Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter
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Written by David Reed
Directed by Don Michael Paul
Starring
Music by Frederik Wiedmann
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s)
Cinematography Martin Chichov
Editor(s) John Quinn
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) UFO International
Distributor Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release
Original network Syfy
Original release
  • September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)
Chronology
Preceded by Lake Placid 3
Followed by Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (also known as Lake Placid 4 or Lake Placid 4: The Final Chapter) is a 2012 horror comedy television film. It is a sequel to Lake Placid 3 (2010) and the fourth installment in the Lake Placid series. The film premiered on September 29, 2012 by Syfy. As the title suggests, it was intended to be the final installment in the series. However, it was later followed by two sequels: Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) and Lake Placid: Legacy (2018).

Plot

The film starts with a scene inside of the supermarket was destroyed, Reba seems to be killed by a crocodile from the third film but unconsciously survived, then she throws the knife to the last surviving crocodile. Reba, now a EPA Agent, with Dennis and Sheriff Theresa Giove, venture to Black Lake and neutralize an infant crocodile with a tranquilizer. They meet Lieutenant Ryan Loflin on land and drive towards a ten-thousand volt fence built by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Theresa's daughter, Chloe, and her friend, Elaine join the Marshfield Swim Team on a camping trip at Clear Lake, with Chloe crushing on swimmer Drew. However, the bus driver, Gus, mistakenly goes to Black Lake instead. Dennis is searching the woods for the crocodile, and is attacked by the crocodile. Gus is killed by a crocodile while using the bathroom by the lake. The next morning, with the police officials on alert, Drew, his girlfriend Brittany and their friend Joey ride the jet skis, only for Joey to fall off and be devoured by the infant crocodiles, unbeknownst to Drew and Brittany, who return to the beach, where the students are attacked and killed by the crocodile, with few surviving. Chloe, who went for a walk prior, finds a hurt Max in the woods. Drew, Brittany, Elaine and Coach Macklin find them.

Meanwhile, Theresa, Reba, and Ryan remove a crocodile skeleton from a crocodile carcass and realize they are cannibalizing. The swim team and Max wander upon a smaller crocodile and flee separately, while Brittany is killed by the crocodile. Chloe falls into a hole and becomes trapped with a crocodile. Max distracts it, and Chloe subdues it. She finds a cell phone in it's mouth and escapes with help from Drew and Max.

Theresa, Reba, and Ryan find the injured Dennis and make it safely to land, where Dennis is killed by a crocodile. The remaining swim team and Max encounter Jim Bickerman, who "forcefully" encourages the kids to board his boat. Coach Macklin stays on land and is killed by a crocodile. The students and Max are taken hostage by Jim. They make it back to land and are taken to a cabin. Jim then finds a nest of eggs by the shoreline and steals them from the nest.

Elaine finds a room of the cabin full of flesh and blood and is attacked by a crocodile in it. Chloe and others kill the crocodile and rescue Elaine. They reunite with Theresa, Reba, and Ryan, while Reba reveals who Jim really is. Jim takes Max hostage while a crocodile breaks free from its chains and takes a boat with it. Drew swims for the boat and is devoured, while the others retreat towards the electric fence. Theresa dodges a charging crocodile, causing it to crash into the fence and be electrocuted.

By next morning, Jim awakens and appears to be devoured when the last crocodile latches on to his leg. An ambulance arrives to support the survivors by the electric fence. Theresa and Ryan passionately kiss. Some time later, a woman is jogging through the woods by the allegedly crocodile free lake and is attacked by a crocodile that still remains.

Cast

Critical response

The film receives generally negative reviews, mostly due to its uses of unrealistic, low-budget CGI (just like the two predecessors) and an open ending that is conflicting with its name.

However, Lake Placid: The Final Chapter has been stated to be much better than both of its predecessors. It received positive reviews from some critics who praise its plot and character development. David E. Kelley, the writer of the original film, who gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars, says, "Is this the last one really? The ending doesn't make me think so. I am glad to see Robert Englund in this and some of the cast from the previous movie! The effects are still lame as second and third, but the story is good". Another critic, Marcie Frank said she was totally into it and couldn't change the channel. Scott Weinberg from FEARnet, who gave the film a review "Rotten", said "I've seen a lot worse "crocs run wild" movies than Lake Placid 4".

See also

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