Crazy Tsunami

Another nonsensical movie for the win.

The most surprising thing is: it was not that bad at the beginning. I would even call it decent. I went into it thinking “piranhaconda”, but got an opening of a not bad disaster movie. The joy did not last though, and it turned into a full on laughter about all the absurdities.

Trying to find logic and realism would be harder than finding Wally with blindfold on. Truly nothing made sense. The villain was comical, the physics did not work, the crocodile had some magical powers to do all the stunts he did. Most characters had a negative will to live too. As brainless as it was, I did have fun watching.

My favorite part was when the crocodile was running wild and everyone on set was looking everywhere, but the crocodile. Obviously they did not even use a toy electric car to give the actors indication where the animal is supposed to be at any given scene - unintentional comedy goals.

Have to say though, while the CGI was not great, it was actually better than many Chinese wuxia shows I have seen. Easier to make it decent with all the dark sets - you can care less about the details. Still, surprised with the not awful quality.

Overall, it’s a good fun watch with a group of friends. You can place bets on who will die first too, or who will survive till the end.

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More About Crocodile than Tsunami

Crazy Tsunami is about a tsunami that hits a Chinatown in Southeast Asia. Some Chinese survivors wait for rescue after the tsunami, but unfortunately, they remain in danger because a wild crocodile starts hunting them.

It’s a web movie under 80 minutes, so I wasn’t expecting much, but I actually quite enjoyed it. It still gave me thrills and some sad feelings. They do have a storyline, but it could have been executed with better flow and logic. The acting is good, and the setting and CGI are quite decent too.

The title felt quite misleading to me because the story focuses more on the crocodile than the tsunami itself. The tsunami isn’t even “crazy", they could easily replace it with a sudden flood and the story would still work.

Overall, it’s quite good for killing time.

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