An Aussie “Jaws” remake from the director of “Commando” and “Firestarter” (this is not true. Mark Lester directed those films. I’m completely confused as to why I have said that. This is directed by Arch Nicholson, who has not directed anything else you’ve ever seen. Thanks goes to aemilius for pointing out my  glaring error) where the shark (G’day, Bruce!) is an alligator, and the citizens of Amity Island come after Sheriff Brody for trying to preserve the apex predator. 

A Tarantino resurrected Ozploitation jam starring a young Mick Taylor from “Wolf Creek”, a pretty chintzy animatronic alligator, and some of the best child-crunching foley work you’ve ever experienced. 

Might get a little repetitive in the middle, but builds to one of the more exciting finales I’ve seen in a minute. 

Watched an awesome copy on YouTube if you’re so inclined.

I'm now officially updating my favorite croc-themed movie. This one has beer-drinking locals, real Aboriginal people, and bad acting. But what it did do was make me care what was happening. For that alone, it succeeded. Great fun!

Dark Age is a fast-paced Australian action-adventure-horror film based on a novel by Grahame Webb called 'Numunwari' which Aboriginals describe as "the dreaming crocodile."

Danny Beckermann's amazing synth-score was hitting so hard it almost took me out and before it could, a crocodile came up out of the water and ate a toddler--I damn near fell off my bed!

We have tweaker poachers pit against a park ranger working with Numunwari's human spirit protectors and I'm up and over here in the states in 2025 afraid to blink because so much happens nonstop; limbs lost, babes swallowed whole, and my ADHD in a chokehold. Great movie!

This should be the film everyone has to see in school. So funny and full of Australiana eccentricity, while also a fun action thriller and deeply respectful of Indigenous culture. Big discovery for me.

Dark Age's riff on the Alex Kintner scene from Jaws is absolutely fucking brutal. I love aquatic monster movies so my score may skew high here but it's a lot of fun and ranks up there with Alligator as one of the best alligator/crocodile movies.

I started watching a terrible copy of this online once and decided to wait until I could see a better version. I'm glad I did because the nighttime scenes that were barely visible in that copy look awesome on the Umbrella blu-ray.

An Australian version of Jaws—only with a crocodile. A park ranger (John Jarratt) is out to take down a crocodile that has a spiritual connection to the local Aboriginals. I enjoyed it, but went in with very low expectations. While it’s definitely no Jaws—it’s a pretty entertaining adventure tale. I recommend.

i had a lot of trouble paying attention to this but the giant crocodile is so swag. there is something about any movie that has a big rubber crocodile that makes it impossible for me not to enjoy. practical crocodiles just massage something in my brain i can feel my soul charging up when i see things like this on screen. this movie has a crazy scene of the croc eating a kid

an Aussie Jaws ripoff done so right - Dark Age (1987) is awesome. I'm hard to please with these types of films, and this is probably my favorite killer croc joint🐊highly recommend!