Croczilla (also known as Million Dollar Crocodile or The Crocodile) is a 2012 Chinese monster movie directed by Lin Lisheng. The film stars Barbie Hsu, Guo Tao, Lam Suet and is about a group of people seeking a crocodile that has swallowed a million yuan.[1]

The film was released on June 8, 2012 and was promoted in some media as China's first monster movie.[1]

Plot

The film tells the story of an 8-meter long crocodile on the rampage in Hangzhou. Xiao befriends Amao, a 36-foot crocodile, who lives on his father's crocodile sanctuary. Soon his father is forced to sell the crocodiles to a gangster who plans to use them for high-priced meals. The story begins as the crocodile is released, swallows a fortune won by a local woman who forces the police to hunt it, and begins to terrorize the local town.

Release

Croczilla was shown as a "work-in-progress" print at Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.[2] Australian sales firm Odin's Eye Entertainment picked up the rights to Croczilla.[2] The film was released in China on June 8, 2012.[1] Croczilla was the opening film at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Elley, Derek (June 20, 2012). "Million Dollar Crocodile". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on May 2, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Frater, Patrick (May 11, 2012). "Odin's get a bite on Crocodile". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Cremin, Stephen (August 9, 2012). "Crocodile has first bite of Montreal". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Crocodile
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