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Initial Thought: I have been stalling on this one because my appetite for Lake Placid was destroyed with the previous two installments. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment. At least this one has the legendary Robert Englund. My how the mighty have fallen I suppose. Unfortunately this isn't actually the final chapter seeing as they decided to do a versus entry with Anaconda which has equally went down the drain.
Characters/Acting: Yancy Butler returns from part three. I think this one could be enjoyable with the edition of Elisabeth Rohm and Robert Englund. The acting isn't too bad here. I think the more well known actors really carried this. I actually liked most of the characters except for a few who just have bad personalities.
Story: This starts off pretty much where the last one ended. So the meat of the this pretty much deals with a wrong turn scenario when the bus driver is being a unprofessional pervert. Everything pretty much gets more intense from that point. The CGI is still the basic level stuff Syfy is known for. I did think there was some nice gore and death scenes throughout. The ending was pretty good.
Directing/Writing: Don Michael Paul directed the unnecessary sequel to Jarhead that I actually enjoyed. I do wish it hadn't been associated with it though. It was a completely different kind of story, but it was otherwise a decent watch. The problem here for me is David Reed who unfortunately wrote the previous film. It's a wonder this guy has written for Supernatural because I have loved every episode.
Final Thought: This is about what should be expected from Syfy. You know I think most of the time they don't get the best talent or maybe the talent behind the scenes have no real skills. Here though I was pleasantly surprised by the Syfy original/sequel. It is one of their better productions in recent years though. I actually prefer this to the previous two by a large margin. Nowhere near as good as the first one though. Give it a chance and it may surprise you.
