The huge success of JAWS spawned some pretty sorry imitations but none worse than this Thai production, which received scattered U.S. playdates in 1981 through Herman Cohen's Cobra Media company. However, one wonders whether this incompetently produced, mind-numbingly tedious picture actually lasted even a week in most of the theatres unfortunate enough to book it. A devastating storm that ravaged the coast of Thailand is followed by an even graver menace: a giant salt water crocodile. Although the creature seems content to just put the bite on unwary swimmers, it soon progresses to wiping out entire villages with a flick of its tail. Scientists are eventually able to determine that the mutant is the result of atomic testing (though just how they came to that conclusion is never explained) but it appears that no weapons at the authorities' disposal will be able to destroy the reptile.

In between the beast's rampages (depicted via incredibly sorry miniatures and tight insert shots of real crocs that make the creature's dimensions change from shot-to-shot), the viewer must suffer through soap opera-style dramatic interludes centered around a doctor whose family was among the monster's first victims. In between bouts of anguish, he dedicates his life to destroying the croc and sets up his own expedition to carry this out. Director Sompote Sands (THE 6 ULTRA BROTHERS VS. THE MONSTER ARMY) makes a few feeble attempts at developing suspense but it is impossible to generate much concern over events so murkily photographed and haphazardly edited (on many occasions, hardly anything within the frame is discernible!) There is plenty of unconvincing bloodletting but also an entirely gratuitous sequence showing the butchering of a live croc, so those wary of viewing such things are warned. A few derogatory laughs can be had from the tinker toy FX and cliched dialogue but, overall, this is a leaden, irredeemable bore that will have general audiences scrambling for the "eject" button and tax the patience of the most undiscerning giant monster completists.