I haven't seen either of the first two Shark Attack movies; nevertheless, I'm willing to bet that this is the one that the series is going to be remembered for. This is a bona fide trash classic with umpteen moments of laugh out loud hilarity. Don't compare this to Jaws. Despite containing many scenes that rip-off the 70's big fish classic, it's far better to lower your expectations and treat this as a comedy classic.
The story involves a giant megalodon shark that is picking off people off the coast of Mexico. In the time-honoured tradition, a life-guard hunts it while the authorities pretend it doesn't exist.
No cliché remains unexplored. But, to be fair, Shark Attack 3 does introduce one original element to it's schema that takes film-making technique forward. The highly innovative concept that this movie introduces is death by stock footage. Yes, in Shark Attack 3 people are actually killed by stock footage. How did the filmmakers achieve such a seemingly impossible objective I hear you ask? Well, I won't spoil it for first time viewers but you'll see. You'll see.
A number of other people have pointed out the appearance of 'the line'. And quite rightly so. For the uninitiated, 'the line' is a pickup line uttered by John Barrowman to the leading lady in the latter half of the movie. It is both hilarious and appalling. If you are unaware of it, I won't spoil it but you will know it as soon as it is uttered.
The film also has the distinction of being really badly dubbed from English TO English! Never have I seen this before. It has to be some sort of achievement to dub a film in the SAME LANGUAGE but for the voices to have all the authenticity of a character from a spaghetti western or a Mexican wrestling film.
Please don't let any of the above put you off. All of it is intended to encourage you to seek this out. This is trash cinema at its finest. It's an unforgettable modern suck-fest masterwork.
What has this film taught me? It's taught me that if you choose to swim in shark infested waters, it's just possible that you might be attacked and eaten by stock footage.
The story involves a giant megalodon shark that is picking off people off the coast of Mexico. In the time-honoured tradition, a life-guard hunts it while the authorities pretend it doesn't exist.
No cliché remains unexplored. But, to be fair, Shark Attack 3 does introduce one original element to it's schema that takes film-making technique forward. The highly innovative concept that this movie introduces is death by stock footage. Yes, in Shark Attack 3 people are actually killed by stock footage. How did the filmmakers achieve such a seemingly impossible objective I hear you ask? Well, I won't spoil it for first time viewers but you'll see. You'll see.
A number of other people have pointed out the appearance of 'the line'. And quite rightly so. For the uninitiated, 'the line' is a pickup line uttered by John Barrowman to the leading lady in the latter half of the movie. It is both hilarious and appalling. If you are unaware of it, I won't spoil it but you will know it as soon as it is uttered.
The film also has the distinction of being really badly dubbed from English TO English! Never have I seen this before. It has to be some sort of achievement to dub a film in the SAME LANGUAGE but for the voices to have all the authenticity of a character from a spaghetti western or a Mexican wrestling film.
Please don't let any of the above put you off. All of it is intended to encourage you to seek this out. This is trash cinema at its finest. It's an unforgettable modern suck-fest masterwork.
What has this film taught me? It's taught me that if you choose to swim in shark infested waters, it's just possible that you might be attacked and eaten by stock footage.