A review of Crawl

Kaya Scodelario (Tiger House) stars as Haley in Crawl, the latest film from director Alexandre Aja (High Tension). Haley, a champion swimmer in college, is forced to check on her father when all contact with him breaks off in the middle of a hurricane. When she drives down to his house, she finds him injured and alone while under siege by an alligator--all while also fighting the rising waters from the hurricane.

While there are no bondage scenes here (which is just as well, considering it wouldn't be very realistic for alligators to tie up their prey, anyway), what makes Crawl really enjoyable is that Haley goes barefoot throughout the whole film's running time (with the exception of a brief sequence at the beginning when she wears flip-flops). She's battling the alligators and the elements in her bare feet, making the film all the better for me.

But aside from the fact that its heroine is BF the whole time, Crawl is also a great, gripping thriller on its own. Kaya Scodelario easily makes Haley an extremely sympathetic character whom you root for from the get-go, and the film cranks up the suspense early on and never lets up until the end. This is highly recommended.