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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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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."

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

Lake Placid 2 (2007) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline involves a return to Lake Placid where the storyline for the first film has been covered up. When a member of the environmental protection agency disappears on Lake Placid the local sheriff starts poking around to uncover what's going on...the body count increases and more people are sent in to "help" the sheriff find the culprit.

This movie is directed by David Flores (Boa vs Python) and stars John Schneider (Smallville), Sarah Lafleur (Shall We Dance), Sam McMurray (Raising Arizona), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein) and Justin Urich (How High).

This is a super bad and weird movie. It's like they tried to cast people who were exactly like the characters in the first film and remake a bad version of the first film. Cloris Leachman was no Betty White. The CGI in this is comically bad. The croc in the Resident Evil video game is better than the one in this movie. The comedic content overall was painful and I'm not sure this could have been worse written overall.

This is a tragic addition to the horror genre that I would score a 1/10 and recommend skipping.

The agent from the Environmental Protection Agency Frank (Robert Blush) and his partner Tillman (Michael McCoy) are researching the water of Lake Placid when a huge crocodile attacks and shatters Tillman. Only parts of one arm and one leg are retrieved. Frank tells Sheriff Riley (John Schneider) what happened to Tillman and in principle he does not believe. Only when Riley sees Tillman's remains, he goes to investigate with Frank and the Fish and Willd Life agent Emily (Sarah Lafleur), who is his ex-wife. Meanwhile, Riley's son, Scott (Chad Collins), who is spending a couple of days with his father, befriends the local Kerri (Alicia Ziegler) and she invites him to go with her boyfriend and a couple of friends to bath in the lake. Other tourists are camping at Lake Placid. Out of the blue, Riley and his mates find Tillman's head and are attacked by the crocodile that shatters their boat. Sheriff Riley asks his deputies to close the lake and Deputy Dale Davis (Terry Winkless) to bring weapons and another boat to the group. The wealthy hunter Struthers (Sam McMurray) and his partner Ahmad (Joe Holt) arrive in a hydroplane informed by a snoopy local reporter. Meanwhile, the crocodile is attacking people that are at the lake and soon Sheriff Riley learns that there is more than one crocodile in the lake and the female is protecting her nest.

"Lake Placid 2" (2007) is a silly and funny sequel of the first "Lake Placid" in the beginning of the franchise. The movie is underrated in IMDb, since what should the viewer expect from this sequel? Certainly, stupid decisions (like Emily trying to capture the crocodile without harm it); funny characters; hot girls (the boobs are kind of a bonus in this film); a hero (Sheriff Riley); lack of empathy when somebody is murdered; and lots of killing. The CGI is poor, like others from the Sci-Fi Channel, and most of the characters are nice. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Pânico no Lake" ("Panic at the Lake")

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

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.

This Sci-Fi original is littered with the worst stereotypes, really really BAD acting, and Ian Reed Kesler's moobs. (man-chest) Oy the moobs! His chest is actually more ample than either of the gals'. And this poor unfortunate actually appears on screen without a shirt! I hope they paid him well for this public humiliation! I knew soon after that it was time to turn the channel.

I enjoy Brendan Gleeson in the original so much I HAD to watch this, as I almost bought it sight-unseen. I am SO glad I didn't. The problem is that every principal from the original film has been replaced by something lesser. Instead of Hector Cyr who is an intelligent character addition to the LP team, we have Struthers the Big Game Hunter and his big black hunter/attendant. I think they actually did research to include as many racial and sexual stereotypes as possible. Compared to this film, the original is Oscar-worthy.

And then there is the bad acting. I mean these performances are awful! No one in here acts like they had a moment of training, experience, or talent. Unfortunately, John Schneider is piled in with these inept wannabes. I mean...I wanted to like this, but in spite of John Schneider's and Cloris Leachman's involvement, there is VERY little to like herein. Horrible performances, terrible direction, inadequate film quality (M4TV), the worst Scottish accent in the history of film, and the most inept CGI since Ang Lee's The Hulk (2003) the render this production completely unwatchable. It DOES, however, make me enjoy the original all the more. I'm SO glad I didn't just buy this on DVD. Ack!

BUT...there are some good kills and if it's splatter you're after, you might actually like this. As nasty as this is, it just might find a niche with Creature Feature aficionados who also happen to be splatter fans. Giallo fans may also like this. So, there you are.

It rates a 4.6 on the Made For Television Scale.

It rates a 2.2/10 on the Movie Scale from...

the Fiend :.

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.

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.

"Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, has to be one of the worst sci-fi films ever made on the face of the Earth. It is a waste of a person's time and money. As a matter of fact, I did get around to viewing the first "Lake Placid" movie that was made all the way back in the year of 1999. Personally, since it was, in fact a sci-fi horror/comedy flick, I thought it was okay. Definitely not perfect, but okay nonetheless. Now, why on Earth anyone would ever want to make a sequel to it is just beyond me. The biggest regret I've ever made in my life is watching it on the Sci-Fi Channel on TV because I wanted to check it out. Boy, was I ever stupid to waste 1 hour and 30 minutes of my life that I'll never get back.

Here are my "Top 5" reasons why this movie, "Lake Placid 2" was so bad and should not be worth viewing.

1) The actors. The acting is so atrocious, it's not even funny. Hell, why would you even put John Schneider in a movie like this? He didn't give a very good performance either as did all the other lame and pathetic actors in this movie.

2) The plot. The plot is so unoriginal, it's been done so many times in other movies already. This is it: "A local sheriff must stop four crocodiles from wreaking havoc on a small town."

3) The special effects. They try to make the crocodiles look like gigantic dinosaurs in this movie. Believe it, right into the beginning, one of the crocodiles is able to pull a man off a boat and right into the water. Then, when the man's friend tries to help pull him back up, the crocodile comes in and eats him completely, just leaving out his arm and leg. So, basically, he eats the guy in just one bite. Give me a freakin' break!

4) The action. Now, don't get me wrong. A lot of people do get eaten and killed by the crocodiles in this movie, but overall, there's very little action throughout and it can also get boring very quickly.

5) The filmmakers. These people have done such a poor job on this movie, that not only did they embarrass the actors, but they also embarrassed themselves. Especially the director and writers of this movie. The dialogue was very corny, and sometimes I found myself having to turn up the volume because I couldn't hear a word they were saying. Hell, even the director was making decisions of his own in this movie. It seems that every 5 or 10 minutes that pass in the movie, after someone has already got eaten by the crocodiles, then another person does, and then after that, another person gets eaten. So, it's like a pattern where all the people get killed first and then the crocodiles get killed second. Good lord!

So, these are my 5 reasons why "Lake Placid 2", in my opinion, is one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made. I seriously do not know what these people were thinking when they made this miserable pile of crap. And get this, you think it's bad enough that they already did one sequel to the first "Lake Placid", they freakin' made another one, "Lake Placid 3" in 2010! And that one has also been getting bad reviews just like this one. I'm not even going to attempt to watch that one, knowing how bad the people have been saying it is.

Do yourself a favor, and just watch the first "Lake Placid", and not any of the other poorly bad-made sequels.

First off, giving this movie a 1 implies it has some credit of being a watchable movie. It is not. To give you an idea of how bad this movie is, I never sign up for these comment boards, but felt it was necessary to do so for this movie. This is the first time I have ever done this.

After 5 minutes, I watched this movie in fast forward at 30x speed, only slowing occasionally to laugh at the special effects not even worthy of a high school film project. They must have had a budget of like a hundred bucks. The cast is probably the directors drinking buddies, and I am pretty sure that you can purchase the very same alligator they used floating around in the lake at Walmart. It is a pool floaty toy.

This movie is far worse than any bad sci-fi channel movie I have ever seen. I'm not sure how more than one copy of this movie made it onto the shelves at Blockbusters. If I paid the $4 or whatever to rent this (i belong to their unlimited movie pass deal) I would have really felt cheated and probably would have demanded a free rental, or at least some friggin popcorn as compensation.

The only good thing about this movie would be to copy it, give it to your friends and tell them it is really good, and then laugh when they bitch about wasting 2 hours of their life that they won't ever get back.