Rent Attack of the Meth Gator (2023)

NO SUBTITLES! - Attack of the Meth Gator review by AM

No subtitles - AGAIN? High Fliers are appalling!  This company consistently snubs people with hearing difficulties. There shoud be laws against the actions of companies like High Fliers.

Unfortunately, despite revelling in its straight-to-DVD status, there isn't much fun to be had - Attack of the Meth Gator review by TB

After the juggernaut that was Cocaine Bear, a B-movie which was loosely based on a true story, did gangbusters at the box office (considering it's budget & release when cinemas were still struggling after COVID,) it was no surprise that it would inspire many copycats hoping to cash in on this particular gravy train. After all, when you have an expensively produced Hollywood film which is designed to emulated trashy micro-budget thrillers, it is very easy to simply make a cheap trashy film which has some ropey CGI & a roll call of actors looking to book roles in anything that pays a few dollars. And so this "mockbuster," the official term for these types of films, was born.

But, as much as I started this with an open mind, very quickly it falls into that trap that so many of these rip-offs do: it's boring. In the opening scene, we see the origin of the "Meth Gator," a huge amphibian who ends up chasing some drug dealers & ingesting a suitcase full of narcotics, which then transforms it into this unstoppable behemoth. These drugs also make it impervious to bullets & able to leap high into the air to conveniently eat the drone tracking it...

In the 30 minutes I watched it, there was a lot of dull exposition, some halfhearted attempts at tension & some stupid redneck characters who should have had "Dead meat" & "Sacrificial lamb" tattooed on their foreheads. All of this is forgiveable if the film itself is fun & enjoyable, but this just isn't. It's just another film attempting a cash grab, after it's creators & producers saw which was the cinematic wind was blowing.