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Alligators and Crocodiles in Movies   Rogue (2007)   Spoiler Alert ! Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film.   I expected this Australian movie to be another campy creature feature, but instead it's a well-made horror thriller, and a bloody one too, not for the squeamish. It takes place in the Australian Northern Territory, notorious for its enormous saltwater crocodiles, the largest species of crocodile on the planet, growing as long as 21 feet (6.3 m) and weighing as much as 2,900 lbs. (1,300 kg). At the beginning of the movie, we see several old pictures of monster crocodiles killed in Australia on the wall of a pub. At the end, there's a new picture on the wall. The plot is simple - an America travel writer and other passengers take a scenic river tour led by a local woman. On their way back they turn around to help someone who shot off a flare gun. They find a wrecked boat then they become shipwrecked on a tiny island after an enormous crocodile destroys their boat. As the tide comes in, the water level rises and the island slowly dissapears, stranding the tourists and forcing them to try to get across the croc-infested water to the land. As they do that, the angry territorial monster crocodile starts picking off the tourists, one by one until... well, you know how this works. The only surprise is who dies and who doesn't. Early on we see a few shots of real crocodiles, including one of the "jumping crocodile" cruises that hangs meat on a pole to get the crocs to jump out of the water so the tourists can see them and take pictures. The monster croc we see appears to be a combination of practical and digital effects. We see it only in the water or in the dark, which not only helps to increase our fear since we can't see it, but it helps to hide the fact that it's made with movie trickery.