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Posted Aug. 4, 2008,
Rogue Is an "Incredibly Taut Thriller"
By Dennis Dermody
Out this week on DVD is the spectacularly suspenseful killer crocodile film Rogue. It's set on a remote Northern Australian river where a tour boat and its passengers come under attack by a very territorial, very predatory, very large croc. Directed by Greg McLean, who made the grisly, upsetting, Wolf Creek, and starring handsome Michael Vartan (Alias) as a travel writer from America, and the gorgeous Radha Mitchell as the native boat driver, this film is visually astonishing, basking in the almost supernatural beauty of the outback. And director Greg McLean creates a streamlined, incredibly taut thriller with believable characters and surprising shocks along the way. I’ve been hearing about how great this was for some time from friends who have had the good fortune to have seen it, and it’s nice to report I was not disappointed.