1981 film The Howling.
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