Tuesday, May 17, 2011

1980 - ALLIGATOR, the giant alligator film, accept no substitutes.


A giant alligator named Ramon is on the loose in the Chicago (although it clearly was filmed in Los Angeles). 


Ramon has grown to giant size thanks to  a chemical an evil industrialist has been illegally dumping into the city sewer.


John Sayles wrote this definitive giant monster on the loose in the sewers film and he loaded it with plenty of humor and even a little social commentary and lots and lots of people getting chewed up by Ramon.


The film has a great cast with Robert Forster as the cop kicked off the force for pushing to hard, Henry Silva as the great white hunter hired to track down Ramon, Robin Ryker as the sexy alligator expert still living with her mother and legendary Hollywood character actor Dean Jagger as the evil industrialist.


A worthy addition to the giant monster on the loose in the city genre.

89 minutes.

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