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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!

Directors

Bob Misiorowski

Cast

Casper Van Dien, Ernie Hudson, Bentley Mitchum, Jenny McShane, Cordell McQueen, Anton Dekker, Tony Caprari, Chris Olley, Jacob Makgoba, Lee-Anne Liebenberg
Horror televisione film

REVIEWS (1)

MC

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.