The crocodile Namanvari—The Spirit of the Past For Australian Aborigines, it is a sacred animal. He is remembered by his fathers and grandfathers from local tribes. He must be about two hundred years old. This monster is both feared and worshipped. For them, this giant sea crocodile is a sacred animal, standing in the service of conservation. Despite the fact that he, in addition to the usual animals, eats people, the locals believe that it is impossible to kill him. With this reptile, jokes are bad, so for all those who start hunting him, he prepared a response that will kill many.
From numerous films about crocodiles cannibals picture “Dark times” is different version of the origin of the reptile. In the history of such paintings, in most cases, it came down to two extremes of the appearance of giant monsters: as a result of gene experiments or due to the release of nuclear waste and subsequent mutations. And if in the American analogue of “Alligator” or the Italian version of “Killer Crocodile” it was so, then the Australians considered the effect of just a large totem reptile to be sufficient and easily fit into the plot. And this goes in addition to the narrative, as it is at least some variety in croc horror.
By itself, the picture, trying to appear before the viewer an adventure film, in fact, turns out to be a kind of mixed work that absorbed elements of classic and more famous films. Whether it’s a Romance with a Stone poster hinting at adventurism or an image of the protagonist in the manner of Indiana Jones, or an analogy with the great monkey Congo, who was also idolized by the natives. However, the main reference point of such films to the film "Jaws" continues to be preserved here. First of all, because of the initial scene on the beach with an attack on bathers, one in one copied from Spielberg, in which the shark also dragged a little boy.
Therefore, it turns out that without finding yourself and your style of storytelling, the film comes out with moments sagging and dull. But at the same time it does not cause any rejection, because it feels that everything was done with the soul and skill, but again as far as the talent of the director and the possibilities of time allowed.