Godzilla Vs. King Kong, Freddy Vs. Jason, Alien Vs. Predator, Muhammad Ali Vs. George Foreman... Dinocroc Vs. Supergator. A new entry into the annals of VS. flicks.
Between Mark and I, I am usually the one who pulls SYFY duty, meaning I'm usually the one writing our "SYFY Original Movie Monday" review of the previous Saturday nights helping of schlock. We both appreciate the power of cheese, but I think I enjoy these films JUST a little more than my counterpart. So the "honor" (this week at least) goes to me.
The main (and let's be real) only reason I was looking forward to watching DC Vs.SG was to watch one of the final performances of the late David Carradine who plays Jason Drake a millionaire investing in biotechnology to make genetic giants. At first vegetables were experimented on but Drake pushed the bio-envelope too far and ordered experiments on animals, specifically Gators and Crocs. The experiments went very wrong and both Dinocroc and Supergator break out of the lab and take to the surrounding swampland and an occasional visit to the local resort for a snack.
Carradine's scenes were filmed separately from the rest of the action. In the story the character of Drake has a weak heart so he controls all the action remotely from his mansion. In his stead Drake sends his kick-ass girl Friday Victoria or any number of mercenary goons he has at his disposal to do his dirty work. Part of that dirty work would be to kill not only the Supergator and Dinocroc but anyone who was involved in or witness to the genetic experiments.
After Drakes crack commando team, or more likely a commando team on crack arrive on the scene and take out an unarmed scientist, they engage the Supergator who takes them out in about 3 minutes. Where's Jesse Ventura with a mini-gun and Carl Weathers when you need them. Afterwards Drake decides to send in the best... the Cajun.
I love this guy. He walks around wearing machete's and guns where ever he goes. If he walked into a 7-11 to pick up a slim jim and a Slurpee he would still be in a state of readiness! So the Cajun and the rest of the cast (Too boring to explain in full) As Indigo Montoya would say "Let's sum up" - Tagging along with the killing machine known as the Cajun, we have Paul who took me like half the film to understand just what the hell he was even in the movie for. He's like a U.S. State attorney / Engineer who seems to know a lot about stuff. Then you have officer Cassidy Swanson and her dad Charlie (Dad's a real cop and Cassidy just likes animals so she's a conservation officer) and the aforementioned Victoria Chase.
Victoria and the Cajun meet up with Paul and Cassidy (who had just found another stray scientist who knew too much) and after allowing her to spill the exposition beans all over the place, she injects the scientist with something bad killing her and zapping Paul with a defibrillator for good measure. It's a short lived victory however, since Paul had sent evidence to the FBI who swiftly arrived at the Drake estate shooting Victoria which causes Drake to have a heart attack. Drake may have wanted to hire a nurse who had better skills than the ability to show cleavage, as he lay dying she basically rubbed his shoulder and said "oh no."
It was cool to see Caradine in the film, though I must say the experience had a bit of a "Plan 9" feel to it. It was like watching Bela Lugosi performing in a no-budget clunker after all of the accomplishments he has achieved over the years, sad to know this would be among his final works...
So the Cajun has a plan "Crocodiles and Alligators are mortal enemies" and the plan is to make them fight each other and then take out the one left standing after being weakened by the fight. So they bring the gargantuan lizards together near an abandon sugar factory and the clash of the titans begins.
I will say this, the pacing of DC vs. SG was very good. Keeping things at a reasonable pace and getting the action going early on, keeping us interested. Unlike the last Asylum produced vs. clunker Mega shark vs. Giant Octopus that seemed to drag on. For those of us who love to heckle at our televisions, Dinocroc vs. Supergator gives you lots of opportunities for a sarcastic laugh and a rolling of the eyes. Settle in with a friend or two and have at it.
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