A few weeks ago we were given some free tickets (plus they had free wine, beer and nibbles to have before hand!!) to the movies for the Australian release of “Rogue”. It had earlier had its world premier at the Deckchair Theatre in Darwin and Christine had attended it with Luke’s parents.
It deals with the exploits of an 8 metre rogue crocodile which is now attacking boats and it is based very, very loosely on Sweetheart, a 5 metre crocodile which was protecting its part of the river and would attack the small boats fishing there. As your boat is only 3 to 4 metres long and the crocodile is 5 metres long, you can imagine how fast the people then drove that boat to get away! It was captured by Parks and Wildlife officers but it became trapped underwater and drowned. Its stuffed remains are in the Darwin Museum along with some of the items it attacked, a petrol tank from one boat which is crushed, a boat with teeth and claw marks down its sides and a chewed up bucket.
For those who have done the Jumping Crocodile tours on the Adelaide River would be familiar with the crocodiles who, while a lot smaller, will leap out of the water to take some food but these boats are a lot larger and the lower deck is glassed in for safety. In the movie the boat is a low pontoon type with little protection. As in all the movies at the end the “hero” (who is an ‘out of place’ American travel writer) rescues the “heroine” (the tourist guide) after she has been taken by the crocodile. He finds the trip initially to be very boring and this has not been helped by his luggage being lost by the airlines and he arrives in this run down settlement which horrors of horrors is out of the mobile network.
While in real life, when the crocodile grabs its prey in its jaws, the pressure of the jaws is tremendous and would crush a person’s chest. Then the crocodile does its Death Roll, the aim of which is to throw down a large animal or to break its back then the body is dragged to be stored underwater to “age” a little. In this case the guide, while unconscious, is still alive and the crocodile leaves her on a ledge above the water.
The suspense is well done especially when the stranded tourists try to cross from the island to the main bank by inching across on a rope and the sudden dramatic attacks by the crocodile. However the ending is a little far fetched and the rivers that are that far inland would not be tidal but then there would not have been a story!!
However it will do a lot for tourism here as tourists like that sense of danger, plus the scenery is dramatic. So if you are planning to come to the Northern Territory (especially from Malaysia), then this film should be mandatory viewing for you before arrive! Here is a link to its website.
We will understand if you do not want to do the croc tours.
It deals with the exploits of an 8 metre rogue crocodile which is now attacking boats and it is based very, very loosely on Sweetheart, a 5 metre crocodile which was protecting its part of the river and would attack the small boats fishing there. As your boat is only 3 to 4 metres long and the crocodile is 5 metres long, you can imagine how fast the people then drove that boat to get away! It was captured by Parks and Wildlife officers but it became trapped underwater and drowned. Its stuffed remains are in the Darwin Museum along with some of the items it attacked, a petrol tank from one boat which is crushed, a boat with teeth and claw marks down its sides and a chewed up bucket.
Radha Mitchell
This film was shot mainly in the Northern Territory at the Yellow Waters Billabong in Kakadu, Arnhem Land and the Katherine Gorge. It is classified as a terror/suspense movie (but there are no gory scenes) and deals with the exploits of a tour group whose boat is attacked by the crocodile and one by one, the tourists, (the usual bunch of misfits which turn up in this type of movie) get attacked as they try to leave an island which is slowly being covered by the rising tide. Like Jaws you do not see the villian until the last part of the movie, only an explosion of water and there is one less person.
This film was shot mainly in the Northern Territory at the Yellow Waters Billabong in Kakadu, Arnhem Land and the Katherine Gorge. It is classified as a terror/suspense movie (but there are no gory scenes) and deals with the exploits of a tour group whose boat is attacked by the crocodile and one by one, the tourists, (the usual bunch of misfits which turn up in this type of movie) get attacked as they try to leave an island which is slowly being covered by the rising tide. Like Jaws you do not see the villian until the last part of the movie, only an explosion of water and there is one less person. For those who have done the Jumping Crocodile tours on the Adelaide River would be familiar with the crocodiles who, while a lot smaller, will leap out of the water to take some food but these boats are a lot larger and the lower deck is glassed in for safety. In the movie the boat is a low pontoon type with little protection. As in all the movies at the end the “hero” (who is an ‘out of place’ American travel writer) rescues the “heroine” (the tourist guide) after she has been taken by the crocodile. He finds the trip initially to be very boring and this has not been helped by his luggage being lost by the airlines and he arrives in this run down settlement which horrors of horrors is out of the mobile network.
While in real life, when the crocodile grabs its prey in its jaws, the pressure of the jaws is tremendous and would crush a person’s chest. Then the crocodile does its Death Roll, the aim of which is to throw down a large animal or to break its back then the body is dragged to be stored underwater to “age” a little. In this case the guide, while unconscious, is still alive and the crocodile leaves her on a ledge above the water. The suspense is well done especially when the stranded tourists try to cross from the island to the main bank by inching across on a rope and the sudden dramatic attacks by the crocodile. However the ending is a little far fetched and the rivers that are that far inland would not be tidal but then there would not have been a story!!
However it will do a lot for tourism here as tourists like that sense of danger, plus the scenery is dramatic. So if you are planning to come to the Northern Territory (especially from Malaysia), then this film should be mandatory viewing for you before arrive! Here is a link to its website.
http://www.roguecrocodile.com/#trailer where you can watch a trailer.
We will understand if you do not want to do the croc tours.
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