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SHARK ATTACK

1999 IL HMDB
November 9, 1999

When an accidental death verdict is given on discovery of the remains of a top scientist, within the stomach of a hammerhead shark his closest friend Marine Biologist Steven McRay is not happy with the explanation and travels to investigate further, where he discovers that his friend's death was not an isolated incident, and that the local population have been terrorised by a rash of shark attacks.Developments in scientific technology had allowed experts to predict the pattern and likelihood of Shark Attacks, but now it seems that they may also be able to actually control these factors, rendering at their disposal the ultimate Killing machine.Enjoy the water... you may never want to go in the sea again!

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Production: Mandy Branch (Producer)Danny Dimbort (Executive Producer)Avi Lerner (Executive Producer)Trevor Short (Executive Producer)
Music: Serge Colbert (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: Lawrence Sher (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini
A pack of sharks terrorizes the population of an African town. An American scientist ends up as shark food, but his death is classified as an accident. A friend of the victim, marine biologist Steven Mc Kray, goes to the place to investigate the death of his companion and discovers a terrible truth: some sharks have been genetically manipulated for cancer research, and now they have become voracious. One could tranquilly define this as the "tarocca" version of "Deep Blue," indeed the plot is practically the same even if it is not known who copied from whom, in fact it seems that this "Shark Attack" is earlier. Anyway, the movie turns out to be rather poor, the protagonist is a Casper Van Dien at best inexpressive, the sharks are seen little (but perhaps this is a luck, seen the "special effects"!) and the attacks of the terrible predators always resolve themselves "only" in a red stain in the water. If you have nostalgia for "Jaws" the advice is to rent the Spielberg masterpiece again or, at worst, to watch the recent "Deep Blue" and to leave "Shark attack" alone.
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Wuchak

Wuchak

6 /10

Decent Shark flick with Casper Van Dien and Ernie Hudson, shot on the South African coast

An American shark expert is assigned to a South African coastal town where he discovers a colleague is dead and a rival has been conducting unethical experiments with sharks & people to find a cure for cancer.

“Shark Attack” (1999) is a decent Grade B shark flick made for TV. It has a noble protagonist (Casper Van Dien), a lovely & intelligent babe (Jenny McShane), a fun sidekick (Tony Caprari), quality questionable characters (Bentley Mitchum and Ernie Hudson), outstanding South African locations, a plot that deviates from the typical “Jaws” imitation and lots of action, particularly in the last act.

The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes and was shot at Port Alfred, South Africa.

GRADE: B-/C+

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