Movie Information
Overall Rank: 42128
Average Rating: 1.3/4
# of Ratings: 77
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1987
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Karen Young, Judith Barsi
Plot: After one of her sons is killed in Amity by a shark, Ellen Brody accompanies her other son and family to the Bahamas to get away. The shark won't leave them alone that easily, however. -- Chris Kavan
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1.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 09/26/2012
So what we have here is the story of a fish (which by now dwarves most whales) that can track individuals half way around the globe to extract it's "revenge" on them. For what, being in the vicinity of a couple of its piscine mates being blown up/electrocuted?? I once saw a stand-up comedian devoting his entire routine to taking the piss out of this film...unintentionally hilarious!!
Full Movie Reviews
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2/4
A paycheck film...
TheWolf - wrote on 03/26/2008
Sometimes you just gotta know where to draw the line. Unfortunately the producers at Universal didn't know when to say when and decided that they could put out...just one more Jaws movie. Honestly when this movie came out I was only 10 and I thought that the concept of Jaws was awesome. When I saw this in 87 it was one of the coolest movies ever.
20 years later I have come to realize that what I thought was awesome as a 10 year old may not always hold true. While I believe Michael Caine has made some amazing choices over the last 10 years in deciding what films he should be part of, I can only say that not only did he seem out of place in this movie, but it seems as though he must have done it only under contractual obligation or maybe he just needed another paycheck and this was a …
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