The film starts at a swim relay at the University of Florida. Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) competes, but she just misses the best time. It brings back a memory of her losing a relay as a child and feeling bad, but her father Dave (Barry Pepper) would continue to encourage her to keep up her hard work.

After the relay, she receives a video call from her sister Beth (Moryfydd Clark). She informs Haley about the impending category 5 Hurricane Wendy that is about to strike Florida. Beth expresses concern since she hasn't heard from their father, and she thinks he is still around the area. They have a slight argument since it appears that Haley took Dave's side in her parents' divorce, while Beth took their mother's side. Beth just asks that Haley get in touch with Dave.

Haley starts to drive out of town as per evacuation notices, trying and failing to get in touch with Dave. She runs into an old friend/ex-boyfriend of Beth's named Wayne (Ross Anderson), who is attempting to direct traffic as the storm starts to hit. He shows her where to go, but, out of concern for her father, Haley turns around and drives down a path to get back to find Dave.

Haley goes to Dave's condo to only find his dog Sugar there. The rest of the place is empty. Haley calls Beth to inform her, and Haley suggests that Dave is at their old family home. Haley heads there with Sugar against Beth's wishes, especially as the streets have started to fill up with water. When they get to the house, Haley doesn't find anyone upstairs. She calls his phone and finds it in the kitchen. His car is still in the garage. Alerted by Sugar's barking, Haley goes into the basement where she finds Dave unconscious and with a badly broken leg. She tries to carry him upstairs, but they are attacked by an alligator that has made its way down there. Haley pulls herself and Dave to safety before barricading themselves behind pipes.

Haley tries to help tend to Dave's wounds, but he tells her she should get out of there on her own. She refuses to leave without him. Dave explains that his leg got broken after escaping the gator. Haley wants to retrieve her phone that she dropped in the struggle, so she attempts to get through by staying hidden. She reaches it, but a second gator appears behind her. While trying to escape both gators, one of them crushes the phone. Haley's leg gets bitten, but she manages to blind one of the gators in one eye, while Dave beats the other gator's head in. She gets away from both of them and stays in a corner to treat her wound. Dave also painfully manages to fix his leg.

With the water levels in the basement quickly rising, Haley tries to find a way to get help. She flashes a light to two people, Stan (Ansom Boom) and Lee (Ami Metcalf), who are across the street at the gas station trying to loot it with their friend Marv (George Somner). Stan starts walking over, but the gators get Lee in the boat before getting to Stan. He tries to yell out to Marv to warn him, but Marv watches as Stan is messily torn up outside the store. Marv sees too late in the mirror that a gator has come for him, and it immediately makes a meal out of him.

Dave suggests that the only other way out is through a passage leading up back to the living room, as taking the stairs will lead to the gators. Haley tries to push the hatch open, but it is blocked by a drawer weighing it down. Outside, Haley and Dave notice Wayne and his police partner Pete (Jose Palma) coming by to check for people who may have been left behind. Pete stays on the boat while Wayne goes inside. Pete notices that the boat's turbine is caught in seaweed. Wayne enters the house to try and find Haley, but he is grabbed by a gator's jaws. Pete is caught outside by another gator as well, and he is brutally torn to shreds by other gators joining in. Haley makes it to Dave's side and begins to cry, thinking they will die right there. She also has been blaming herself for her parents' divorce, thinking that she made Dave turn his priorities toward her and swimming. He assures her that none of it is her fault and that she and Beth kept them together until they both moved out. Dave encourages Haley to keep pushing forward.

Haley goes for Wayne's gun, but a gator bites into her arm. She shoots repeatedly until it is finally dead, and the bullets have run out. Haley then figures the only other way out is through the storm drain, which is where the gators came in from. She swims through it and avoids being spotted by the gators, but she does see that they have already laid eggs, and some of them are hatching. She gets out safely and runs into the house to pry the hatch door open with a crowbar, just as the basement has completely filled with water. Haley pulls Dave out, but he is unconscious. She manages to revive him, and they make their way outside.

Haley and Dave grab Sugar and attempt to make their way to the looters' boat across the street, but they want to do so without making splashes so that the gators won't hear them. They are successful in getting the boat, but the flood waters become too much, and it pushes the boat back into the house. Haley finds a radio and tries to call for help. Dave tries to protect Sugar from a gator, and he gets his arm bitten off. Haley is trapped in the upstairs bathroom with a gator as the water level rises in there, but she manages to trap it in the shower before getting back to Dave.

The two take Sugar outside as they head to higher ground. Another gator attempts to attack Haley, but it gets swept away by the current. She and Dave lay on the roof as a helicopter comes near. Using a road flare she found, Haley uses it to signal it toward them. It works, and the people in the helicopter lower something to pull them up to safety.

如火如荼的暑期档电影之战早就拉开帷幕，每年的暑假除了迪士尼和漫威这样的圈钱大户厮杀以外，恐怖惊悚片也已经渐渐成了这个档口不可或缺的一道菜，作为一种极有观众缘的电影类型，恐怖惊悚片在很多人看来已经成了超越视觉爽片的夏天最佳消暑品。

今年的夏天依然如此，作为一个恐怖片拥趸，暑期档以来的几部恐怖片我一部没落下，令我意外的是，贾木许的《丧尸未逝》其实更像是一部喜剧，紧随其后的，无论是旧瓶装新酒的《鬼娃回魂》，还是试图成为新经典的《安娜贝尔》都双双扑街；再来就是《遗传厄运》导演新作《仲夏夜惊魂》，虽说该有的都有，但就是邪乎得有点过了头，难免让人一头雾水。在我看来，前面几者，都败给了不玩怪力乱神的一群活化石猛兽--《巨鳄风暴》。

2019暑期档恐怖片阵营

《巨鳄风暴》在烂番茄最初的分数高达100%，随着首周末的上映结束，这部电影的烂番茄的新鲜度滑落至88%，以首周票房1千200万位居当周第二。看过这部电影的我，其实可以理解为什么分数会保持在高分之列，虽然这部电影没有令人惊喜的地方，但是它87分钟短小的体量，做到了惊险连连，可以说是短小精悍型的惊悚片最应该呈现出的样子，或者说，你可以在这部电影里找到你所能预期到的所有惊悚元素。

《巨鳄风暴》

影片的主人公Haley是一名学校游泳队的健将，生活在湿地遍布的佛罗里达州，在一场龙卷风来袭之际，她不顾警察的阻拦，只身来到风暴中心寻找失联的父亲。谁知在老房子的地下室，当她找到受伤昏迷父亲的同时，一群来自湿地的鳄鱼也悄悄盯上了父女二人。为了活命，挣扎在渐渐浸入水下老房子里的两个人，不得不开始与这些来自白垩纪的冷血杀手展开一场紧张刺激的大逃杀。

水性颇好的女主是此类型片的不可或缺要素

《巨鳄风暴》这部电影最值得肯定地方就是它的节奏和它的规矩，在87分钟的时间里，电影祛除了一切有可能的废戏，无论是交代主人公在游泳竞赛上的失落与成长，还是与家人之间的关系，电影都用最开始的几场戏交代的清楚明朗；而其后的部分，电影用最有效的时间和桥段，一波接一波的完成了这场人鳄之战。

之所以说这部电影规矩，是因为猛兽惊悚片能想到的刺激元素这部电影一应俱全。首先就是“水”这种有形又无形的介质，当水的总量超过人类可以控制的范围，它所带来的孤独与无助，是比任何介质都可怕的，特别是当水下在加入一些更令人无法控制的猛兽。其次是水下的鳄鱼，其实就像很多猛兽恐怖片一样，鳄鱼更多的是在无限试探着人心底的恐惧。

来自白垩纪的淡水霸王

这部电影也同样用了极简的方式交代了故事的绝对主角--鳄鱼的冷血与凶猛，比如一场鳄鱼初登场的戏份，几个路人甲的狂徒试图洗劫遇难的便利店时，被完全看不见踪影的水下狂魔撕成碎片，这不但交代了它们的可怕，更用这种在看不见的水下的模糊性增加了电影恐怖感。

浑浊的水下世界成了淡水霸王的杀场

电影在气氛的营造上也是合格的。特别值得一提的是，故事的背景设定是龙卷风来袭的佛罗里达，原本是人类世界的陆地，随着风暴的来袭，逐渐被大水淹没，当水上的一切逐渐沉入水下，人类世界变成鳄鱼的世界，这种无形的转变，讨巧又烘托气氛，实在是这部电影最好的恐怖催化剂。

水上世界逐渐沦为水下世界

《巨鳄风暴》让我不自觉的想起2016年的《鲨滩》，两者有诸多相似之处：都是擅长水性的女主角，主人公都被困在有限的狭窄空间，她们面对的“敌人”一个是海水霸王、一个是淡水霸王。更有意思的是，两部电影的长处都惊人的相似，它们都是用小于90分钟的长度交代了一场生死之战。而两者在制造气氛上也是有异曲同工之妙，都利用“水”这种柔和又神秘的流体，夹带着神秘和未知

《鲨滩》

在商业类型片如此趋向公式化的今天，观众的口味早都已经刁钻地可怕，对于套路可以说是了若指掌；如此这般，能在短小的体量里，把该有的套路化信息交代清楚，又没有忘记一波一波的紧张，也许是如今一部小规模惊悚片能做到的最好的样子。

吼吼吼！喜欢！exactly what I expected!! 鲨鱼电影那么多为何不多关照一下鳄鱼？因为鳄鱼所在的水域总是脏脏的，缺乏美感，所以整部电影像在下水道里拍摄的，恐怖之间还透着恶心。因为你屏住呼吸下到蔚蓝的海底与屏住呼吸下到下水道还是很不同的，肮脏环境带来的恐惧在本片中首次有了真实体现。

鳄鱼足够肥大，数量也相当多，但是确实脑子不太灵光，而且牙齿显然没有很锋利，一般不会出现一口咬下一块肉的情况，部分时间是咬住不放，给人类角色足够的时间挣扎和叫喊。最精彩的是女主角与一只鳄鱼在洗手间的搏斗戏，充分体现出，只要你会游泳加智商达到群众普通水平，一般还是可以打得过鳄鱼的

我喜欢灾难片和怪兽片，本片就是典型的这两种相结合。当你正担心鳄鱼的时候，往往会忘记还有一场暴风雨在进行，下一秒会发生什么很难掌握。虽然父女二人和一只狗只不过是从地下室爬到了房顶，但这短短的距离却经历了太多出乎意料的磨难

在这类电影里作狗是最幸福的，往往英雄无辜牺牲，狗都毫发未损。记得《巨齿鲨》里那个小狗吗？

足够血腥和吓人，比较遗憾的是影片人物很少，没有什么笑点，是真心的在污水和艰苦环境下与鳄鱼斗智斗勇的电影。看后就想说，坚决不住在飓风多还鳄鱼多的佛罗里达。

夏日必看！但提醒一下，这部电影整体缺乏美丽优雅的画面，从头到尾都是烂泥和下水道的环境，有点反胃。

抱着看烂片的心态观影，结果体验还超出预期，bug不少，主角光环明显，这是硬伤但是并没有影响整个剧情的流畅度，从地窖脱困到与鳄鱼竞速到最后的到屋顶待援，说实话整个剧情的完成度相当了不起，在不到九十分钟的时间里塞了这么多东西还不让人感觉到仓促，这在我看来就值三星了。最喜欢最后父母两人在屋顶等待救援的那一段，我不知道在五级飓风的涡旋区能不能飞直升机，但在我看来最后女主迎着救援的灯光和摇曳的吊篮在雨中挥舞焰火棒的那一幕给人一种梦幻感，换一种说法就是不真实。我理解的结局还是父母俩最终在屋顶等待救援，在绝望中产生的幻觉（不要问为什么两个人都产生幻觉，集体癔症了解一下）。这样的结尾让我觉得有一种升华感。结尾加一星，总共四星。PS：不知道这片咋被喷这么惨，主角光环是明显了点，但是不至于对整个剧情设定的基础产生动摇，感觉比之前的寂静之地要好得多。

本片主角美洲鳄（Alligator）是佛罗里达州官方标志性爬行动物，平均有1.8到3.6米长，能以很快的速度爬行。鳄鱼通常依靠鸟类来帮自己清理寄生虫，有趣的是，美洲鳄靠鱼类来帮自己清理寄生虫。主要摄食鱼、蟹、海龟、鸟类和小型哺乳动物，会攻击牲畜。美洲鳄是鳄亚科中分布最北的成员，最北可到美国佛罗里达南部，向南可到厄瓜多尔和秘鲁等地。

佛罗里达州是个神奇的地方，不仅鳄鱼多，而且飓风多，本片就集合了这两大因素。再加上地下室，构成密闭空间，集合了恐怖片的三大要素。讲述擅长游泳的女儿联系不到父亲，便到老房子寻找，果然在地下室发现被鳄鱼咬伤而晕倒的父亲。由于飓风太大，政府已下令所有居民撤离。飓风又吹坏堤坝，导致鳄鱼逃出。父亲苏醒后，与女儿展开自救，发现鳄鱼不仅仅有一只。中途有三个毛贼到超市拿东西，又有两个警察赶来，都成为鳄鱼的盘中餐。女儿发挥自身优势——快泳，却不想误入鳄鱼巢穴，发现鳄鱼蛋，引起人鳄大战。最后父女逃到房顶，终于见到了救援直升机。

私信+++qun：

以下内容严重剧透，请未观看影片的朋友自行忽略哈。一颗星是给女主倍儿坚强的，一颗星给难死了的鳄鱼。鳄鱼太苦了，鳄鱼真的太苦了。

1.飓风天气父女俩分别独自前往淹水并且路牌明确写着短吻鳄养殖场的危险地方不跟别人随时保持通话联系准备在危险时求救二位真的倍儿坚强。2.到了老房子查看了一圈女主自己只身前往地下室狗竟然没有跟随，女主真的倍儿坚强×2，狗真的聪明绝顶。3.女主见到了老父亲，并且遭遇了鳄鱼，拖着被鳄鱼嗷昏古七的老父亲的女主竟然在泥泞且低矮的地下室跑的比鳄鱼快很多，然后手机掉了独自轻装去捡手机回来的时候反而被鳄鱼追上了嗷到了腿。4.来了三个小毛贼，估计也是不看路牌不信邪的，洗劫超市后被鳄鱼三杀团灭。留下一支快艇。5.女主听老父亲的指引找到了另一个地下室入口，但老父亲没告诉女儿那上面压了个东西，不过可以推开一小条缝，女主也没想着只推一边的角试试看会不会东西就往另一边倒了，执着的两只手一起平行往上推，做无用功，那只聪明绝顶的狗却没有惊人的举动，就在旁边看戏。6.警察来了，警察进屋了，女主却不抖那个木板了，跟她的老父亲在下面瞎叫（我想着警察在屋里到处巡视你继续抖那个木板狗又在旁边叫唤警察听到了不就可以去帮你把东西搬开了嘛你们就上来了嘛，但故事要强行艰难下去……）警察来到了女主下的地下室入口，女主告诉他有鳄鱼，警察第一反应竟然不是远远的离开被水淹没看不清下面情况的地下室入口，而是朝里面够头。外面等待的警察也早就被鳄鱼嗷走。屋里的警察也因为蹲的位置太好被鳄鱼稳稳的嗷住了身子K.O。6.然后女主就只能听着老父亲的冲啊你是赛事冠军你游泳宇宙第一你可以干过鳄鱼在父亲的帮助下游到了鳄鱼的巢穴里，然后找到了一把枪，在被鳄鱼嗷住了小手臂的情况下开枪干掉了一个鳄鱼，然后又跟另外的鳄鱼比了个赛，获得了胜利，回到了房子里。女主真的倍儿坚强×n。撬开地板，救出了他的老父亲，在足够鳄鱼一嘴嗷上来的水面旁边给他的老父亲做了cpr。不过这次鳄鱼没来。7.此处我想着，二位已脱险，那就赶紧带着找到的信号弹上房顶求救，直升机都来来回回好几次了。但二位不，他们要带着狗去开船，老父亲说鳄鱼感受到水花才会扑过去捕食，然后就抱着狗定定的站在水中央，女主就自由泳扑腾着水花在鳄鱼嗷上她之前上了船，真是赛事之王，女主倍儿坚强×n。8.然后嘛，飓风警报响起，两个人就是想呆在自家房子里的样子，船到手了也不赶紧开，可能要跟老房子和鳄鱼告别，结果被飓风掀起的水浪又一次送回了房子里。女主小心翼翼惊险刺激的捡到了一个对讲机，但是因为泡水了坏了。老父亲被冲到了离楼梯口很近的走廊，自己原本可以离开水面挺远的了，救上去了狗，非要再回到水里来给她女儿制造麻烦，然后被咬掉了手臂，女主在与鳄鱼斗智斗勇后把鳄鱼关进了进浴室里。进浴室质量太好了，鳄鱼几十公斤的头和尾巴都砸不烂。女主倍儿坚强×n。9.父女俩上了三楼，终于决定去楼顶，狗和老父亲上去之后，女主不知道为什么非要留在漫到三楼窗玻璃的水和被水冲过来的鳄鱼前挥舞信号棒（窗外的直升机难道看得到？楼顶视野多好非要考验人家在暴风雨➕水面下的视力），然后女主又一次遭遇了鳄鱼，这次她是拿信号棒怼了人家眼睛得以逃脱的，然后可能通往楼顶的那个梯子被水冲断了吧女主反正没选择那个楼梯而是选择从被冲破的窗户游出去拉即将要断的排水管在差点拉不住的时候她断了一只手臂但意识清醒力大无穷的爹地拉住了她并成功拽她上了房顶，她又一次扭信号棒，绕了好几圈的直升飞机终于找到了工作的机会。故事结束。

哎，故事走向可能有太多太多隐藏危机？所以剧情总是在可以远离危险的时候一定会发生危险？要么我没看懂，要么我真的交了智商税。