''Dinocroc vs. Supergator'' is an 2010 American

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that premiered on

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on June 26, 2010. This is one of

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's final performances. The film was released on DVD and

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on July 12, 2011;Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses – Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p. 238. it was supposed to be a parody of '' King Kong vs. Godzilla''.

Plot

In Drake Industries Research Lab in

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, two creatures – Dinocroc and Supergator – are being studied. However, Supergator breaks free from the lab and eats two scientists before escaping into the water. Dinocroc also breaks free by breaking the wall and crushing another scientist. It also eats two scientists and goes into the trees. Jason Drake calls an elite

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group to kill the creatures, but they are killed by Dinocroc. Drake then calls in Fish & Game

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Bob Logan who is also known as "the Cajun" to kill the two creatures. While spying on Drake's lab, Paul Beaumont meets a

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, Cassidy Swanson. While Drake has his private party, he meets up with a girl named Victoria Chase. Drake tells her to meet up with the Cajun. The Cajun meets with Victoria and they both go on a boat and down the

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. They hear a woman – Kimberly Taft – asking for help, and they help her in the

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while Dinocroc chases after them. Cassidy and her father attempt to shoot at Supergator. Cassidy's father, Charlie, shoots Supergator's eye, presumably blinding it, and is devoured. As Supergator eats Charlie, Cassidy gets in the car and drives off. Supergator then chases her all the way to the mill. As Supergator reaches the end of the tunnel, Bob and Paul blow it up with C-4 explosives so Supergator and Dinocroc cannot escape. The two reptiles engage in battle and in the melee the rupture the containers housing the mill's stores of

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. The fight continues, in which Dinocroc wins after knocking Supergator on its soft underbelly and attacking it. Paul then runs forward to get in range so he can throw an explosive to set off all the sawdust. After Dinocroc kills Supergator, it spots Paul and walks towards him, as Paul hides in a trough filled with water, protecting himself from the explosives. The bomb explodes and ignites the sawdust to create a massive fireball, knocking back and killing Dinocroc. Paul is assumed to be killed as well, but he survives the attack. Before Paul and Cassidy leave, the camera then turns to Dinocroc and Supergator, both dead. As Bob, Paul and Cassidy walk away, it shows that in the mill are

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, of either Dinocroc or Supergator – possibly both.

Cast

as Jason Drake * Corey Landis as Paul Beaumont *Amy Rasimas as Cassidy Swanson *

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as Bob Logan * John Callahan as Charlie Swanson *

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as Kimberly Taft *

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as Stewart Taft * Adrian Alvarado as Lerner * Carrie Stevens as Drake's Nurse * Matt Riggle as Monroe * Travis Richey as Marsden * Shane Schoeppner as Scientist

Production

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gave

the idea, but they did not know if they wanted to do it. Corman filmed it anyway and hoped that Syfy would buy the rights for television.

Home video

''Dinocroc vs. Supergator'' was released on DVD and

on July 12, 2011 by

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Reception

Ken Tucker of ''

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'' called the film an "impeccable Saturday-night junk entertainment", but later added that " e'drather watch a TV-movie like this than ''

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'' any night".

References

External links

* * {{Roger Corman 2010 television films 2010 films Syfy original films Films shot in Hawaii American science fiction horror films 2010s science fiction horror films Films directed by Jim Wynorski Films about crocodilians Films about dinosaurs Films produced by Roger Corman Horror crossover films American horror television films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films