The Pool

If you're told the water was released in a 20 foot deep pool with no steps or ladders, you don't decide it's the best time go to sleep on a raft. As soon as he did that I was out of the movie because there was no way anyone is actually this stupid and I couldn't root for this moron surviving.

A better idea would have had him getting out of the pool minutes after his friend left and having him slip and hit his head passing out in the water and then waking up when the water was low.

Having him decide to take a freaking nap as the water was going down just made him too stupid to live and you just want the croc to eat him as soon as it fell inside the pool.

But the croc was too busy sleeping with a perfectly placed roll of duct tape in it's mouth that the dummy needed.

And then there's the idiot girlfriend with the diving fetish...she wants to dive so badly that even after she sees the pool only 1/4 filled she makes a giddy beeline for the diving board. What the hell??

And to make matters worse, these idiots procreated and have their idiot spawn growing inside her. You just want to root for the croc!

I had one hearty laugh towards the end after I tilted my head and thought "Sure, Jan" when our "hero's" insulin shot fell perfectly onto a cloth.

Unfortunately, this movie contained a bunch of unintentional laughs and "yeah, right" moments. But, worst of all: it had thee most fakest looking crocodile I've ever seen in a movie. And that's sad because it was supposed to be one of the biggest threats of this Open Water in Reverse knock-off.

Basically, under extremely unlikely circumstances, a man gets trapped and abandoned in a huge, albeit empty pool with no ladder or way out. To make matters worse, his girlfriend shows up, gets trapped with him and the aforementioned, hungry and angry crocodile in there stalking them. (Mostly sleeping, but when awake, stalking.) How will they possibly escape THE POOOOOL of DEATH?!

I didn't give up on the movie because, well, the lead was sexy (ha,) a lot of the time I could absolutely feel his pain of the gruesome things that happen to him and I do love me some When Animals Attack films as well as being trapped with nearly no possible ways to escape. I mentioned this is a rip-off (well, sorta) of the Open Water movies, but specifically part two. In that movie, the cast is in the ocean around their boat, but no ladder or way to get back onboard. In that movie, to add tension, there's a baby on board. In The Pool, there's a chained up dog up on deck, who they, of course, named "Lucky." Ha. Ha. I get it.

Mistakes are made by the lead, constantly - causing me so much frustration and while some graphics look good, others look fake as all Hades. One death in the movie was kinda shocking, but another's survival, though it was supposed to be happy, would've elevated this movie tenfold had they perished.

It's not the worst, by far it isn't. It's just a breezy 90-minute Saturday afternoon viewing. If you can get past that terrible CGI'd croc.

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Final thoughts: Okay, I'm not from that country, nor ever been. But, seriously? The Olympic-sized pool has no ladder or shallow end? I know it's possible, but is it plausible?

It's so stupid but somehow so entertianing, it's so fake(CG) but somehow you just didnt care anymore, everything was so lousy but you cant stop and had to finish watching, it's a very low budget film and the director just didnt care if anything makes sense or not, which made the story so crazy, so dramatic or basically limitless unreal(in a good way) . So much fun from start to finish, it could be even better if you take some weed beforehand, seriously!!!

This movie is beyond ridiculous. Even totally funny at times as the characters actions are completely beyond reason or doesn't make any logical sense at all. I decided to review it with a 6 star rating though as I enjoyed watching it and it was pretty funny so I enjoyed it. If you're looking for a serious horror or thriller movie then this definitely isn't for you however if you're looking for some light hearted easy going suspense/comedy it's not bad. If it wasn't as ridiculous and funny I'd probably have given it 2 stars. Just so you are aware as well, the whole movie is available for free on YouTube with subtitles.

I wanted to like it more. When i watch a low budget thriller/horror movie, i want to reward their efforts by giving a good rating. But, to be honest, there are a lot of dumb and "what the hell and not in a good way" moments here. A lot of unintentionally funny scenes too, i laugh so hard watching a few of them. A lot of unnecessarily melodramatic scenes, also.

However, there are some positives too. Leading actor is extremely likeable character and his acting was not bad. The actress was likeable too as a character, but her acting was..let's say not very good, i don't wanna be mean. Furthermore, it's entertaining. This is a watchable survival movie, if you are looking for some mindless fun and you are a big fan of this genre (One location survival/thriller-horror movies). I can't recommend it but if you lower your expectations, you 'll maybe enjoy it.