An investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.An investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.An investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
- Awards
- 13 wins & 3 nominations
Paul Watson
- Self
- (as Captain Paul Watson)
Erich Ritter
- Self
- (as Dr. Erich Ritter Ph.D.)
Boris Worm
- Self
- (as Dr. Boris Worm)
Vic Hislop
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- ConnectionsFeatures Jaws (1975)
- SoundtracksRoads
Written by Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons and Geoff Barrow
Performed by Portishead
Published by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Polydor Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Canada Inc.
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Disturbing & Important: Send to the United Nations ASAP
Rob Stewart had made himself a great film.
It's a film that captures the grandeur, misinterpretation, and exploitation of not just sharks but all sea creatures in the oceans.
Among the film's breathtaking footage of kelp forests, massive bait balls, alien seahorses, and of course sharks, the films bearings focus on the absolutely disgusting, unethical, and immoral treatment of wildlife.
Stewart feels like he needs to legitimatize his film by explaining why the deaths of sharks will harm human beings, but really, he doesn't need to. The cruelty he films is more than reason enough to understand that something beyond greed is at work.
I would love to know if there are poachers that aren't just Asians and South Americans. I'm sure there are, but the amount these pathetic men over-fish the oceans is just truly unbelievable. They do nothing but kill.
I'm amazed how many Chinese, a large elitist and delusional lot of them, are so blind to what they're doing. Close-minded ignorance is a staple among many of the worlds fishing communities.
The film is very disturbing, especially for shark and animal enthusiasts, and at least warrants a PG-13 rating. There are numerous scenes of shark-finning and vicious, blank stare poaching of humpback whales to loggerhead turtles.
The film isn't perfect however. Stewart himself isn't that likable, and the film would have probably worked better if it followed someone else around. The soundtrack isn't very good either.
But the film isn't about Stewart, or at least not for me. It's about sharks and all the life under salt water that is being unfairly slaughtered.
It's a film that captures the grandeur, misinterpretation, and exploitation of not just sharks but all sea creatures in the oceans.
Among the film's breathtaking footage of kelp forests, massive bait balls, alien seahorses, and of course sharks, the films bearings focus on the absolutely disgusting, unethical, and immoral treatment of wildlife.
Stewart feels like he needs to legitimatize his film by explaining why the deaths of sharks will harm human beings, but really, he doesn't need to. The cruelty he films is more than reason enough to understand that something beyond greed is at work.
I would love to know if there are poachers that aren't just Asians and South Americans. I'm sure there are, but the amount these pathetic men over-fish the oceans is just truly unbelievable. They do nothing but kill.
I'm amazed how many Chinese, a large elitist and delusional lot of them, are so blind to what they're doing. Close-minded ignorance is a staple among many of the worlds fishing communities.
The film is very disturbing, especially for shark and animal enthusiasts, and at least warrants a PG-13 rating. There are numerous scenes of shark-finning and vicious, blank stare poaching of humpback whales to loggerhead turtles.
The film isn't perfect however. Stewart himself isn't that likable, and the film would have probably worked better if it followed someone else around. The soundtrack isn't very good either.
But the film isn't about Stewart, or at least not for me. It's about sharks and all the life under salt water that is being unfairly slaughtered.
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- May 14, 2008
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- Tiburón, en las garras del hombre
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $850,920
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $37,140
- Sep 30, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $1,658,393
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