The Hatching is Horror/ Fantasy movie directed by Michael Anderson and stars Andrew-Lee Potts, Laura Aikman, Thomas Turgoose and Justin Lee Collins.

This is supposed to be a crocodile movie with a very little sighting of the crocodile, it's very difficult to review such movies as there is nothing much to write about the movie.

The screenplay of the movie is uneven and doesn't looks gripping, the screen just jumps from one scene to other, the characters had not been introduced properly and you have to wait till the climax of to understand who is who.

Acting is just average and the characters were neither too good nor too bad, there are few attempts of humour which sometimes hits the mark and sometimes misses. Dialogues are clichéd. Locations are wonderful.

The movie lacked some serious CGI as the crocodile looked like made of rubber, they should've used CGI to make the movie looked realistic. Climax of the movie is totally illogical and unbearable, now which idiot leaves his wife near a murderer to catch another one, how did his wife who was all tied with iron chains miraculously gets freed?

For me it's a waste of time.

Three boys escape on their bikes on the backdrop of a full moon to take an unauthorized tour and crocodile egg robbery at the Zoolyard Garden.Similar to Thunderdome, 3 kids enter, 2 kids leave. Tim, one of the boys moves out of town and leaves his eggs behind. 15 years later Tim (Andrew Lee Potts) returns to town and reunites with his friend Baghi (Muzz Khan).

The town has some quirky characters including Uncle Stan (Justin Lee Collins) who likes snakes. The first hour of the film, things go slow. At an hour we get a twist and a change in direction. These regular crocs lived for 15 years in the moors of Somerset Levels...in warm water, although not once did anyone espy them sunning themselves. These are regular crocs and not Lake Placid genetically modified dinosaur crocs. Once you get past that, the scene on the cover is not in the film either.

Four real crocs and two fake ones (and it is sooo easy to tell the difference) were used for the film. This is a horror comedy and was a bit light on both. Certainly would have more appeal to a British audience who enjoy subtleties than an American audience who feast on blood and action.

Guide: F-word, sex. No nudity. Soft 3 stars

It's a bit tame in parts, (the humour)... and the characters, apart from Lard and his mate, are too weak, but essentially, the people who produced the prosthetic gore and effects, were lazy, not just because of the budget, but careless. One could do a lot better with no budget. Apart from that, the directing and photography was perfect and refreshing. Not to be taken seriously, so it's fine. Some of the really subtle parts were the most hilarious, so you can't blink, or you'd miss them!