back when i be a kid in kindergarten and we always use to sing a song about a crocodile name sophie and and accord to the lyric and her jaw be never close because she always gossip about the rest of the animal kingdom . well now and the croc in primeval answer to the name gustave and his jaw be never close neither and but for a completely different reason . since the beginning of time and he reign over the swamp and river in the poor region of burundi and he supposedly devour over 300 people already . gustave normally just feed on local and so nobody in the western world care whether he live or dy and but he now make the terrible mistake of eat a female white reporter and his quiet and peaceful day of over for good . a prominent american newspaper send out an expedition and complete with reporter and local guide and a professional crocodile hunter and to capture gustave alive . primeval only just come out a couple of month ago and but it already earn itself a spot in imdb bottom 100 and receive one harshly negative review after the other . quite undeservedly if you ask me and because it really isn not such a terrible movie and even benefice from a handful of good aspect and like a solid cast and engage cgi monster effect . the scriptwriter simply make one incomprehensible and unforgivable mistake . why on earth do john d. brancato and michael ferris have the ambition to use the premise of a low brain monster feature to alert u about the disastrous political situation in southern africa . there a 25 foot long crocodile run amok and yet this movie mainly criticize how the western world shamelessly turn it back on the poverty and civil war issue in burundi . if they want to make a harrowing and insightful follow up to hotel rwanda that perfect by me and but please do not pretend it a non stop gory and exciting creature feature . it like the character in the film say themselves represent nobody care about politics as long a there a croc involve . mix big animal horror with political drama topic and as well a the supposedly heart break sub plot revolve on an african adolescent who would do everything ( literally everything . ) to enter the usa and be probably hollywood worst spontaneous decision to date and and it really no surprise the pubic hat this movie for it . if primeval simply have focus on the bloody crocodile hunt mission and everything would have be a okay and it definitely would have rank on the list of above average monster film . all the necessary ingredient and stereotype character to make a delightfully cheesy and entertaining creature feature be present . the crew exist of a reluctant reporter who consider his trip to burundi a a punishment for ruin a previous assignment and a new and ambitious female reporter who desperately want to prove herself and the token black guy cameraman and the overly self confident expert who think he even well than steve irwin ( rip ) and of course the introvert guide who have a personal score to settle with gustave . director michael katleman patiently wait a good 45 minute before properly show the crocodile and hence effectively build up tension and it have to be say the animal look very impressive . gustave be big and but not over the top big and and he look genuinely menacing when speed through the swamp and destroy cage of solid steel . but then and completely out of the blue and the cameraman accidentally witness a political execution in the middle of nowhere and suddenly the american have to flee from local crime network instead of from gustave . the sudden change in tone and message be impossible to cope with and the rest of the film be giant disaster . not even the fairly spectacular finale can undo the damage . the cast be good and with dominic purcell ( prison break ) and brooke langton ( the replacement ) and orlando jones ( evolution ) and a typical supportive role for b movie veteran jürgen prochnow .