Shark Attack (1999)

Very best movie i ever watch

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Absolutely the worst movie.

After a series of shark attacks in South Africa, a researcher finds a scientist introduced an outside chemical hormone into the sharks that drives them into a frenzy and tries to find the one responsible before more are attacked.This here wasn't that bad of a film. One of its best aspects is that there's a lot of shark attacks, and that leads to a lot of fun in here. These encounters are really interesting when they occur, such as a thrilling encounter out at sea with a boat-full of partying residents, while other encounters, such as the one near the shipping wreck or in the bay near the lab has some more fun. The dives done into the waters are always uneasy, although the night-time ones are a little more-so for the inherent virtue of when they occur. Still, the overall best scene in the film is the lengthy cage-diving scene, which is a ten-minute sequence where they try out converters on the sharks, and it all leads to scenes of sharks banging into the cages with them trapped inside, making for a tense and uneasy encounter. The last big part of this is the great action that occurs in here, and there's a lot of it as much of the time in the last half plays like a traditional Action movie. There's two really fun chases, a multi-car chase through open-fields which includes a lot of gunfire, high-speed weaving, crashes and lots of objects get blown up and destroyed, as well as a boat chase that is really exciting. There's also the final raid on the villain's hideout, which is even more fun being packed with gunfights, fist-fights and brawling, lots of deaths and even more destruction that occurs and ends with the fantastic helicopter scene which is really fun. While all of these make the film what it is, there was a couple of problems to this that hold it down somewhat. The main factor is that the sharks are rarely mentioned in the middle segment of the film and fade into the background during these scenes, focusing more on the false lead of the cancer study that soon turns into the oil scam. During this, the sharks are absent as it's all done on land, leaving it to be relatively dull for lengthy portions while there's no shark action, leaving them with little time in their own film. Another flaw is that the attacks are over quite quickly, as the sharks are very easily repelled or the victims escaped, and from the knowledge that they're engineered to be angry and better killers, which compared to the ones that were mentioned as fatalities before, is a little strange in that they have very little actual deaths that they're responsible for. It makes them seem like far less impressive killers since the victims now are able to get away when before they couldn't, and this lowering of the shark's capabilities in a far-more reduced manner than they should to accommodate the plot is the most detrimental feature of the film. The last flaw is the shark effects, which is terribly uneven. Though there's no CGI present, the matter of the real shark stock footage that is used for most of the scenes is obvious to pick out and lowers the scene somewhat. They're fine if never once able to keep a constant perspective, either changing in size from scene-to-scene or even species as well. The other part is that the mechanical ones look rather nice but are too stiff, rarely move about and used mostly just to make sure that something is there on-screen leading to a wildly inconsistent approach. Otherwise, these are the film's problems.Rated R: Violence and Language.

I will get this off my chest, I don't like these Shark Attack movies, they are cheap and cheesy, but for some strange reason there is some novelty value to be had. The first Shark Attack is not as bad its sequels, 3 is the worst of the series in my opinion, but that's not saying it. It suffers from all the problems of its successors and some. The editing and effects are cheap, the sharks aren't menacing at all, are underused and their attacks are seriously devoid of tension, suspense, excitement and heart. The story is drawn out with the middle dragging badly as well as side-lining the sharks, and predictable too with no scene coming of any big surprise and you do for example have an inkling of how it's going to end. The script is cheesy complete with sluggish pacing and clichéd characters, while the direction is inept and the acting really quite dire with nobody standing out. In conclusion, appalling, but a film to revel in how awful it is. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Action hokum concerning a marine biologist, Steven McKray(Casper Van Dien), who convinces his boss to fund a trip to South Africa where a series of unusual, grisly shark attacks have occurred. The fishing village, owned by an unscrupulous businessman, Lawrence Rhodes(Ernie Hudson) collecting on foreclosures, has fallen on hard times due to the alarming increase in these shark attacks on tourists and fishermen. McKray was to meet up with an old friend who went on numerous shark-hunting expeditions, Marc Desantis(Cordell McQueen), and finds that he has died under horrifying circumstances, his arm found in the belly of a shark. Joining forces with Marc's disgruntled sister, Corinne(Jenny McShane)and likable live-wire fisherman, Mani(Tony Caprari), who drives his truck and boat on full-speed always, Steven will seek answers regarding his best friend's death which seems like more than just an accidental dive gone terribly wrong. Monitoring a former colleague Dr. Matt Craven's(Bentley Mitchum)shark experiments, Steven soon discovers that he is attempting to find a cancer cure but the side-effects prove that such procedures are ethically, and more importantly, physically, wrong. And, Steven, studying sharks that are active in the area of the village, discovers that they are being controlled..motivated by a mechanical source and have abnormal defects, some organs much larger than they are supposed to be, not to mention uncharacteristic behavior brought on by Craven's experimentation. But, is Craven ultimately the villain of this film? As Steven pursues the truth, he and Corinne become endangered by a corrupt police, willing to kill them to keep their silence as they discover the truth about a shady oil deal in the works. It'll be up to Steven to uncover the truth, to shed light on the underhanded tactics concocted by greed without remorse for innocent blood shed.The shark action is relatively tame..the photographic documents of such attacks are more grisly than what happens to innocents attacked in the water of this film. A lot of quick cutting between the faces of frightened victims and sharks underwater swimming towards potential human meat, blood used to relate whether or not someone has been ensnared within the mouth of the lurking predator. The film resembles those goofy actioners from the 80's we so know and love where the heroes and villains are black and white with only Craven given any shades of gray. Hudson chews scenery as he does his cigar as the town shark, in a suit and tie, attempting to play nice when anyone can see he is corrupt to the core. Van Dien does his usual mugging, a perfect direct-to-video hero for the B-movie market. He suitably fills the role of the crusader out to find out the truth. Mitchum is smarmy as the crooked scientist with dreams of a Nobel prize and millions if he can perfect his experiments and create a cancer cure. Jenny McShane is your typical free-thinking independent woman, a diver and love-interest for Van Dien, fulfilling the requirements of "damsel in distress", and used as a negotiating piece when evidence is collected on villains..she also looks great in a bikini, which doesn't hurt. There are lots of shootouts and hand-to-hand combats between the fishermen and the police at the end which many might find exciting, although I found the whole orchestrated set-piece rather surreal and humorous. Also features a boat chase, explosions resulting, and Van Dien gets to show that every investigating marine biologist might ought to study martial art techniques.

"Shark Attack" is a certainly fun if flawed killer shark movie.**SPOILERS**In Cape Amanzi, South Africa, Steven McKray, (Casper Van Dien) is astonished to learn of a series of shark attacks and goes to investigate. When Lawrence Rhodes, (Ernie Hudson) introduces him to old friend Dr. Miles Craven, (Bentley Mitchum) he tells him moire about the attacks, including the death of a friend. Meeting up with Corinne Desantis, (Jennifer McShane) the sister, they dive to find out that the sharks attracted to a specific area of the bay through an outside chemical hormone introduced into the sharks that drives them into a frenzy. When the thing is revealed to be about finding an oil reserve in the bay and using the attacks as cover to force the residents out of their land, they try to find the one responsible before more of the community is attacked by the sharks.The Good News: This here wasn't that bad of a film. One of it's best aspects is that there's a lot of encounters with the sharks, and that leads to a lot of fun. The shark attacks, which don't have much of the time, do get really interesting when they occur, such as a thrilling encounter out at sea with a boat-full of partying residents that leaves a survivor with a serious leg bite. Other encounters, such as the one near the shipping wreck or in the bay near the lab has some more fun in store. One of the overall best scenes in the film is the lengthy cage-diving scene, which are incredible. Packed into a ten-minute sequence is a continuing series of scenes where they try out converters on the sharks, and it all leads to never-ending scenes of sharks banging into the cages with them trapped inside, making for a tense and uneasy encounter. The dives done into the waters are always uneasy, although the night-time ones are a little more-so for the inherent virtue of when the occur. The last big part of this is the great action that occurs in here, and there's a lot of it. There's two really fun chases, a multi-car chase through open-fields which includes a lot of gunfire, high-speed weaving, crashes and more, as well as a boat chase that is really exciting. Lots of objects get blown up and destroyed in both, making them even more fun. There's also the final raid on the villain's hideout, which is great. Packed with gunfights, fist-fights and brawling, lots of deaths and even more destruction that occurs, it's pretty exciting and ends with the helicopter scene, which is really fun and makes the film even better. All of these make the film what it is.The Bad News: There was a couple of problems to this that hold it down somewhat. The main feat is that the sharks, for all their encounters, are rarely mentioned in the middle segment of the film and fade into the background during these scenes, focusing more on the false lead of the cancer study that soon turns into the oil scam. During this, the sharks are absent as it's all done on land, leaving it to be relatively dull for lengthy portions while there's no shark action, leaving them with little time in their own film, as the longest stretch is the cage-diving sequence. Outside of that, the attacks are over quite early, which is another flaw. The sharks are very easily able to be repelled or escaped, and from the knowledge that they're engineered to be angry and better killers, they have very little actual deaths that they're responsible for. Most of the attacks shown in the film are escaped, which compared to the ones that were mentioned as fatalities before is a little strange. It makes them seem like far less reliable killers since the victims know are able to get away when before they couldn't, and that's not what you want in a creature feature. That's the most detrimental feature of the film, the lowering of the shark's capabilities in a far-more reduced manner than they should to accommodate the plot. The last flaw is the shark effects, which, as to be expected, is terribly uneven. Thankfully, no CGI is present but there is the matter of the real shark stock footage that is used for most of the scenes. They're fine if never once able to keep a constant perspective, either changing in size from scene-to-scene or even species as well. The other part is that the mechanical ones look rather nice but are too stiff, rarely moving and used mostly just to make sure that something is there. It's obvious to pick these out and they lower the scene somewhat. Otherwise, these are the film's problems.The Final Verdict: With a couple of good points and some detrimental flaws to it, this one ends up being rather fun with some problems. Give it a shot if you enjoy action-packed killer shark films, a fan of the genre or find these kinds of creature features interesting, otherwise there's better ones out there.Rated R: Violence and Language