Lake Placid 2 (2007 TV Movie) User Reviews

Feed it to the croc

[MartianOctocretr5 · 2/10 · 10 June 2007]

Junk. Pure and simple.

An unnecessary and useless sequel to the self-mocking and campy comedy/horror Lake Placid. Not one of the original cast signed on for this dog, a very good decision on their part. Well, the baby crocodiles you see in the closing of the other movie apparently have grown up, and now have decided to pick up where their parents left off, and eat lots of people.

John Schneider is the sheriff, and just grins a lot. Cloris Leachman reprises Betty White's nut job (as her sister), but without the funny lines. A big game hunter with grenade launchers fails to match Oliver Platt's role, and the Bridgette Fonda look-alike also does nothing. Sheriff John has summertime custody of a poor actor teen son, in order to introduce some annoying cardboard cutout screaming teens. Since Croc Jr. seems to have an appetite for annoying cardboard cutout screaming teens, you quickly realize what their function to the story is, and you find yourself rooting for the croc to eat them as soon as possible. There's one idiotic scene, apparently ripped off from the 3 Stooges, where a croc victim is talking while the creature behind him waits patiently for him to shut up, before devouring him.

Nothing interesting happens. Really a bad movie, that fails at both horror and comedy. All it does is waste your time.

Not worth the time

[akashenson · 3/10 · 28 April 2007]

I'd seen Lake Placid at a friend's house one night, and thought it entertaining, so I was happy to see a sequel was going to be shown. Now though, I have to say I wish they hadn't bothered. Overall, the movie is just poorly done. The acting is terrible; even John Schneider, who I usually enjoy, disappointed me. I'd equate the acting in the film with a middle school performance. And something was off with the sound- it almost sounds like they pre-recorded all the lines, and just matched it up with the film.

The special effects, if possible, are even worse than the acting. Very fake looking, and extremely amateur; this looks like a high school project! There are several times when you can see parts of the crocodiles magically pass through things.

On the plus side, little as it is, some of the characters were mildly entertaining in the sense that the acting was so terrible. There's one actor in particular who screamed like a girl, and that made me laugh. I'll also add that if you saw and liked the first, you may want to watch this just to satisfy your curiosity. Beyond that though, it's not worth it.

well, they tried, i guess

[davidm-14 · 3/10 · 29 April 2007]

with a few nods to the original film, including Cloris Leachman playing the sister of Betty White's unforgettable foul-mouthed character from the original, this film tries to step up to the plate. apparently set a few years after the original, there are suddenly more deaths, and, guess what? a croc in the lake. actually, 3 this time around. John Schneider plays the sheriff and a cast of "looks-familiar-but-don't-know their-name" fills in the rest of the menu. the CGI is there, really noticeable and really bad, as it is in most of the sci-fi channel movies. at least there are some good-looking stereotyped kids thrown into the mix this time, camping at the lake at the worst possible time. David Kelly's original script had some intelligence, great character development and nicely-done humor that is really missing here. i give them credit for trying, but it's lacking...well....almost everything.

I wanted to like it.

[Babyfaceref · 3/10 · 29 April 2007]

The first Lake Placid was the type of movie that you loved or hated. I loved it. The actors had chemistry. The script was clever. The key was to take it for what it was. A lot of people did and it developed a cult following.

I wanted to love II. But, it wasn't there. I think they tried. But chemistry and hitting the exact same note is hard. I think they put together a good cast. The writing was supposed to make you grin. It just didn't pull together tight enough. Nice Try. Lake Placid a tough film to duplicate on any level.

I think a lot of the fans of the first one went into it with the right frame of mind. If you didn't see the first one you may not understand the choices they went with as far as corny dialogue and silliness. Maybe they can bring back Ms. Fonda for 3!

A travesty on so many levels

[rbsjrx · 1/10 · 29 April 2007]

I've come to expect very little out of the SciFi channel's made for TV movies, but this ranks tight alongside of "Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers" as am egregious example of how SciFi's clueless network suits can prostitute a great work with an appallingly bad sequel.

I'm a great fan of the original "Lake Placid". David E. Kelly's writing in the original is among the sharpest of any film in memory. It had a delightfully witty script and excellent performances by talented actors. The characters were well textured without a stereotype among them.

By comparison, the script of this film is drek. Thre is almost no wit evident. It's trite and formulaic. The characters are all 2-dimensional stereotypes from central casting. The "special" effects were everything I've come to expect from SciFi channel movies - ham-fisted and amateurish.

I might have given this film a rating of 2 or 3, but for potentially tainting the reputation of the original, I give it a 1 - but only because there's no option to give it a zero!

Horrible movie.

[Ithorianjedimaster2 · 1/10 · 28 April 2007]

I never saw the original, but I watched about an hour's worth of Lake Placid 2 and I have to say, it SUCKED! The story is basically the same as every other giant water monster movie: numerous deaths that happen around the lake, town panics, the sheriff goes in with a bunch of guys to take out whatever is causing them. Let's not forgot the 5 idiotic teenagers that have a run-in with the movie's giant crocodile.

Let me get this off my back. Sci Fi Original movies are known for their suckiness, but in this case, it's more painful to hear the script, then was in "Minotaur". The sheriff is a complete idiot who is supposed to be the protagonist who seems to be so stupid that he acts casual even when he sees a giant crocodile eat a live man. The acting is so horrible and the script is just barely at the level of "Uwe Boll" quality. After the first death, you are introduced to a team of hunters who are hoping to get a little moolah for the creature that killed some fat guy in the beginning of the movie. The leader of this team has the WORST Scotish accent I have ever heard and hearing him and the Sheriff chat about guns and whether or not the lead female, Emma, likes him the most is so painful to hear that you just scream "SHUT UP!!!" at your TV. It is just surprising for me to see how unaffected a bunch of morons are when facing a giant reptile and how casual they act even when someone was just eaten.

Then, there are the most annoying actors and actresses in the whole movie, even worse than the sheriff's acting. The sheriff's son who is there to visit his dad and is pretty bummed out of the fact that there isn't any cable, high-speed Internet, or cell phone reception located in the middle of hick country. Then, somehow, he gets involved with some girl, who he fancies, a guy in a tight white t-shirt who, I guess, is her boyfriend or something, a Paris-Hilton copy, and the drooling slob who wants to get in the Paris-Hilton copy's pants.

These teenagers are not only bad acting, but they are DEAF! There are two examples of this: One is when Paris Hilton dies. While Slob, or Larry, is swimming around in the lake, somehow, a 20-foot-long croc is able to sneak past him and up to Paris' feet and she says "Larry, you pervert, get away from my feet." And gets eaten and you are happy that she is dead because that means that 10% of the bad script has been cut off from your ears (if they aren't bleeding already). The second example is when the sheriff's son, the girl he likes, and the girl's 'boyfriend' find a crocodile's nest and (of course) the retarded boyfriend starts crushing eggs, making a bad joke like "I know what kind of egg this is. Scrambled." Then, the mom croc comes back and gives that "Oh no you didn't" impression and comes up behind the boyfriend, snarling and breathing loudly and even when the girl says "There's a giant crocodile behind you!", he thinks it's a joke and still doesn't appear to hear the croc that is about 3 feet from him! He dies, thank God, and then, (even though when she said "There's a giant crocodile behind you!", the girl runs into the forest with the son and asks him "What was that thing?" and the son replies "I don't know, but I bet it is what laid those eggs!" That's when I turned off my TV and got onto my computer to warn you all about this horrible movie.

I am usually VERY generous toward so-good-they're-bad movies, but in this case, if someone who has seen "House of the Dead" and "Bloodrayne" from start-to-finish actually turns off the TV after watching an hour of "Lake Placid 2", you know you have a problem. Though it is clear that very few people will buy this movie, I don't recommend renting it and if you see it re-running on Sci Fi, turn the channel QUICKLY! Unlike "House of the Dead", it isn't a bad movie that is funny to watch because of how much effort was put into it, it's just an all-out bad movie that Sci Fi can add to their quite long "Flops" list.

Lake Horrible

[jery-tillotson-1 · 1/10 · 6 March 2008]

Sci-Fi channel movies are notorious for their constant cheeziness. This one should be perched at the very top of the heap. Since I loved the original, LAKE PLACID, I thought this might be at least an interesting experience. From the first scene to the last, this garbage proved that there are still Neanderthals out there in the movie making business. In the first shot, we see two men in a boat. One of them is quickly gobbled up by a giant croc. His companion merely stares at the water, blinks his eyes and says "Oh, my God!" in the next scene, he is in the sheriff's office and has told his story to the deputies. Their reactions? They all sit around whooping and giggling and nudging each other as if they've heard the funniest joke of the year. And then the sheriff drops in and asks this survivor what his problem is and the survivor merely shrugs and says "there's a problem" out there on the lake. Even after the sheriff is nearly swallowed alive by the creature, he's joking and laughing just seconds later. In fact, no one in the miserable cast ever act as if they're in any danger at all. After every death, they're all joking and laughing and skipping along as if nothing has happened. We're treated--if that's the word--to several scenes of the girls stripping off their bras. I guess we're supposed to be panting with passion at this. One of the craziest scenes is when the hot-headed jerk is mouthing off to his two companions how he would never ever believe there's a monster croc. One slips up right behind him, less than two feet away. His two companions merely stare and say, "Eh, you'd better come along." They act as if there's a squirrel or a possum just a few feet away from them. Of course, the hot-headed jerk is swallowed alive and his companions skip away. And then one of them says, "I can't believe I saw that." The special effects are the type you'd find in an elementary school room. this would be a perfect laugh-out-loud movie to watch along with that other much-praised masterpiece of lousiness: HANDS OF MANOS.

An embarrassment to the word "Movie."

[TheEmulator23 · 1/10 · 28 April 2007]

Everything about this so called "movie" screams 3rd rate. It is a pathetic attempt to cash in on a film that wasn't very good or successful to begin with! Why this got made, who knows. The script is laughable, the effects are worse than video-games, and the plot is really dumb. Don't waste your time, hell if you read this, you have spent too much time on this waste of celluloid. Every time you think movies can't get any worse, they do. I would be ashamed to have anything to do with this garbage. Here's the plot, let's kill these gators. The main characters are exactly the same as the 1st film too! Not the same actors mind you, but the exact same character. The little old lady who likes the croc's, the rich guy trying to kill them, even the beginning is almost exactly as the 1st film. I would recommend this to people that want to know what makes a bad movie, because this describes this "not even worthy of being called a film."

Rank, foul, and all things desirable in a B movie sequel

[gristd2 · 4/10 · 10 January 2008]

Unfortunately I didn't get to watch this on SciFi originally but saw a copy recently since they're releasing it to DVD soon(www.lakeplacid2dvd.com).

After hearing Schneider was taking the lead I thought this could have gone somewhere. His acting was tolerable, and the characters were mildly entertaining, but the low budget sequel was simply that.

It was so evident David Flores was trying to not only live up to the original, but to mimic it, painstakingly. From the plot, to the character quirks, even to the shocking one liners, we can see his aims at cult classic stardom. It falls horribly short, making for one amusing B movie wannabe.

You watch a B movie for the unreal script and crappy effects anyway, why not take it a step farther. Our affinity towards flicks like Snakes on a Plane or Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and any other horror-comedy is our intense desire to see some clever crap.

Lake Placid 1 was clever crap, Lake Placid 2 was crap that tries to be clever. And it's awesome watching the no name production team try.

Who takes this kind of thing seriously anyway? My opinion is, it's worth the $4 movie rental. Kick back on a Wednesday night with a couple of beers, and I guarantee the banter between you and your buddies will be well worth your time. There's a couple of KILLER one liners that'll make their way into your hall of shame quote book, guaranteed.

Awful!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eckhouse24 · 1/10 · 29 April 2007]

Lake Placid 2 is the sequel to the not so good Lake Placid. This movie stinks beyond undescribable words but I will try.

The acting is terrible. It seems as though a page of script was written and shot at the same time. When the crocidile attacks, most of the characters seem so calm about it, even making jokes after one of their own has just been killed. I thought that maybe John Schneider might be the actor in the film but that honor goes to the dog in the film.

Of course, the acting is only one flaw in this film. Another flaw is the script itself. The dialogue is incredibly bad and there are many scenes that just seem to make no sense.

The most important part of the film is it's direction. David Flores who is not noted for anything major but I can't seen a great future for this guy. There are many continuity mistakes and the characters all seem stiff...The special effects are terrible. I am sure that in today's era that even a made for TV movie can have decent special effects. The Crocidile looks awful and the death scenes are just garbage. There is no fear in this film.

Sometimes I enjoy watching these ridiculous movies for a nice laugh but I couldn't even enjoy it as a bad movie. If you want to see a good terrible movie, than watch other Made for Sci Fi movies like Crocidile and Crocidile 2...They are much better yet still terrible.

Pure dumb fun

[phil-manzon · 10/10 · 28 September 2010]

I was pumped out when i heard about this film. Im a huge fan of the original Lake Placid, it was the first horror film i ever saw in the theaters. When I was watching the Syfy channel I saw the film's promo, I was beyond excited when I heard that the sequel to one of my childhood favorites was being aired. From a technical stand point I didn't expect astounding special effects or a grade A story. When I finally watched it, I got exactly what i expected. B grade special effects, B grade writing and B grade acting. This film has laughable characters, effects and even genuinely funny moments. As a huge fan of Syfy channel original films and b horror films Id highly recommend.

Gives You the Good Stuff

[purban · 6/10 · 3 February 2008]

A sci-fi channel flick with Bo Duke; before you even rent/watch the movie, that should tell you not to take the film too seriously. All too often in these creature features, you get jipped on the violence, gore, nudity, and creature effects. Too often, the creature is seen for a total of 47 seconds in the entire movie. None of those things can be said about Lake Placid 2. It's a B-movie with some horrible editing and acting--but it's got all of the stuff that makes a bad movie good. While the CGI isn't always that spectacular (they even had a cheesy CGI plane-landing), the crocs are on-screen just as much as the actors are, and the body count is surprisingly high. It loosely follows the story of the original, with Cloris Leachman in for Betty White (and, actually, she raises herself above the other performances in the film). It doesn't strike the horror/comedy balance of the first film at all, but this is more of a B-movie creature flick than a true sequel. Compared to other low-budget films in the same genre, this one actually manages to rise above most of the others out there, and gives you the good stuff along with the laughs.

Worst movie knock off ever!!

[lordbowler · 1/10 · 9 June 2007]

When I heard that the Sci-Fi Channel was doing a Lake Placid 2 with John Schneider, I was looking forward to it.

But after 20 minutes, I couldn't believe how bad it was.

The acting is the worst acting I have ever seen/heard. It sounds like this movie was shot in a foreign country and dubbed in English. Except that all of these actors are Americans who speak English and this was filmed for Television, which means they didn't have to dub the bad language.

I actually enjoy many of Sci-Fi's B movies. But this is one of the worst I've ever seen. The special effects are awful, which is surprising since I've seen Sci-Fi do better with other movies.

I'd recommend watching the original Lake Placid instead of wasting the two hours watching this sequel. You will certainly enjoy it more.

Grandma Cloris' recipe for crocodile stew!

[Coventry · 4/10 · 26 February 2022]

Ingredients: 3 (minimally...) fat and massively oversized crocodiles. Ask your local butcher for extra fake and juicy ones! 1 Maine lake-setting that was previously used already in a modest cult-favorite. 1 heroic Sheriff, preferably with romantic and parental issues. Half a dozen - give or take - happy campers willing to go skinny-dipping. 1 crazy old lady (how did you end up here, Mrs. Leachman?!?) who secretly feeds the crocs. 1 stereotypically dumb macho hunter (tip: extra rich and arrogant adds flavor). 1 African slave-warrior not afraid to battle ridiculously large animals with his bare hands (and win).

Preparational steps: every self-respecting horror chef knows that you achieve the tastiest and most refined results with animatronics, or even stop-motion effects, but in case the competences and budgetary means are limited there's always the option of CGI. If so, like the case here, consider the following rule: if you go over-the-top, you better do it properly! The bigger and faker, the better!

Start cooking: throw all the ingredients into the Maine lake-setting and its surrounding shores and let them simmer. Make sure the characters cannot leave the lake area, though. Never mind the entire nearby village easily could come and help, make it looks as if the characters are trapped and the lake is inescapable. Spice things up with disposable rednecks and laughably inept amputations.

Serving tip: with some friends and plenty of beer! Bon Appetit!

Lame and flaccid describe this sequel perfectly...

[TheLittleSongbird · 1/10 · 28 May 2012]

I enjoyed the first film, it was atmospheric, very witty and had some great performances. This sequel is just bad, it tries hard to repeat the success of the original and fails utterly. The special effects here are incredibly amateurish and the crocodile is not very menacing this time around. The script is more cheesy than funny, flat rather than sharp and hackneyed rather than focused, while the story is unexcitedly-paced and unoriginal with the gory moments predictable rather than nail-biting. The characters are stereotypes and annoying ones at that, and the acting even from Cloris Leachman(whose performance is almost exactly the same as Betty White's in the first film except White was far more inspired) is poor, an uneasy mix of overdone or non-existent. In conclusion, a lame and flaccid sequel to an entertaining original. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Better Than the First

[Michael_Elliott · 26 February 2008]

Lake Placid 2 (2007)

** (out of 4)

A sheriff, a PETA loving vet and a bounty hunter are trying to stop several large crocs who keep eating the locals. The sheriff also has to worry about his teenage son and friends as well as a crazy old woman (Cloris Leachman) who might be feeding the beasts. As I said, this film is somewhat better than the original because it doesn't take itself too serious. None of the actors are very good but they are entertaining enough to keep the film going whenever the monster isn't on screen. What really kills the film are the horrible CGI gore effects and CGI crocs. The crocs are so fake looking that you can never take them too serious. The film might be worse than I'm giving it credit for but it seems the director was trying to make things a tad bit silly with some over the top goofiness. I'm sure fans of the original movie aren't going to enjoy the step down in terms of quality actors but if you've seen enough of these "nature attack" movies then you know there's much worse out there.

The Dukes of Placid

[wes-connors · 3/10 · 5 August 2013]

Peaceful "Lake Placid" in Maine suffers from a new series of missing persons. As the opening scene confirms, they are being eaten by giant crocodiles. Informed about the latest incident, wavy-haired blond sheriff John Schneider (as James Riley) jokes about the carnage. After seeing the remains of a victim, Mr. Schneider takes environmentally-conscious blonde girlfriend Sarah Lafleur (as Emma Warner) and EPA man Robert Blush (as Frank Mills) out to investigate. They find a severed head and decide to ask eccentric old Cloris Leachman (as Sadie Bickerman) about giant man-eating crocodiles...

Meanwhile, Schneider's handsome young son Chad Collins (as Scott), reluctantly staying with dad for a month due to a custody arrangement with his ex-wife, goes out looking to meet pretty blonde Alicia Ziegler (as Kerri). She's with a generally annoying group of college-aged friends; as such, they will presumably be crocodile bait. The men are weighty, but the women look good getting topless. Interestingly, the sexiest scene belongs to Ms. Lafleur, shot lovingly as she gets in an out of the water wearing a black bikini; it's early in the movie. Also around is hunter Sam McMurray (as Jack Struthers)...

Continuity from the first "Lake Placid" (1999) is represented by Ms. Leachman, who plays the sister of Delores Bickerman. Betty White, who played Delores in the earlier movie, appears in a photograph. More Bickermans will appear in "Lake Placid 3" (2010). This silly story may frighten very young children, but most everyone else will laugh. Leachman is scarier than the crocodiles. Superfluous is Mr. McMurray and his subplot with slavish Joe Holt (as Ahmad). Schneider, the former "Dukes of Hazzard" hunk, director David Flores and most of the characters play with knowing bemusement.

*** Lake Placid 2 (4/28/07) David Flores ~ John Schneider, Chad Collins, Cloris Leachman, Sarah Lafleur

More fun than it has any right to be

[Leofwine_draca · 5/10 · 9 July 2014]

LAKE PLACID 2, a straight-to-video follow-up to a lame comedy/horror movie that I absolutely hated, is actually far more fun than it has any right to be. That's because this is a B-movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, while all the while offering up a reasonable quotient of nudity and cheesy gore effects to satisfy the most jaded of viewers.

In this film, residents of a local town are flummoxed when not one, not two, but three, giant crocodiles begin terrorising them from a local lake. Given that this is a low budget production, what it boils down to is a bunch of character roaming the woods and lakeside and getting bumped off one by one by some extremely dodgy-looking CGI effects.

As a whole, LAKE PLACID 2 is shoddily made and there seems to be an awful lot of continuity errors that crept their way into the production. Watch out for the awful-looking CGI plane that randomly disappears in one shot, and one guy's gun changing type in another. The acting is expectedly bad - including from the guy playing the Sheriff, John Schneider, a one-time heart-throb for his leading role in THE DUKES OF HAZZARD - but the effects are even worse, even by genre standards. Still, the cheesy gore effects count for something, and there are a ton of bimbo actresses willing to strip off for guys who like that stuff.

Just Awful, plain awful

[streetmagiciandavid · 3/10 · 29 April 2007]

So last night, me and my roommate decide to watch it. We both liked the first one, so of course we are going to watch the second. Big mistake... Every so often I would see my roommates head just shaking, and he would then laugh or comment about what we just saw- never a good comment.

The Graphics were just bad, the crocs just looked so fake- the skin, movement, reactions, explosions. Even the air plane was fake. The acting was below par. At least in the first one they had real choppers and planes and such, and the croc looked a lot better in the first.

The only thing I saw hope in was the fact that Cloris Leachman was part of the film (always been great in her past roles), and she did a decent job in this role as well. She could have done a lot better than this film though . The basic story line wasn't too bad; but I have yet to see a great story line on crocs or gators.

There are also tech problems in the film. Just things that do not truly add up or that make sense. The killing of the crocs with a knife/blade, the eggs, the explosions, the eating of the people.

It feels like they just through this movie together. Not much effort put into it. They could have put a lot more effort into this film, to do it justice. Instead they let it flop... So I would say, spend your time watching something else.

Actually now that I think about it, this movie is very similar to Jaws, maybe thats why the story line works. But again they didn't do it justice.

It was a good laugh though, some funny moments, and just looking at what happens. You just want to laugh at its stupidity.

60 minutes in, another 24 could have driven me to who knows what.

[swtdude79 · 1/10 · 4 March 2008]

This movie is not only a waste money, it took away 60 minutes of what I could have used as extra sleep. I was at my girl's house and popped this in at 10 p.m., knowing that I had work the next day, I waited for the movie to pick up, while trying to hold myself from busting up from the ridiculous acting, poor script, and CGI that was probably generated by the Director's 6th grader son, hoping that in the next few minutes the movie would offer something interesting. But after seeing the Ahmad guy tell his boss that he's finish doing deeds for him and then minutes later he tries to save his life, I just couldn't sit there anymore, I turned the damn thing off before my exhaustion drive me to aggravation and might just break the damn DVD which I didn't want to end up paying for. Avoid this movie at all cost, if you ever did something for 84 minutes that you wished you'll never do again, you should consider that instead of watching this garbage.

Goofy fun not to be taken seriously . . .

[ApolloBoy109 · 5/10 · 5 May 2008]

. . . as a real monster movie. As a backdrop to a busy Saturday afternoon around the house, I found it to be entertaining on that level. Certainly the by-the-numbers script, cheesy croc effects and the often times poor acting of some cast members opened itself up to some of the more nastier comments here on IMDb. I will not disagree with them, but none-the-less as b-grade movie with a few nice moments it is passable. The netflix version had its share of nudity and blood-spurting limbs. Some of the kills were funny, and of course few character evoked any kind of sympathy for their plight.

It is always a pleasure to see Cloris Leachmen and John Schnieder. All in all, this movie while not a "Rogue" or the original "Alligator" it was still better than anything called a sci-fi original.

Excellent production for the SciFi channel

[coliseumvideos · 10/10 · 3 May 2007]

I thought this film was rather well done as far as a SCIFI channel production goes. You have to admit that when compared to the majority of SCIFI channel films, this one does stand out. I don't understand the previous comment of, Not Worth The Time. To each their own, I guess? Anyway I really enjoyed the film myself. Crazy Sadie was pretty comical in her role and there was more blood shown than usual in a SCIFI production. The trailer reads, 3 crocodiles when it turns out there are actually four? An oversight or intentional? All in all the story line is weak yet the special effects and bloody scenes make this one a pretty decent flick. Besides what do you expect for a made for television film? SCIFI channels best production so far this year I believe is, Pumpkinhead 4.

A decent movie with some funny parts

[benajacks · 7/10 · 20 December 2007]

The humor in this film is much more irony based... the original Lake Placid was intended to be much more genuinely scary, this one will actually provide some good laughs if you go into it looking for the irony not the scare factor.

The CGI in this movie is sub-par, but I think that this was somewhat intentional, it adds to the b-movie feel. The movie is not realistic, if it was it would be perceived as taking itself to seriously and would be stupid.

Go into this movie looking for laughs and you will get them. Go into this movie looking for scares and you will come up disappointed.

Apparently Maine floated down the Atlantic coast, because everyone in this movie has a Southern accent.

[Phillemos · 4/10 · 6 May 2007]

I kept trying to figure out if "Lake Placid 2" was supposed to take place in Maine, like the sequel was, because everyone in this movie has that Southern drawl. Then I see signs for Maine, Arostook County, etc. etc. and I'm like, apparently the directors think a Maine accent and a Southern accent are one and the same. It's an insult to the great state of Maine. Also, the one girl says she's going to Boston College and will be moving to Newton, which she describes as "south of Boston." No, it's not. Newton is west of Boston. So, apparently the folks who did this movie have no concept for geography. As for the movie itself, it's like "Lake Placid" except not nearly as good. The Betty White role of the weird old lady is taken over by Cloris Leachman, who is not nearly as hilarious. The crocodile stomp-a-thon was entertaining, but there wasn't enough of it. And that's the silly love-interest plot line that nobody cares about. Overall, there are worse crocodile movies (i.e., "Blood Surf"), but you could do better.

Tempting but do yourself a favor and pass on this one

[jkeilholz · 1/10 · 25 May 2007]

I watched this only because it as a very boring TV night. It ended up being very predictable and all of the acting was really terrible. Especially John Schneider (Dukes of Hazard - TV series) I couldn't remember who he was while I was watching this and actually came on here to try and figure out where I recognized him. That guy's acting was so overboard it actually made me think this movie would have been better classified as a 'Comedy'.

The special effects were a let down but I didn't really expect too much since it was regular TV. I think classifying this movie as 'horror' was a little bit of a stretch.

If you saw the first Lake Placid you might be tempted (like I was) to actually stop channel surfing for a little bit and watch this one.

Do your self a favor and just keep on surfing.

This movie tried to repeat everything that you did like about the original but failed miserably and had no orginality of its own.