The Torrent ($23,000, including freight, for front-drive models and $24,510 for all-wheel drive) was the replacement in Pontiac’s lineup for the Aztek, which was a crossover SUV that never caught on with consumers.Ī bit ahead of its time, the Aztek probably would do better in today’s market where crossover sales are outpacing those of traditional SUVs.īut probably where the Aztek failed was in its styling, which many people thought was just plain ugly. With EPA fuel-economy ratings of 19 miles per gallon in the city and 26 mpg on the highway (for the front-wheel-drive model), this crossover is a good alternative to the larger, truck-based SUVs whose fuel economy ratings are stuck mostly in the mid-teens. It’s Pontiac’s first SUV, the compact Torrent, which was introduced just last year. Such is the variety of severed limbs, torsos, decapitated heads and decomposing corpses (check out the rigor mortis in the croc's 'larder') that it's surprising that some enterprising local didn't open a spare parts shop.Here’s a good choice for those who want a sport utility vehicle that is both affordable to buy and to operate.
But despite his compassionate interior, what would a Michael Madsen character be without a prop or two, and typically, alcoholism is again his preference ('a shot of OJ in your vodka?' The filmmakers spare little in their pursuit of shocks, whether it's children dragged into the depths in front of hysterical parents, randy teenagers snatched while they canoodle in the surf, or just a pair of no-good villains being dismembered in their own pool. Alas, somehow, the amateurish acting improves (relatively) and the narrative even shows glimpses of local content – Madsen's quest to avenge the deaths of 'those who couldn't swim fast enough', reminded of their suspended souls through photographs he keeps in the cabin of his boat, is a nice touch. The first twenty minutes of this action-thriller are diabolically bad in almost every facet, and there is real cause for concern that the picture is going to descend to grade Z depths.
Predictably, he elects to hunt the creature himself, with the aid of his long suffering sister (Healey) her son (Hazell) an animal welfare official (Phungprasert) and a peg-leg drunken fisherman whose motivations are noble (Madsen) in spite of the $50,000 reward offered for its destruction.
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