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Croczilla

2012 Chinese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Croczilla
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Croczilla (also known as Million Dollar Crocodile or The Crocodile) is a 2012 Chinese monster movie directed by Lin Lisheng. The film stars Barbie Hsu, Guo Tao, Lam Suet and is about a group of people seeking a crocodile that has swallowed a million yuan.[1]

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The film was released on June 8, 2012 and was promoted in some media as China's first monster movie.[1]

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Plot

The film tells the story of an 8-meter long crocodile on the rampage in Hangzhou. Xiao befriends Amao, a 36-foot crocodile, who lives on his father's crocodile sanctuary. Soon his father is forced to sell the crocodiles to a gangster who plans to use them for high-priced meals. The story begins as the crocodile is released, swallows a fortune won by a local woman who forces the police to hunt it, and begins to terrorize the local town.

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Release

Croczilla was shown as a "work-in-progress" print at Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.[2] Australian sales firm Odin's Eye Entertainment picked up the rights to Croczilla.[2] The film was released in China on June 8, 2012.[1] Croczilla was the opening film at the 36th Montreal World Film Festival.[3]

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