Lake Placid 2: Placider

In further much-demanded sequel delay news, Lake Placid 2 has seen its DVD release pushed back from the intended date of 6/19 until January of 2008. It's a little surprising, considering the flick was shot for the Sci-Fi channel and already aired in April, but perhaps they need to shoot some extra footage to make the DVD unrated.

The first Lake Placid is hard not to like, a dumb, jokey little giant-croc thriller with a surprisingly game cast (Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Platt) and arm-around-the-shoulder direction from Steve Miner.

Lake Placid 2 retains none of the original cast, substituting Cloris Leachman for Betty White. It's the fourth directorial effort from David Flores - all for Sci-Fi - and his highest IMDb-rated film yet at 3.4. After his debut, Boa Vs. Python, received a 2.9, both Crimson Force and S.S. Doomtrooper both received 2.8, failing to topple it. Hopefully the Sci-Fi channel will realize that Flores is most at home in herpetological film.