Peaceful "Lake Placid" in Maine suffers from a new series of missing persons. As the opening scene confirms, they are being eaten by giant crocodiles. Informed about the latest incident, wavy-haired blond sheriff John Schneider (as James Riley) jokes about the carnage. After seeing the remains of a victim, Mr. Schneider takes environmentally-conscious blonde girlfriend Sarah Lafleur (as Emma Warner) and EPA man Robert Blush (as Frank Mills) out to investigate. They find a severed head and decide to ask eccentric old Cloris Leachman (as Sadie Bickerman) about giant man-eating crocodiles...
Meanwhile, Schneider's handsome young son Chad Collins (as Scott), reluctantly staying with dad for a month due to a custody arrangement with his ex-wife, goes out looking to meet pretty blonde Alicia Ziegler (as Kerri). She's with a generally annoying group of college-aged friends; as such, they will presumably be crocodile bait. The men are weighty, but the women look good getting topless. Interestingly, the sexiest scene belongs to Ms. Lafleur, shot lovingly as she gets in an out of the water wearing a black bikini; it's early in the movie. Also around is hunter Sam McMurray (as Jack Struthers)...
Continuity from the first "Lake Placid" (1999) is represented by Ms. Leachman, who plays the sister of Delores Bickerman. Betty White, who played Delores in the earlier movie, appears in a photograph. More Bickermans will appear in "Lake Placid 3" (2010). This silly story may frighten very young children, but most everyone else will laugh. Leachman is scarier than the crocodiles. Superfluous is Mr. McMurray and his subplot with slavish Joe Holt (as Ahmad). Schneider, the former "Dukes of Hazzard" hunk, director David Flores and most of the characters play with knowing bemusement.
*** Lake Placid 2 (4/28/07) David Flores ~ John Schneider, Chad Collins, Cloris Leachman, Sarah Lafleur
