Rogue (film)



"How fast can you swim?"

From the director of Wolf Creek, we have a 2007 horror film Rogue, also known as Territory.

In Australian outback, bunch of tourists take a river boat ride to see the views and some crocodiles too. On their way back, they see a distress signal and follow it. After finding the remains of its sender's boat, they are attacked by very big crocodile and are stranded on a small islet in the middle of the river. With the tide rising, they are forced to confront the croc on its own territory.


 * Action Survivor: Pete.
 * Blood Is Squicker in Water: When the croc attacks Kate.
 * The Cavalry Arrives Late: For Pete, as they found the other survivors in the forest when he was battling the crocodile.
 * Closed Circle: The islet.
 * Cue the Sun: After the night of horror, sun shines on our protagonists.
 * Dueling Movies: With Black Water. Both released the same year, both based on true stories, both about crocodiles. YMMV on which is the better film.
 * Everything's Better with Rainbows: One can be seen during a Scenery Porn moment.
 * Fingore: The croc bites off two of Pete's fingers in the climax. He retaliates by stabbing one of its eyes.
 * Half the Man He Used To Be: Pete finds upper half of Neil's body in the croc's lair.
 * Hazardous Water
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: That's Sam Worthington in one of his pre-superstar roles.
 * Hope Spot: After spending little time on the islet, our cast sees Neil and Collin arriving. Then they are attacked too.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Pete defeats the crocodile by placing himself against a rock, big sharp stick in hand and having it attack him, impaling itself through its head in the process.
 * Eat The Dog: It's the most graphic death in the film.
 * Mooning: Neil's buddy Collin moons the tourists when they pass them on the river.
 * Never Smile At a Crocodile: The film even has the trope naming song playing in the credits.
 * Not Quite Dead: After Kate seemingly dies, Pete later on finds her barely alive in the croc's lair.
 * Nothing Is Scarier: The crocodile doesn't physically appear in several scenes; victims either vanish or fall prey to Gory Discretion Shots.
 * Oh Crap: Neil silently climbs out of the water in the dead of night, when he hears a reptilian growl nearby. His expression is perfectly captured in the torch light.
 * One Word Title
 * Say My Name: Everett's wife starts screaming his name when he's snatched by the crocodile.
 * Scenery Porn
 * Tampering with Food and Drink: When the bar owner hears Pete mouthing off about the place on his cellphone, he puts a dead fly on his capuccino.
 * In fact, Pete said, "The service here is terrible." What he meant was the phone service, not the customer service, however, which makes it funnier.
 * Title Drop: There are plenty of mentions of "territory", but no "rogue".