Hey Guys, it’s Ryan here from Explained and welcome back to the channel.
In today’s video, we will be watching a movie titled “Crawl” from 2019.
What happens when you get trapped in your basement with a huge alligator,
and that also is happening during a category 5 hurricane ?
Let’s find out. Turn on subtitles and spoilers ahead.
The film starts at a swim relay at the University of Florida. Haley Kelle,
our main character, is one of the competitors. Haley is a really great swimmer but despite that
she fails to win the relay for her team by just a fraction of a second. After failing to win,
It brings back a childhood memory of her losing a relay and feeling bad. But her father Dave would
always tell her to have confidence in herself and would also encourage her to keep working hard.
After the relay, she receives a video call from her sister Beth. She informs Haley about the
impending category 5 Hurricane Wendy that is about to hit Florida. Beth is concerned about their
father, as she hasn’t heard from him in a while. Their parents are actually divorced, so their
father lives alone away from everyone. Haley doesn’t have a good relationship with her father,
but she still says that she’ll go check on him. Haley takes off in her car and calls her father.
The weather outside is starting to get worse and Haley gets no response back from her father.
On her way she runs into her sister’s ex boyfriend Wayne who is directing traffic
as the storm starts to hit. Haley tells him that she is out to check on her father, but Wayne says
that it’s too risky to go any further. Following safety protocol and out of concern for Haley,
Wayne advises her to return back. Haley agrees to do so, but as she is backing up her car,
she feels really worried about her father. So she drives down a path to go look for him.
Wayne is about to report it, but he gets too busy and ignores her.
Haley reaches Dave’s house to only find his dog Sugar there. Haley finds out that her father
has been living a depressing life ever since his divorce. She calls her sister to inform her that
their father isn’t in the house. She suggests that maybe he is at their old family home.
Beth warns her not to go anywhere as she feels that it’s dangerous to be outside. But Haley
heads out with Sugar against Beth’s wishes, and the storm is clearly getting worse at this point.
Haley reaches her old family house and finds Dave’s truck. But when she decides to check
inside, he is nowhere to be found. She calls his phone and finds it in the kitchen. She
goes outside and calls for Dave, and gets no response at all. Meanwhile,
Sugar is barking at the basement, and Haley feels that her father might be down there.
So, she decides to go in. She slowly steps down to the basement and as it is an old house, the
basement looks more like a swamp. After looking around for a while, she finds Dave’s radio, his
work tools and some blood. Haley gets nervous and she finally catches a glimpse of her father. She
goes towards him and finds him lying unconscious on the floor. She checks his body and finds a
huge bite mark on his shoulder. To save her father's life, Haley tries to carry him upstairs,
but just then a huge alligator makes its way into the basement, and tries to attack them.
Haley pulls herself and Dave back to safety before barricading themselves behind pipes.
The alligator is too big to fit between the pipes, so for now they’ll be safe.
Dave gains his consciousness back, and Haley tries to treat his wounds, but he tells her
she shouldn’t have been here; and should leave without him. But Haley refuses to leave him alone.
Dave explains that his leg was broken while trying to escape the alligator. So,
Haley should just look out for herself. However, Haley insists she’ll not escape without him.
She notices her phone which she dropped earlier. In order to get her phone back, she attempts to
stealthily move towards it. She manages to get to her phone and calls 911. But before anyone
could answer it, a second alligator appears behind her. Haley hurries to get back to Dave,
but she gets bitten on her leg and then gets dragged back by the alligator. She manages
to free herself by kicking it in its eyes, but then she gets surrounded by both the alligators.
While trying to escape, one of them crushes her phone. Haley’s leg is injured,
but she manages to blind one of the alligators in the eye,
and gets to safety. She informs her father that she’s fine, and Dave breathes a sigh of relief.
Haley is in a lot of pain from the bite. So she starts to treat her wound.
Dave also gets his tools, and finds a shovel.
Meanwhile, the hurricane has started to fill the streets with water,
which subsequently increases the water level in the basement.
Haley realizes that they have to get out of there as soon as possible.
After confirming the location of the alligators, Haley gets out to
find a way for them to escape. Dave also painfully manages to fix his broken leg.
Haley looks out and sees some people in a store. It’s a couple, Marv and Lee; who are trying to
steal an ATM. Their friend Stan is still inside the store looting whatever he wants. While waiting
for him to come outside, Marv notices the flash light that Haley is trying to get their attention
with. He starts to walk over to that direction thinking some people might be in need of help.
But on his way, he looks back to find that Lee has gotten herself bitten by an alligator.
Marv looks hopelessly and soon, he too gets pulled in by another alligator.
Haley looks on as the only hope of getting help gets eaten alive. Stan,
on the other hand, is still inside the store oblivious to what has happened to his friends.
And it doesn’t take long for him to get attacked as well.
Haley is left with total disbelief. Dave suggests that there is another way
to get out of the basement. The stairs will only lead them to the alligators, so he says that they
should try to get out through an access hatch that’ll lead them back to the living room.
Haley starts to look for the hatch, and Dave warns her to be careful,
as she’ll not get any barricade to save herself. Haley finds the hatch,
and tries to push it open. But it doesn’t open as it is blocked by a drawer weighing it down.
She also finds Sugar upstairs, but the dog cannot help her at all in this situation.
Haley informs Dave about the situation, who replies back that they have less than an hour
before the whole basement gets flooded. Outside, Haley and Dave notice that Wayne
and his police partner Pete have come by to check on Dave, as Haley had earlier informed
him that her father was missing. Pete stays on the boat while Wayne goes inside to check
if anyone is inside the house. Pete notices that the boat’s turbine is caught in seaweed.
Dave and Haley start to desperately call out to Wayne, who doesn't hear
them due to the loud storm outside. He finally gets to the garage and finds the
basement flooded. He looks down and sees Haley who warns him about the alligators.
Wayne tries to call Pete for backup, but Pete is busy untangling the boat’s turbine from seaweed.
With his attention elsewhere, Wayne gets grabbed and pulled in by an alligator.
Pete gets caught as well, and he is brutally torn to shreds by a group of alligators.
Haley tries to help Wayne, but she simply can’t do anything. Another alligator notices Haley
and starts to chase her. But thankfully, Haley barely manages to reach her father.
With time running out, Haley feels like this is the end for herself and her father. She starts to
cry fearing for their life, and she even begins to blame herself for being the very reason behind her
parent’s divorce. She believes that she made Dave turn his priorities towards her and her
swimming. He tried to be a supportive father, and in turn he forgot to become a good husband.
Haley feels really guilty about this, but Dave tells her that she had nothing to do
with his divorce. Seeing his daughter in such a situation, he tries to motivate
her saying that she has always been strong and dedicated to whatever she strived to do.
Dave comes up with a plan. He starts to distract the alligators by hitting
the pipes with a brick. After the alligators get attracted to the sound,
Haley starts to swim her way across to find the basement door. She gets near the door,
but she can't go ahead due to the presence of an alligator. She then figures out that the
only other way out is through the storm drain, which is where the alligators came in from.
She walks in and finds Wayne's dead body. Not only that, she also finds that the alligators
have laid some eggs. Just then, an alligator walks through the drain pipe. Seeing the danger,
Haley pulls Wayne’s dead body towards herself and grabs his gun. But just then,
the alligator bites into her arm. Haley repeatedly shoots into its mouth until it is finally dead.
Meanwhile, Dave also manages to trap an alligator and kill it with
his shovel. But he starts to struggle as the water level has risen substantially.
After getting herself free, Haley swims through the drain pipe and barely manages to hide
herself from the predators. She finally gets herself out and enters the house.
Dave is hardly holding his breath to survive as the water level has
reached its height inside the basement. Since there’s no other way to help her father,
Haley uses a crowbar to break the floor. She pulls her father out,
who is unconscious. She begins to perform CPR, and after some attempts she manages to revive him.
The father and daughter hug each other as they have
finally gotten themselves out of the basement.
They check outside and find the entire area covered with water.
There is possibly no way for them to get out of there. But then, Dave notices the boat which was
brought earlier by the looters. Dave tells Haley that they have to reach the boat without making
any splashes which will only attract the alligators. He thinks the strong rain will also
help them as it will minimize any sound they make. They grab Sugar and slowly attempt to make their
way to the looters’ boat across the street. But midway through, they are almost seen by
an alligator. So, he suggests Haley should swim to get to the boat. Haley starts to swim at the
fastest speed possible and manages to get herself on the boat before any alligators could bite her.
She takes the boat to her father, who hurriedly climbs up.
But the incoming flood water is really strong, and it pushes the boat back into their house.
Now their entire house is filled with water, and alligators can soon join them.
Haley and Dave get separated by it. Haley finds a police radio and she tries to call for help.
Dave, on the other hand, has found a flare and he starts to look for Sugar. Trying to get Sugar to
safety, he gets caught and his arm gets bitten off. While trying to check on her father, Haley
gets chased by an alligator into a bathroom. Haley is trapped in the bathroom with the alligator as
the water level rises in there, but she manages to trap it in the shower before getting back to Dave.
The two take Sugar outside as they head to higher ground. Another alligator attempts
to attack Haley, but it gets swept away by the current. She and Dave lay on the roof uncertain
of what will happen next. But luckily, they see a helicopter coming towards them.
Haley uses a flare that she had earlier found to signal the helicopter about their location.
It works, and they are finally saved from the hurricane and the deadly alligators.
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