Attempting to carry out their work, the crew of an illegally explicit deep-sea drilling rig tries to keep the existence of a massive shark in the area a secret while it tackles a series of extremely noticeable attacks on others forcing them to stop the creature before its too late.
This was a generally decent enough genre effort. Among the better aspects in play with this one is a gloriously cheesy setup focusing on a series of seemingly unrelated events coming together nicely. The main storyline, involving the drilling crew being aware of the sharks' presence and openly monitoring it after the beasts' release while they continue their illegal activities, goes hand-in-hand with the fisherman trying to find the remains of the stolen boat thieves and their hijacked paintings. These events are tied together into a series of wacky adventures quite nicely for a cheesy enough time. This also manages to provide some fun here with the cheesy shark action that's a sight to behold. The look and effects work done on the creature give this a fine start which is then put to the test in several highly amusing attack scenes. Initially taking out several solo swimmers on the beach, the shift into a more action-packed scenario starts with the shark attacking the divers before turning to destroy the rig leaving the final half to consist of it following the swimmers to the island where it attacks them and the hunters sent to stop it. A nice change of pace that includes some fun cheesy scenes along the way, these here give this one some likable factors. There are some flaws to be had with this one. Most of this centers around the painfully obvious low budget here which renders the film quite goofy and laughable. The effects for the shark are the biggest obstacle to overcome, as the puppet barely moves or interacts with the environment like a real shark and is so sloppily superimposed over background plates with no regard for size, dimensions, or proportional accuracy that there's no sense of realism present. That goes along with some of the other effects here which are done in the same manner and contribute to a cheap overall feeling here, as well as highlighting the other issue in the inappropriate reaction to the shark that are all the main issues holding it back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
This was a generally decent enough genre effort. Among the better aspects in play with this one is a gloriously cheesy setup focusing on a series of seemingly unrelated events coming together nicely. The main storyline, involving the drilling crew being aware of the sharks' presence and openly monitoring it after the beasts' release while they continue their illegal activities, goes hand-in-hand with the fisherman trying to find the remains of the stolen boat thieves and their hijacked paintings. These events are tied together into a series of wacky adventures quite nicely for a cheesy enough time. This also manages to provide some fun here with the cheesy shark action that's a sight to behold. The look and effects work done on the creature give this a fine start which is then put to the test in several highly amusing attack scenes. Initially taking out several solo swimmers on the beach, the shift into a more action-packed scenario starts with the shark attacking the divers before turning to destroy the rig leaving the final half to consist of it following the swimmers to the island where it attacks them and the hunters sent to stop it. A nice change of pace that includes some fun cheesy scenes along the way, these here give this one some likable factors. There are some flaws to be had with this one. Most of this centers around the painfully obvious low budget here which renders the film quite goofy and laughable. The effects for the shark are the biggest obstacle to overcome, as the puppet barely moves or interacts with the environment like a real shark and is so sloppily superimposed over background plates with no regard for size, dimensions, or proportional accuracy that there's no sense of realism present. That goes along with some of the other effects here which are done in the same manner and contribute to a cheap overall feeling here, as well as highlighting the other issue in the inappropriate reaction to the shark that are all the main issues holding it back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.