Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island (2021)

• Year: 2021
• Released: 01 Jun 2021
• Country: United Kingdom
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13293926/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/saltwater_the_battle_for_ramree_island
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• Genre: Action
• Runtime: 82 min
• Writer: Steve Lawson
• Director: Steve Lawson
• Cast: Charlie Bond, Steven Dolton, Ryan Harvey
• Keywords: world war ii, massacre, crocodile, burma,

2.5/10

Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island Storyline

A band of soldiers in search of a secret Japanese ammunition store face off against deadly saltwater crocodiles in the swamps of Ramree Island. Inspired by actual events during World War 2.

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Cheap as chips

Another cheapie from a director who started out making homemade movies in the 1990s. It seems his budgets haven’t got much bigger. It’s posited as a war thriller with a squad avoiding Japanese soldiers in the jungle, but it’s just chit-chat throughout and a few crocodile shots. The anti-racism sub-plot reminded me of ENEMY MINE and is the best part of this, probably the only interesting part.

This could be a development

Four British soldiers are on an island doing recon work but have to battle crocodiles in order to do it. Internal drama is created by making one of them Indian.

Very boring. Not much of a war film. More like a gator horror film that never got its legs.

Guide: F-word.

The boredom of Ramree island…

When I stumbled upon this 2021 movie “Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island” from writer and director Steve Lawson, I must admit that the fact that the cover had a massive crocodile on it and that it stated “based on actual events” made me want to watch it.

But of course I was having that gnawing voice at the back of my head telling me that this will be another bad creature feature. But still, I opted to sit down to watch it.

And as it would turn out, then “Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island” was indeed a bad creature feature. In fact, it is a not a movie that I would recommend you waste your time, money or effort on.

The movie takes place during the year of 1945 where we follow a very small British task force trying to make their way to a Japanese installation on some island. But they have to make haste and cross across swamp land to get to their objective. But the swamp is the territory of ferocious crocodiles.

Now, it should be said that the movie didn’t really have all that much action with crocodiles in it. It was mostly just the audience following the British soldiers as they sat around bickering or accusing each other for their predicament. So it was essentially more of a boring drama than it was an action movie.

And whether or not this movie is actually based on true events, I know not, nor do I really care after having seen the movie. But if British troops did lead a battalion of Japanese soldiers into crocodile infested swamplands would be a nifty tactical way of thinking outside the box.

The acting in the movie was nothing to write home about. I am sure that the actors were doing their best, but they virtually had nothing solid or noteworthy to work with in terms of script, storyline, dialogue or interesting characters.

“Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island” lands a generous two out of ten stars from me.