| Rogue | |
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 Official poster for Rogue |
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| Directed by | Greg McLean |
| Produced by | Greg McLean David Lightfoot Matt Hearn |
| Written by | Greg McLean |
| Starring | Radha Mitchell Michael Vartan Sam Worthington John Jarratt |
| Music by | Frank Tetaz |
| Cinematography | Will Gibson |
| Editing by | Jason Ballantine |
| Studio | Dimension Films |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company Village Roadshow Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  8 November 2007 25 April 2008 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million AUD |
Rogue is a 2007 Australian horror film-thriller film about a group of tourists in Australia who fall prey to a giant, man-eating crocodile. Rogue was released in Australia on 8 November 2007.[1]
The film stars Michael Vartan and Radha Mitchell and was directed, written, and produced by Greg McLean, who also directed the 2005 indie-Australian horror hit, Wolf Creek. It was produced by David Lightfoot and Matt Hearn and made on a budget of $26,900,000 AUD.[2] The film was inspired by the true story of Sweetheart, a giant Australian crocodile that attacked boats in the late 1970s.
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While carrying out his research as a travel journalist, cynical American Pete McKell joins a group of tourists on a crocodile watching river cruise in Kakadu National Park of Australia's Northern Territory. Among the other passengers are a photographer (Simon), a family (Elizabeth, Sherry, and Allen), two locals (Gwen and Russell), a couple (Mary Ellen and Everett), captain Kate Ryan, and Kevin, her dog. After a run-in with two locals, Neil and Collin, the cruise winds to a close and Kate prepares to return the group to base.
Everett spots a flare in the distance, and Kate tells the group that they must investigate to determine whether someone is in distress. A few miles up river they come across a half-sunken boat when suddenly something crashes into the tourists' boat, creating a crack in the side. Kate's only choice is to run it ashore on a small island in the middle of the river. The group disembarks and begins discussion of what to do. Everett suddenly disappears, pulled into the water by an unseen predator. Kate comes to the conclusion that they are in the heart of a large crocodile's territory and that it will be more aggressive than usual. As darkness approaches, the tourists realize that the tide is rising: in a matter of hours their small island will be submerged.
Neil and Colin arrive soon after and as they near the island, the crocodile smashes Neil and Collin's boat and sinks it. Neil manages to swim to the island safely, but Collin has disappeared.
As night falls, Neil proposes that he swim to the mainland and string a rope between two trees, creating a zip-line to allow the group to cross above the river. Neil succeeds in setting up the rope and Mary Ellen crosses first only to freeze in fear halfway across. Allen becomes impatient and aggressive and attempts to get himself and Sherry across with Mary Ellen still on the line. While trying to secure the rope, Neil is attacked by the crocodile. The tree holding the rope snaps and the three on the line fall into the water. They scurry back to the island, but as Allen crawls up the beach, the gigantic crocodile suddenly lunges out of the water and throws him further into the river where he is devoured.
Later that night, Pete suggests they can delay the croc with a hook and bait on one side of the island while everyone escapes off the other side. Kate hooks two dead birds onto the boat's anchor while Pete secures the anchor rope to a boulder and throws the bait out into the river. After a long wait, the anchor is suddenly grabbed and pulled and the group makes a break for the far shore. Pete tries to stop the boulder from being pulled over as Kate swims across behind the group. The croc suddenly lets go of the hook and bait, seizes Kate, and drags her underwater. Pete hurriedly makes the swim across the river with Kevin in tow, and heads off into the bush to meet up with the others.
As day breaks, Pete is crossing a stream when Kevin runs away. Pete chases the dog into a cave and falls down a narrow chute into a larger cave, where he sees Neil's corpse. He quickly realizes that the cave is the crocodile's lair, and to his surprise, he finds Kate alive but badly injured and unconscious. He attempts to carry her out but has to hide when he hears the crocodile eating Kevin then slowly making its way into the cave, laying down, and going to sleep. Trying to reach the entrance carrying Kate, Pete accidentally wakes the crocodile and it makes several attempts to devour both him and Kate as he retreats into the narrow confines of the cave. Finally, after a long fight in which he gets tossed around and is bitten in the hand, Pete makes one last stand. He braces a broken log against a large boulder with the sharp end pointing out towards the croc. The croc lunges at him, and Pete successfully impales it through the head. He escapes from the cave with Kate to join the other tourists and waiting paramedics. As the credits roll, the camera zooms in on a newspaper article detailing Pete's heroic battle with the croc and rescue of Kate.
Reviews from critics from Australia have been overall favorable. Melbourne's Herald Sun critic Leigh Paatsch gave the film three out of five stars stating that, "If you must see at least one killer croc movie before you die, it may as well be this polished little Australian schlocker".[3] Sydney Morning Herald critic Sandra Hall gave the movie three and a half out of five stars writing that, "[I]t's almost elegant. Its only disadvantage is it conjures up inevitable comparisons with Jaws [...] a benchmark the film has no hope of achieving".[4]
As of March 12th, 2010 the film has a 100% approval rating from twelve critics on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
Rogue debuted in the Australian box office on November 11, 2007 making $667,194 AUD. After 11 weeks in the nation's cinemas it left making $1.8 million AUD. It was released in the United States on April 25, 2008 and in its first weekend made $7,711. It remained in theatres for three more days before making an exit on a low $10,452. As of August 8, 2008, Rogue has made $3,475,708 AUD worldwide.
Rogue was released on DVD in Australia on May 29, 2008.[6] The DVD's special features include a making of Rogue documentary, five featurettes, and a theatrical trailer. A Region 1 DVD was released in August 2008, which featured an exclusive audio commentary, not featured on any other release.
  | Film Review: Rogue - Sydney Morning Herald - Rogue - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au |
| | Putting the bite back into horror - Putting the bite back into horror - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au |
| | Rogue - Rogue Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |
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