Lake Placid 2

"You'll never know what bit you."

2007 1h 28m EN

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★4.9TMDB · 267

HorrorScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Man-eating crocodiles return to the lake as two males and one aggressive female crocodile, which is protecting her nest, wreak havoc on the locals.

“You'll never know what bit you.”

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Cast

John Schneider
Sheriff James Riley
Sam McMurray
Struthers
Sarah Lafleur
Emily
Chad Michael Collins
Scott
Alicia Ziegler
Kerri
Joe Holt
Ahmed
Ian Reed Kesler
Thad
Justin Urich
Larry

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Flores
Writers: Todd Hurvitz, Howie Miller
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America, Bulgaria

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, Bulgaria.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Lake Placid Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Flores, shot by Lorenzo Senatore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathan Furst. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Quinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Flores directs. Lorenzo Senatore behind the camera. Nathan Furst scores. John Quinn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America, Bulgaria. Dialogue in English.

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188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 19 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, Bulgaria.
5Part of the "Lake Placid Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by David Flores, shot by Lorenzo Senatore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Nathan Furst. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor John Quinn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9John Schneider and Sam McMurray and Sarah Lafleur carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "You'll never know what bit you.".
11IMDB entry: tt0974583 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "lake", "explosive", "sequel", "creature".

The technical file

Cinematography: Lorenzo Senatore
Original score: Nathan Furst
Editing: John Quinn
Production design: Kess Bonnet
Costume design: Irena Veselinova
Makeup / hair: Mariana Love
VFX supervisor: Joseph J. Lawson
Sound: John Marquis
Stunt coordinator: Parvan Parvanov
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Lake Placid 2 (2007)

Part of

Lake Placid Collection

Lake Placid is an American series of monster horror/comedy films created by David E. Kelley. It is a campy throwback to the old creature features. Produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the series began with Lake Placid (1999) directed by Steve Miner. This was followed by five television sequels, Lake Placid 2 (2007) directed by David Flores, Lake Placid 3 (2010) directed by Griff Furst, Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012) directed by Don Michael Paul, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) directed by A. B. Stone and being a crossover with the Anaconda series, and Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) directed by Darrell Roodt. Each installment revolves around the presence of giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodiles in the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, and the efforts of various groups to capture or destroy the creatures. All of the films reference members of the fictitious "Bickerman" family.

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Gimly2018-01-25
★ 3/10
None of the impact of the first, and has nothing new to offer. This sequel is literally just "Lake Placid But Worse". Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
Tejas Nair2020-11-07
★ 5/10
Apart from the useless R-rated sequences, I feel they did a fine job with Lake Placid 2. Not the best actors or their best performances here, but it provides the trademark spoof-horror combination with the same dosage as the original. Could have had +1 CGI and and tighter screenplay and this would have been much, much better. Grade C.
Andre Gonzales2023-07-09
★ 5/10
No where close to as good as the first. Not even a good movie. Bad actors, no one from part 1 is in it except Betty White. The only reason I rated it a 5 is because the alligator killings were good.