Black Water (2007) on Netflix
Grace, her husband Adam and her sister Lee are touring northern Australia. A fishing trip into the mangrove swamps goes wrong when a crocodile overturns their boat.
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Plot summary
On vacation in northern Australia, Grace and her husband Adam join her younger sister Lee for a crocodile show. The following morning Grace takes a pregnancy test, gets a positive result and keeps the news from Adam. The three then book a fishing trip on a whim, run by Blackwater Barry's; when Barry himself cannot take them, another guide, Jim, offers to do it and brings a revolver along. The usual route yields no fish, so Jim suggests pushing deeper into the swamps. From a small clearing Lee notices something through her camera lens and waves Grace over, though nothing is there. Their trip ends when the boat is overturned in the swamp, leaving the three of them in the water.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Black Water (2007)
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- Rather than relying on CGI, the filmmakers spent a week in Darwin filming real saltwater crocodiles and had them transplanted alongside the actors on location, with the directing team creating their own visual effects to blend the footage.
- Black Water was inspired by the true story of a crocodile attack that took place in Australia's Northern Territory in December 2003.
- Although the story is set in the vast mangrove swamps of northern Australia, filming actually took place in Oatley, a small suburb just 25 minutes from downtown Sydney, the directors' hometown.
