NO GOLD FOR A DEAD DIVER is a singularly uninspiring West German adventure flick about deep sea divers looking for sunken treasure. Peter Benchley's THE DEEP popularised the genre in the late 1970s (as did Spielberg's JAWS popular the whole marine setting, hence this film's re-titling DEADLY JAWS) but this film fails to muster up much in the way of suspense or interest. It has an interesting pedigree in the form of former western stalwart Harald Reinl behind the camera and Hammer leading man Horst Jansen (of CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER fame) as the square-jawed hero. The film was shot in sunny South Africa. Expect lots of underwater photography of aquatic life, the main characters hanging around in their swimwear, a cheesy pirate attack, and a couple of twists and betrayals.
Review of Deadly Jaws
