This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Pretty Good
not as good as all the hype
A Disappointing Continuation
Two years before the atrocious Sharknado series started, there came this cheaply made and bound-to-be awful straight-to-DVD shark movie, the title made it obvious what to expect, and I had my assumptions of how ridiculous it would be. Basically an oil drilling accident occurs, and beneath the ocean a gigantic primordial shark is released, the shark has evolved due to toxic elements released. The shark has also gained the ability to walk on land, it has developed bulletproof skin and jump high heights in the air, and it is on its way to cause terror in the beaches of Los Angeles, during the summer season when a bikini contest is taking place. Marine biologist Dr. Katherine "Kat" Carmichael (Sarah Lieving) hires drunk captain Skipper Chuck (Tim Abell) to drive her to the oil rig owned by Traymore Industries to investigate the accident, later the sole survivor from the accident mentions the harmful chemicals used to bore through rocks and a shark pulled down the rig. While the super shark attacks a US Navy submarine, and kills the winner and runner- up of the bikini contest, as well as the photographer, Carmichael and Skipper have sees the creature for themselves, they find that it is attracted to radio waves and can disrupt radio reception. Carmichael is fired from her job for harassing oil company executives, she accepts a suitcase full of money to go away, which she accepts, Skipper finds her drunk in a bar, they later get emotionally close, and seek to contact the military to kill the super shark. The military, commanded by Colonel Caldwell (Rick Cramer), lure the super shark to a beach with the help of a boombox, a remote-controlled tank that can walk and jump is unsuccessful in shooting it, but Carmichael lures the shark into a cave on the beach, there she drops a bomb of C-4 explosives into it's mouth, it is blown to pieces, she survives with chunks all over her and temporary deafness. Also starring John Schneider as Roger Wade, Jerry Lacy as Stewart, Ted Monte as Dr. Miller, Trish Cook as Captain Marshall, John L. Curtis as Brody and Kylee Nash as Bikini Contestant. I knew from the start, including the silly theme tune by Harvey Scales, that this film was going to be bad, the actors seem to be taking it all seriously, even with the stupid script, it is a simple concept, a shark mutated and going on a killing spree, but of course the shark and bloody deaths are highly unconvincing due to the absurdly awful special effects, a waste of time and rubbish science-fiction action film. Poor!
View MoreThe US military tries to keep a "Super-Shark" at bay, but our leading lady exclaims, "This isn't working!" The shark jumps around on dry land, threatening to eat everyone in sight. This turns out to be lifted from later in the story. One week earlier, an oil rig mishap seems to trigger the madness. Oceanic Investigation Bureau (OIB) marine biologist Sarah Lieving (as Kat Carmichael) suspects oily executive John Schneider (as Roger Wade) caused the shark growth with environmentally unfriendly chemicals...Still sporting his wavy "Dukes of Hazzard" hair, Mr. Schneider notices Ms. Lieving is attractive. "If only I had a mustache to twirl," he says. Minus his southern accent, Schneider sounds a bit like Robert Wagner. Lieving hires "Blue Moon" skipper Tim Abel (as Chuck) to help her find the monster shark. He also notices Lieving is attractive. Schneider works for former "Dark Shadows" reverend Jerry Lacy (as Stewart). A bikini contest is moderated by "Good Times" jive-taking Jimmie "J.J." Walker (as Stevens). Not dynamite.*** Super Shark (12/8/11) Fred Olen Ray ~ Sarah Lieving, John Schneider, Tim Abel, Jerry Lacy
View MoreWatching this movie in Cinemax, I waited for the credits to see the year it was released: "MMXXI". It couldn't be 2011, I thought, it might be 1991, but XXI is 11. I had wanted to believe that this movie wasn't made in 2011 (by the US), but now I see.It looks like a low-budget film. The shark's graphics look horrible. Even the movement of the waves when the shark was swimming near the boat appears unnatural. And so with the sand falling off the robot-tank's legs, and the blood spatters when the shark eats a person. The story is not that exciting too, and the outcome is quite predictable. Perhaps this film was to somewhat "relive" the 1970s Jaws atmosphere, since the hairdos of the cast were quite old-fashioned. Were the movie personnel trying to limit also their technology?Perhaps there will always be low-budget films such as these even up to these days. With many great movies released in the past years, it's just unusual to see such a movie being released to the public, especially at this time of high innovation and technology.
View MoreI watched this knowing it was going to be bad. A giant shark that flies, swims and walks on land and fights a walking tank what else would you expect? What I was hoping was for something to laugh at. Instead what I got was a bad movie trying to lecture me about the evils of oil companies and even throw in a mean spirited dig at Sara Palin. My question to the makers of this claptrap is did you use wind or solar powered equipment to make this? If not then you were powered by oil you so despise. The only appreciation I can have is the irony of a bad movie that only accomplished wasting energy in being made. This movie crossed the line from bad to insufferable.
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