Okay, shark movies are cliched. I admit it, though I love them. At least this one isn't a great white or a genitically altered freak. (For once.) This movie is at least worth a shot.
(Caution! Spoilers ahead!)
The story is about a man eating shark loose in a river and/or lake in Louisiana. Sounds silly right? Sharks are salt-water fish. Well, the shark in question happens to be a bull shark, the only shark that can not only survive, but thrive in fresh water. It's also the number one killer of humans among sharks, despite popular beliefs. The shark goes on a killing spree when it's natural food source (catfish) is destroyed by over-fishing and an oil rig drilling in the area.
Lou Diamond Phillips plays John Sanders, a fisherman who is in danger of losing his boat/home. In order to pay off his loan from the bank, he takes a job offered by his biologist ex-wife, Kelli (Kristy Swanson), that involves going to the oil rig where the shark resides. Also there is a group of thugs looking for a box of cash that one of them dumped there several years earlier.
Alright, so from there it gets kind of predictable. But it can still be enjoyed. And it's not without it's humorous and/or ironic moments.
And ladies, there are cute guys in this movie. Three of them. Well, in my opinion. Lou Diamond Phillips, of course. Then there's newcomer Garth Collins, who plays Lacombe, the shark-lover and also the bad guy that you kinda like. (You'll see why if you watch it.) And finally Rob Boltin, who plays Emery, the Cajun fisherman friend and hired hand of Sanders who has a rather interesting secret, considering he's been a fisherman all his life.
My advice: this movie is at least worth one watching. If you don't like it, oh, well. If you do, good for you. If anything, you can marvel at the shark, which is a completely remote controlled machine rather than the standard CGI (though there's a bit of that too). It's quite real looking. It's the first time anyone has a shark that's not attached to a track under the water or being dragged along behind a boat off camera I believe. If anything, that's worth a few minutes to look at.
(Caution! Spoilers ahead!)
The story is about a man eating shark loose in a river and/or lake in Louisiana. Sounds silly right? Sharks are salt-water fish. Well, the shark in question happens to be a bull shark, the only shark that can not only survive, but thrive in fresh water. It's also the number one killer of humans among sharks, despite popular beliefs. The shark goes on a killing spree when it's natural food source (catfish) is destroyed by over-fishing and an oil rig drilling in the area.
Lou Diamond Phillips plays John Sanders, a fisherman who is in danger of losing his boat/home. In order to pay off his loan from the bank, he takes a job offered by his biologist ex-wife, Kelli (Kristy Swanson), that involves going to the oil rig where the shark resides. Also there is a group of thugs looking for a box of cash that one of them dumped there several years earlier.
Alright, so from there it gets kind of predictable. But it can still be enjoyed. And it's not without it's humorous and/or ironic moments.
And ladies, there are cute guys in this movie. Three of them. Well, in my opinion. Lou Diamond Phillips, of course. Then there's newcomer Garth Collins, who plays Lacombe, the shark-lover and also the bad guy that you kinda like. (You'll see why if you watch it.) And finally Rob Boltin, who plays Emery, the Cajun fisherman friend and hired hand of Sanders who has a rather interesting secret, considering he's been a fisherman all his life.
My advice: this movie is at least worth one watching. If you don't like it, oh, well. If you do, good for you. If anything, you can marvel at the shark, which is a completely remote controlled machine rather than the standard CGI (though there's a bit of that too). It's quite real looking. It's the first time anyone has a shark that's not attached to a track under the water or being dragged along behind a boat off camera I believe. If anything, that's worth a few minutes to look at.