Being a made-for-TV movie I didn't expect much as far as big budget effects like Deep Blue Sea or the monster cinematography of Jaws. That being said it was a pretty good film. Sure it's cliched at times, but no more than any other made-for-TV movie.
Lou Diamond Phillips plays Johnny, a down=on-his-luck fisherman who is contacted by his ex-wife Kelly (Kristy Swanson) to drill for oil in Louisiana. Meanwhile a bull shark has swam up the river and is terrorizing the local area. The oil drilling and other industrial actions have killed off the territorial shark's food supply and the animal eats what it can -- at least that's the reason I was able to gather for the attacks. This was made apparent because of a comment at the beginning of the movie where an old man is on a fishing trip with his grandson and they see the oil rig. The grandson asks what the men are doing and the grandfather answers, "Scaring the fish."
Meanwhile a trio of men are also diving in the area. They are hired by a drug dealer in the Virgin Islands to find a sunken box containing $3 Million in drug money. Coolio turns in an above-average performance as one of these criminals.
You'll know right off who will die and who will live (hey, I TOLD you it was cliched) but it's a fun way to kill a few hours. I watched the premiere with my girlfriend and her daughter and we were never bored. Catch an encore performance on TBS if you get the chance.
Lou Diamond Phillips plays Johnny, a down=on-his-luck fisherman who is contacted by his ex-wife Kelly (Kristy Swanson) to drill for oil in Louisiana. Meanwhile a bull shark has swam up the river and is terrorizing the local area. The oil drilling and other industrial actions have killed off the territorial shark's food supply and the animal eats what it can -- at least that's the reason I was able to gather for the attacks. This was made apparent because of a comment at the beginning of the movie where an old man is on a fishing trip with his grandson and they see the oil rig. The grandson asks what the men are doing and the grandfather answers, "Scaring the fish."
Meanwhile a trio of men are also diving in the area. They are hired by a drug dealer in the Virgin Islands to find a sunken box containing $3 Million in drug money. Coolio turns in an above-average performance as one of these criminals.
You'll know right off who will die and who will live (hey, I TOLD you it was cliched) but it's a fun way to kill a few hours. I watched the premiere with my girlfriend and her daughter and we were never bored. Catch an encore performance on TBS if you get the chance.