Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

BA_Harrison A giant salt water crocodile, known as Numunwari by the aboriginal people, is feasting on unwary locals in Northern Australia. Wildlife ranger Steve Harris (John Jarratt) sets out to capture the toothy terror and return it to the billabong it calls home.Dark Age is a routine creature feature that, like so many others, takes its lead from Spielberg's Jaws and delivers countless clichés along the way: a group of ignorant hunters who anger the croc, an innocent kid snatched from shallow water, an ignorant official concerned about how the rampaging reptile will affect tourism, and a final showdown between three brave men and the croc. The biggest cliché of all, however, is the rose-tinted representation of the indigenous people as peaceful, noble, wise, spiritual and in tune with their surroundings, just like the Native American in every revisionist western since 1970 (the movie thereby seeking to recompense for years of oppression by the white man).The film trundles along at a reasonable pace, and there are a couple of half-decent animal attacks (accompanied by suitably sickening bone-crunching sound effects), but for the most part this is unexceptional stuff, not helped by the fact that the croc is rarely seen and, when it does appear, it's a rather inanimate fibreglass model. While this 'less is more' approach worked for Jaws, director Arch Nicholson isn't in Spielberg's league, unable to generate the necessary tension and excitement; likewise, the film's cast cannot hold a candle to the likes of Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfuss, their characters instantly forgettable.Still, at least this one has a gratuitous sex scene (featuring the lovely Nikki Coghill) and features the wholesale slaughter of innocent reptiles. Spielberg never gave us that!N.B. Twenty years after starring in Dark Age, John Jarratt would appear in Rogue, another film about a killer croc.

Uriah43 This movie essentially begins with 3 poachers in the Australian Outback taking a small boat into a lake at night to hunt crocodiles. Although they manage to kill the first two they come across, the third crocodile is much larger than anything they have ever seen and it capsizes the boat and kills two of them. This results in a park ranger named "Steve Harris" (John Jarratt) taking two aborigines in a boat to find it. Unfortunately, tracking it down becomes much harder than he suspects and if that wasn't bad enough local politics and prejudice hamper his efforts even more. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie had a pretty good premise to operate from but I thought that the director (Arch Nicholson) got a bit carried away with the clash of cultures between the whites and the aborigines which seemed to permeate the entire course of the movie. Likewise, proscribing some kind of spiritual mystique on the large crocodile was somewhat cheesy as well. That being said, I have rated this film accordingly. Slightly below average.

ElijahCSkuggs The story of a ranger and two local aborgines who are trying to stop Numunwari (a giant Salt-Water Crocodile) from causing further havoc in their local waters. Throw in some violent poachers and a side story with a love interest and you have Dark Age.Dark Age is basically Australia's answer to Jaws. There are even some scenes that seem to be totally ripped off, but obviously executed in a different manner. Actually, I think I preferred some of the cinematography in Dark Age over Jaws. I think I liked a couple other aspects maybe a little more or at least as much as Jaws. Don't get me wrong, Jaws is a 10 (in my book) and this is a 7.5 (in my book, which is titled These Balls Be Jigglin!) The flick like I said had a side story with some lovey doveyness, and to be honest, it had completely care free results. Totally could have been done without. Though I do appreciate the sex scene. And overall, the acting was kinda hit and miss. Some guys had it, some people didn't. And damn, maybe it was my copy, but I had a toughass time understanding our aboriginal friends. Though I do like how they talk. It was a film that had a decent amount of horror and action, but it all felt a tad lackluster and the film would have seriously been memorable if it just had a couple more death scenes. Being such a big fan of our cold-blooded aquatic pals, I almost had to see this rare gem of a flick. With a nice twist on the monster animal genre and what seemed to be some under lying messages, the flick delivered more than just an action/horror/adventure flick. If you have any interest in giant animal flicks, you should definitely check this out. 7.5 outta 10

pcampbell25 As b-movies go, this is definately a must-see. Not only is the plot stolen and adapted Aussie style,but the whole thing is littered by lameness which is not even a tribute to Jaws. So often the Croc looks so rubbery and plastic, you would think it was a giant pool toy. The film is littered by cliche characters and bad dialogue, as well as random screen moments that are sheer oddity. Normally, I would go into detail, but the ineffable quality makes this a see for yourself. P