Million Dollar Crocodile

Casts : Lam Suet, Guo Tao, Barbie Hsu

“Million Dollar Crocodile” is a genuine cinematic milestone, marking China’s first proper foray into the CGI creature feature genre. As the title suggests, director Lin Li Sheng’s film follows the exploits and adventures of an oversized crocodile who goes on a mild rampage around a small countryside town, while Taiwanese starlet Barbie Hsu (“Bodyguards and Assassins”), popular Mainland actor Guo Tao (“Crazy Stone”) and reliable Hong Kong character veteran and Johnnie To regular Lam Suet all try to stay one step ahead of its jaws.

The fun kicks off following a young boy called Xiao Xing, whose best friend just happens to be Amao, a giant 36 foot crocodile kept in a sanctuary run by Bald Liu (Shi Zhaoqi, “The Message”). Unfortunately, Liu is forced to sell the crocodiles to sleazy businessman Zhao Da Zui (Lam Suet), who plans to use to poor animals for luxury meat dishes. Amao manages to escape, and flees off into the countryside, where he crosses paths with Barbie Hsu, who has been dumped in the middle of nowhere by her no-good fiancé, and eats her handbag containing 100,000 Euros and her mobile phone. Desperate to get her money back, she teams with Xiao Xing’s father (Guo Tao) to track down the croc, with other locals and Zhao Da Zui joining in the hunt.