The Louisiana swamps are already a dangerous area. They get even more dangerous when an ancient predator calls the environment home. Laura LeCrois is about to come into contact with this monster after she returns home, searching for her missing father, Pappy. Lochlyn Munro is the small town sheriff already concerned with the growing number of missing people in the area (he can add two of his men to those numbers before we even get to the credits) and his royal sweetness Mark Sheppard is a scientist and disgraced professor who is looking to get his hands on Pappy’s land and is Laura’s ex husband. He’s been buying up plenty of property for shady reasons and with Pappy owing money to the bank and currently nowhere to be found, he’s figuring now’s the time to stake his claim. The sheriff fills Laura in on how Charles (said scientist) was banned from teaching because of his dangerous attempts to play God with extinct creatures. Hmmmmmmm. Love is in the air and egos are a problem… oh, and a whole lotta folks are gonna be chewed up by the silly looking apex predator. There’s also some scuzzy bumpkins who are up to something with the monster, use humans as live bait, enjoy sexual assault and, of course, they get their hands on Laura while she’s giving an ill-fated boat tour (along with the cute blonde some soldier was planning to propose to). The main dope (Ricky Wayne) overacts to a hilarious degree and looks like a cracked-out Taika Waititi. The sheriff goes looking for the gal he loves and the professor is also out there maybe for the monster and in cahoots with the two backwoods yahoos. Either way, I’m just happy Mark Sheppard is on my screen for a good chunk of the time. Crappy cgi SyFy monster shenanigans are completely saved by two leads I love seeing in my crappy cgi SyFy monster shenanigans. If they had been on screen at every moment, it probably wouldn’t drag as much ass as it does but it ain’t a complete waste of time and some of the performances are great for all the wrong reasons.
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