Hammerhead (2005)

Very best movie i ever watch

Simply A Masterpiece

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Invited to a private island, pharmaceutical representatives inspecting a scientists' claims of newfound breakthroughs in genetic research find the trip is a ploy to feed them to a genetically-modified human/shark hybrid and must try to get away alive.This here was quite a decent enough creature feature overall. What tends to really help this one is the fact that the creature here allows this one to ready-made way to work out a natural excuse for the viciousness of the attacks throughout here which is quite fun here. The ability of mixing a shark into a human form is a rather novel idea here and manages to come off nicely with all the scientific jargon established throughout here that makes the revelation of the creature deformity all that much better here as it does come with the added bonus of featuring greater brutality here which enhances the action considerably. From the opening attack on the divers that's incredibly vicious, the group's escape from their holding cell with the pouring water coming in with the creature in with them and the suspenseful stalking in the jungle where they have to deal with the guards and the traps present but also the creature running loose with them gives this a rather strong semblance of action filled with great violent creature action along the way, while the big finale is the film's highlight for its grandiose action inside the lab with the specimens and the creature getting involved as well to a great finish. Even better is the fact that there's other great action scenes here that involve the guards' attempts to contain them, from the boat ambush and eventual gunfight, the brawling around the lab and the helicopter attack in the jungle where they try taking them out with the gun that makes for an overall enjoyable and impressive series of attacks that bumps up the action even more. Along with the great design for the creature that looks quite imposing when it's visibly on-screen and moving around, these here are the film's great points overall. Among the few flaws featured here is the fact that the creature basically disappears in the middle of the movie and almost becomes a complete afterthought as the main part of the film at that point turns into an admittedly fun action movie that pushes the creature out of the film and is hardly ever seen during that point. It's his own movie, yet he's almost reduced to a cameo appearance, based on screen time. As if that also wasn't bad enough, he's hardly ever seen no matter where in the film, as there's only a couple of times that there's a clear shot of the monster, making it hard to tell what it looks like, which is a clear shame as it has a great design and cool look to it. As well, there's the rapid fire editing used every single time it appeared. The camera jerks and tears around from side to side quickly so that you can't see what is going on and can only assume someone has been killed when the water turns red, and as it's used for every single attack, and it lead to a lot of headaches trying to figure it out that only ends up sucking a lot of the fun out of watching the monster attacking people. While the storyline here is a little weak despite the nice work involved, otherwise it's not all that bad.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, themes of bestiality and Brief Nudity.

Horror/Sci-Fi that is interesting as it is laughable. F/X pretty good...for what you manage to see. A made for TV thriller that is not as bad as the worst of them. Jeffrey Coombs plays a brilliant although misguided scientist that tampers with stem cell research and manipulates human DNA with that of a hammerhead shark. The horrifying results give birth to one hell of a killing machine. A group of scientists led by William Forsythe and Hunter Tylo are invited to a remote island to check out the brilliant new experiment. Of course, after laughing and stammering in awe...Coombs' creation, by the way is his own son fused with a hammerhead, is let loose to hunt down one by one his father's colleagues. Revenge is not always rewarding. Also in the cast: Elsie Muller, G.R. Johnson, Arthur Roberts and Velizar Binev.

I truly enjoyed this film. The acting was terrific as was the plot. Jeff Combs has more talent than he is recognized for. The only part of this flick I would change was the ending. The death of the creature was far too gruesome for the Sci Fi Channel.There were some interesting religious messages in this film. Jeff Combs obviously played a Messiah figure and the creature (or shark if you prefer) represented the anti-Chirst. There were some particularly frightening scenes that had that 'end of the world feel'. I only noticed this after my third viewing of this classic creature feature. I know many people won't get the references to Christianity, but if you watch close you'll get it.

This is about a mad scientist who creates a half shark - half man type critter on an uncharted island, then calls up all his old business and academic buddies to come and see his creation (evil laugh) but actually he wants his sharkman to kill them! Lots of bad GCI, goofy plot elements, and babes sweating in tight T-shirts follow.These monster movies all follow a similar formula, but this one spices things up with a bit of humor (I guarantee the folks who made this had tongues firmly planted in cheek), not to mention the sexy babes. But let's mention those sexy babes - several hot babes, in tight T-shirts, sweating profusely. One's in her undies at the beginning, another at the end. Thank you, thank you, makers of bad movies! The plot is full of goofy stuff, a guy drives up in a jeep, slams it right into a tree, then offers to fly everyone off the island in a helicopter. Yeah, um, well, how 'bout we think about that for a while; we'll get back to you. The sharkman is hilarious - either awful CGI or an equally comedic guy in a rubber suit. The mad scientist gives a pretty good performance; he's evil, that's his motivation, he makes no apologies.Overall, if you want a stupid, FUN B-movie, this one should do the job.