Shark Hunter (2001)
The Megalodon shark. A prehistoric killing machine 60 feet long, flashing 200 pounds of teeth and weighing over 20 tons. It's the deadliest predator the world has ever seen. The scientists say it's been extinct for more than 10,000 years. The scientists are wrong. In the darkness of the deep, an underwater research station has been viciously destroyed. Now a tough team of daring divers led by Spencer Northcutt [Antonio Sabato Jr. "Melrose Place"] is taking an experimental sub to war. It's killer instinct vs. sophisticated technology, deadly jaws vs. harpoon-tipped torpedoes, mega-shark vs. modern man is a thrilling extreme deep sea fight to the death.
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Load of rubbish!!
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
A film that ends the way events like this probably would. Unfortunately, only a movie this low-budget, could afford to do so. The film has such a dry and lifeless look to it. Mostly because of the almost single setting. Submarine bases aren't that interesting with all their greys and blacks. In terms of effects the darkness helps out a lot. We usually get a silhouetted shark and just a section of its face lit up. This emphasizes the sheer scale of the shark, even if we don't get to appreciate it in all its menace. The movie also started off rather cleverly, with old home movies. This is probably the best way to build emotional connections with such a lackluster cast. It helps that they weren't talking. It's all down hill from there. Hokey dialog, boring and pompous "WE'RE SCIENTISTS DAMNIT!" speeches, emotionless relationships, and sheer boredom all follow. Much better films out there, with its biggest crime being, it just wasn't bad enough.
Having switched over to late night Sky Movies, I thought this was just going to be another rubbishy clone movie that I could switch my brain off to, then it turned out to be the completely opposite. The tense bits were tense, the special effects were very good for a "hmm, never saw 'that' one at the movies" movie, and the acting was OK. My only complaints with it were plot wise, the crew seemed to very quickly jump into plan to capture a giant monster that none of them believed existed in the first place, and the investigation of the research centre to which they were sent to 'investigate', encompassed nothing more than cursory glance and the extraction of a Shark tooth from the side of a wall. The ending was also a bit, well... unsatisfactory. Other than that, it held my attention and is a very worthy "Aaah, giant Shark" movie.
*One or two spoilers* The CGI megalodon was undeniably great. More convincing than the merely-zoomed-in-on stock footage fish, in SA3! And, the tension-racked arguments between the expedition members was quite realistic. So, I'm willing to be (uncharacteristically?) generous, and give this: 3.1 stars.
Minor spoilersThis shark film about the Megalodon is a different one. It has good acting,a good story, and the giant shark looked pretty real and it was amazing to see how big the shark was in the movie. I was very surprised y the ending.If you like big shark films or movies about legendary creatures then give Shark Hunter a look.Movie Nuttball's Note:I believe in the Carcharodon Megalodon and I believe that this huge species of shark may still exist today. Though the Megalodon I believe is nothing more than a giant Great White Shark.If it still lives I think the gigantic species is around Australia and some other places in very deep waters.One day I believe the Megalodon will be discovered soon and the world won't believe how massive these shark are!