Movie: Alaikadal Arakkan (Dubbed)

Director: James D.R. Hickox
Cast: Duncan Regehar, Dax Miller, Katie Fischer

Dubbed from English (Blood Surf) into Tamil, it is yet another import from the West, where a gigantic sea-creature lunges on unsuspecting sea travellers. Here it is a computer generated, 31-feet salt-water crocodile that moves fast on land as well as on water. Filmmaker Cecily and her crew travel to Australia to shoot a documentary on Blood Surfing, the newest and deadliest sport. The blood surfers even slash their ankles to draw sharks with their own blood, just to see if they can out surf the sharks. The excitement for the crew soon turns into a nightmare, when a giant crocodile confronts them at every turn, both on water and land. Out of the entire crew only two remain and how the duo traps the monster and lead it to its death forms the rest of the story.

The film has action and horror and some unintended humour when the crew mouths the Tamil script. The camera catches the action splendidly. It also reveals nature in all its glory, as it does the female artistes who have no qualms in dropping their clothes or wearing the barest minimum even in the chilly seas!