The Bayou

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	Athena Strates	Kyle
	Madalena Aragão	Alice
	Elisha Applebaum	Malika
	Mohammed Mansaray	Sam
	Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong	Dom
	Andonis Anthony	Frank
	Sarah Priddy	Maude
	Isabelle Bonfrer	Zoe
	Flynn Barnard	Jamie
	David Newman	Rufus
	Evan Sokol	Clarence
	Jamie Wilson	Meth Lab Superior
	Ian Curtis	DEA Squad Leader
	Jelrich Jayro Tarun	DEA Agent #1
	Sheila Francisco	College Lecturer
	Sam Samarita	College Student #1
	Jon Achaval	Shifty Old Man
	Den Gerard	Co-Pilot Ray
	McNeal Rillo	Henchman
	Romalito Dimaano	Lookout Henchman
	Yian Gabriel Pecjo	Gas Station Cashier
	Margaux Victor	Gas Station Child
	Nor Domingo	Gas Station Father
	Miguel Vasquez	Gunman
	Fred Kerr	Accomplice

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Director	Taneli Mustonen
	Brad Watson
Writer	Ashley Holberry, Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens
Producer	Jennifer Eriksson, Sammi Farber, Patrick Fischer, Richard Goldberg, Calum Gray, James Harris, Kristin Harris, Ashley Holberry, Ian Hutchinson, Peter Jarowey, Ben Kaye, Richard Kondal, Mark Lane, Patti Lapus, Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens, Max Pirkis, Tianna Roberts, Dasha Sherman, Saskia Thomas
Musician	Segun Akinola
Photography	Steven Hall

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My quick rating - 3.8/10. Ah, The Bayou, where the alligators are pissed, the CGI is questionable, and the characters are so bland they may as well be pre-seasoned for reptilian consumption. This is one of those Lake Placid wannabes that doesn’t completely sink into the swamp, but it definitely gets a little too tangled in the weeds. Our unfortunate group of protagonists—who I could barely distinguish beyond "snarky one," "generic hero," and "soon-to-be-gator-snack"—crash-land in the Louisiana everglades, where they quickly realize the real danger isn’t the lack of cell service, but the amped-up, drug-laced alligators lurking in the waters. The explanation? A police sting gone wrong that left barrels of narcotics spilling into the bayou. It’s not Cocaine Bear, but it definitely smells like they were floating the idea.
The CGI is hit or miss—sometimes the gators look good, sometimes they look like they crawled straight out of a PlayStation 2 cutscene. Thankfully, some real stock gator footage is sprinkled in, which adds a bit of legitimacy (or at least reminds us what an actual alligator looks like). The attack scenes have some bloody fun, with a few well-placed limb removals, but they never reach the tense, nail-biting thrills of Crawl.
The real problem? There’s just no one to root for. The alligator was easily the MVP, chewing through the cast with the kind of enthusiasm I wish the script had. The actors do their best with what they’re given, but with characters this dull, their main job is to scream convincingly before getting chomped.
It’s not the worst of its kind—if you’ve seen Lake Placid: Legacy, you know how low the bar can go—but it never quite finds that over-the-top fun that makes these types of movies shine. So, if you're in the mood for some gator carnage and don’t mind a lot of filler between the kills, this flick might be worth wading into. Just don’t expect it to have much bite.

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