The Pool

     A man in a pool with a damsel in distress, a dog on a leash and a crocodile. The Pool is a movie from Thailand that came out in 2018, yes, that means it is in Thai and you have to read subtitles if you want to watch this. No spoilers if you look below at the poster or google the trailer, everything I mentioned is there, I won't spoil how the two of them get into the pool, well, three if you count the crocodile. Regardless the two find themselves trapped at the bottom of a ridiculously deep diving pool that has a huge design flaw of no built in ladders, the "6" on the poster if you can't read the foreign language that part translates to 6 meters or almost 20 feet, however the pool does feature a nicely sized drainage system. Unable to scale the massive tile walls things get worse when a crocodile slips into the pool and conveniently likes to lay in the worst possible locations when things need to get done. Adding to the tension of trying to save his girlfriend from their predicament is that his dog is chained above the pool. 
     I wandered upon this movie by being in my new state of wanting to watch more survival movies wandering over to see what Shudder had available and this popped up, figured sure why not lets try it. It has your survival aspects of making poor decisions, instant reacting instead of thinking decisions through and what the poster does not show you is how CG the crocodile actually is. The premise is different, being trapped in a man made location versus on a mountain or in a cave, there are a couple times I had to look away at injuries that are incurred when trying escape the confines of this tiled cell. Outside of the crocodile needing a little more finesse it has a realistic feel and as the days go on the characters and the environment so deterioration well. My main problem with the movie outside of the crocodile look is there is a story element put into play with the couple that feels placed for dramatic tension and to heighten their emotions of being trapped together and up the stakes for survival, however I just did not care about that at all the way I think the filmmakers intended it to. If your into survival horror, enjoy watching people trapped in unforgiving locations or just enjoy anything that they toss a crocodile into then you might have a nice evening at home streaming this. I wouldn't have suggested back in 2018 to see this in theaters most likely, it does work on a streaming platform like Shudder perfectly.