Reviews

One of the best fan films I've ever seen, and delves into some interesting ideas you don't really see with Spider-Man. The story follows Peter after losing Gwen, and how he has to reconcile with what it means to be a hero and how people see him.

The pacing is a bit slow and it's definitely not meant to be your typical superhero action movie, which I can understand and actually appreciate with what this movie was going for.

I love the aspect of Peter seeing how the kid, Tim, sees him as his hero. Even with Peter blaming himself for everything that's happened, he chooses to be the hero that Tim deserves.

Shame how the controversy jinxed it early on, this was a special movie by fans for fans. Plus some of those shots looked absolutely stellar.

What happened? How did we go from a decent shark movie with some actual tension to this?

This movie is all over the place. It's like they just pulled scenes from others movies and jammed them together.

The first act was decent, and I really got hooked once they actually got down in the trench and had to go on foot. But it doesn't last long and the movie progressively goes downhill from there.

Lots of plot points unresolved, so many questions unanswered, barely any meg or kraken, dumb cartoonishly-evil bad guys who are bad just for the sake of it.

I know this movie is dumb fun, but there's a point where it just becomes hollow, empty nothingness, and that's what a good chunk of this movie felt like. Characters are killed off like flies, you feel nothing because it's just dumb noise. The sharks are shown way too much to the point where there's no real tension or suspense.

Also why/how the f@#! Is there an entire underwater mining station in the trench? When was it built? How was it built and operating without anyone knowing?

Why do they have a pet megalodon? Why is it even in the movie? Just for the one last back and forth joke? Why was no one at it's cage or monitoring it? Don't they have security cameras and fences and barriers and things like that?

Why was that kraken even in the movie? It was supposed to be this mysterious setup to this big final showdown, but what it really ended up being was completely unnecessary and out of nowhere.

Why do the villains suck? Why are there even human antagonists in the first place? The first film did great without them. And the three main villains all get killed off pretty easily and stupidly anyways, so what's the point? Why are they so generic and two-dimensional?

Did ANYONE read this script before shooting? You guys had FIVE years!

That opening action scene was everything the rest of the movie should have been.

As for the rest...all I can ask is why. There was some strong potential and some actual good moments, but is complete with some stupid, cringe Marvel-style joke.

Why kill off Indy's own son just to replace him with an insufferable goddaughter?

Why ruin the ending of Crystal Skull by making Indy and Marion split up? (they get back together at the end, but that doesn't fix it).

Why is Teddy, the most unimportant and pointless character, even in the movie?

Why does Helena INTENTIONALLY try to leave Indy for dead every chance she gets?

This movie has no real reason to exist. No motive to getting the dial, the premise of time travel becomes less impactful when we go to some 'random' historical battle rather than 1939.

Although I gotta say, the way it was portrayed felt like a more believable premise than aliens.

Now look, I don't wanna just bash on this movie, because I'm a fan of indie fan films like this and watching people take inspiration from the films. And there was a particular chase scene near the end that was really the highlight of the film for me. But overall this sequel just didn't live up to the charm and nostalgia with his first Halloween fan film.

First things first, nothing happens.... NOTHING.

The first 40 minutes is Michael Myers walking around aimlessly while random people watch horror movies. There's at least thirty minutes of this movie that could have been cut, and it would have lost nothing. Things begin to pick up near the end, which is where the majority of the story is. Laurie has a brief conversation about the death of Tommy from the first film, but not only is this brought up at the end of the movie instead of early on, but this movie also has a two-year time jump.

This could have been a neat opportunity to see how she will try to live a normal life after Michael's attempt to kill her. But unfortunately, time is spent on random characters doing uninteresting things before getting killed off. In the end, this movie just didn't add anything to the story, and didn't have much purpose. (Perhaps a new cut of the film could improve on these things).

To put it straight forward, this movie has its fair share of reviews from both ends of the spectrum. Is this a perfect film? No, far from it. Is it an awful film? I don't think that either.

There are reviews calling this the 'worst shark movie ever made' and a 'waste of time'. Though it is definitely flawed, I wouldn't even go near that. When people say that, they must either be referring to the entire film or just the third act, because the sharks really don't even show up until then (this is actually a bit of a compliment).

Yes, the CGI sharks don't look their best, especially at the end. But I'd guess that the VFX team didn't have the required time to perfect them. And (*spoilers*), the ending with the shark killed by chomping on an anchor, feels like it was just pulled from "The Shallows".

But, there are actually some great (and even amazing) aspects to this film. Though the third act is where it all just kind of falls apart, the story is decent and the build up to the characters getting stranded at sea, and the tension of when their supplies and shelter get smaller in nearly every scene, is done pretty well. And the cinematography, especially in the beginning, looks absolutely gorgeous and professional.

So not the best but not the worst. 6/10.