Review of Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

In order to keep the unique crocodiles away from the nearby town the Army Corps of Engineers has built an electric fence all around the lake to contain them. However, this doesn't deter a crazy poacher by the name of "Jim Bickerman" (Robert Englund) from assembling a small crew of men and then sneaking past the guard at one of the gates to get inside the containment area. Sure enough, he and his men soon find their dangerous prey--or should I say their dangerous prey finds them? Meanwhile, due to the carelessness of the guard the gate is accidentally left open and a bus enroute to another nearby lake accidentally takes a wrong turn. Once again, the crocodiles are more than happy to meet their acquaintance. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film pretty much followed the same standard format as its predecessors and subsequently suffered as a result. The by-the-numbers plot lacked suspense and the animation was pretty much hit-or-miss as well. As a matter of fact, about the only good thing about this movie was the presence of Elisabeth Rohm (as "Sheriff Giove) but even then, her performance was not enough to bring this movie up to a respectable level. As such I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.