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Black Water

Promotional poster
Directed by Andrew Traucki
David Nerlich
Produced by Michael Robertson
Written by Andrew Traucki
David Nerlich
Starring Diana Glenn,
Maeve Dermody
Andy Rodoreda
Music by Rafael May
Cinematography John Biggins
Editing by Rodrigo Balart
Distributed by AV Pictures
Release date(s) February 22, 2008 (UK)
April 24, 2008 (AU)
Running time 88 minutes
Country Australia
United Kingdom
Language English

Black Water is a 2008 Australian horror/thriller film set in the mangrove seas of northern Australia. It was written and directed by Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich and stars Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody and Andy Rodoreda. The film was inspired by the true story of a crocodile attack in Australia's Northern Territory in December 2003[1].

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Plot

Grace, her boyfriend Adam and younger sister Lee decide to take a sea tour whilst holidaying in Northern Australia. As they drift into a mangrove sea their boat is suddenly capsized and Jim (their guide) disappears. Realizing they have been attacked by a crocodile, Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings on top of the overturned boat. Adam and Grace frantically try to maneuver Lee and the boat to the tree but it is firmly stuck.

Stranded in the flooded mangrove sea, the three holiday makers must work out what to do to survive. Adam consoles Lee and urges her to use the rope he had tied from the tree to the boat to reach the tree.Lee is a bit hesitant.Later she gets down to the water and starts moving towards the tree and makes it. Grace reveals that the creature i.e. the crocodile had killed Jim and dragged away his body. Grace, being very good at climbing trees, moves from tree to tree to find out if there is a way out. She is unsuccessful.

Adam tries to turn their own boat. He turns it but is eaten up by the crocodile. The crocodile leaves the half eaten body there and leaves. In the night it starts to rain. The crocodile returns and takes away Adam's body. Seeing Adam being eaten in the night, Grace starts to lament and also reveals that she was pregnant with Adam's child.

Grace and Lee decide that staying there will not help and begin to use the tree to escape. As they move, in one place they get into the water and they meet the crocodile in close distance. Grace asks Lee not to move. The crocodile slowly lowers its head into water. The sisters plan to get on to the close by tree. Just at that time the crocodile catches hold of Grace's leg. Grace pulls herself away from the crocodile and makes it to the tree. She loses a lot of blood. Lee sees their boat being close by and goes to the boat. The crocodile jumps into the boat and drags Lee away.

Lee wakes up and finds herself next to the tour guide Jim's body on a piece of land. She searches Jim's body and finds the gun which she saw him take from the boathouse. Taking the gun with her, she gets into the water. The crocodile comes and gets hold of her when she shoots it, the crocodile is killed. Lee takes the boat and goes to her sister. Grace dies due to loss of blood. She takes her sister and goes out of the mangroves.

Cast

Production

The location standing in for a vast mangrove sea system in northern Australia was actually in the directors' home town of Sydney, 25 minutes from the Central business district In a small suburb called Oatley. They also spent a week in Darwin shooting footage of real saltwater crocodiles that were transplanted into the location along with the actors, with the directing team doing their own CG special effects to achieve this.[2]

Release

World Premiere - opening London FrightFest Film Festival,[3] London, August 23, 2007.
Other festivals: Montreal World Film Festival,[4] Fantasy Filmfest, (Germany),[5] Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Commercial premiere January 4 in UK. Distributor, The Works UK[6]
North American distributor Grindstone Entertainment Group[7]

Reception

Black Water achieved generally positive reviews from critics achieving a "fresh" score of 79% on Rottentomatoes based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. Critics generally praised the lack of CGI commonly used in this type of film, as well as the tense plotting and suspense built from it. Neil Smith of Total Film Magazine also praised the ending stating it was "a conclusion that refreshingly refutes the genre rulebook".

See also

References

  1. ^ Barbara McMahon. "The night of the hunter". The Guardian, January 19, 2008.
  2. ^ George, Sandy (2007-02-21). "Same reptile, different scale". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21259383-16947,00.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08. 
  3. ^ FrightFest (2007-08-23). "FrightFest". frightfest.co.uk. http://www.frightfest.co.uk/film2.html. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 
  4. ^ Kelly, Brendan (2007-04-17). "Variety". http://movies.go.com/variety/. http://movies.go.com/variety/feature?featureid=908936. Retrieved 2007-08-08. 
  5. ^ Fantasy Filmfest (2007-08-29). "Fantasy Filmfest". www.fantasyfilmfest.com. http://www.fantasyfilmfest.com/fantasy/filme2007/black-water.html. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 
  6. ^ Australian Film Commission (2007-08-29). "UK theatrical release for Black Water". afc.gov.au. http://www.afc.gov.au/newsandevents/indivision.aspx#iv4. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 
  7. ^ Inside Film (2007-08-29). "AV closes more deals on crocodile thriller Black Water". if.com.au. http://www.if.com.au/News/View.aspx?newsid=64. Retrieved 2007-08-07. 

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