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GREAT FUN
A fast moviing, blue sky movie with great looking people & beautiful beach and open ocean photography. Great fun.
[Thursday, January 11, 2007]
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Should be titled "Spring Break Date Rape"
This seems like a movie that was supposed to be about teens going to the beach, getting drunk, and then having a date rape case for everyone to figure out. Of course, if that sort of movie is going to have any dramatic impact at all, you have to have characters that someone could actually give a damn about. This movie fails pretty thoroughly in that area, just like about 95% of movies these days. Anyhow, at the last minute somebody apparently came up with the bright idea of making this a shark attack movie. The sharks are barely in it at all, the date rape thing is really boring, the characters are paper thin cliches, and I personally couldn't care less if they got raped, went to prison, or if they got eaten by sharks.
This is just a cheap little made for TV movie (so forget about any nudity you were expecting to see). It's bad, possibly trying to be so-bad-it's-good, but it fails at that. I suppose it's watchable enough, I mean, it's not terrible, it just isn't much good. Think season finale on Beverly Hills 90210; That's basically what you've got here. I could probably watch this again on some boring Tuesday night, but maybe that's just because it's so forgettable that I've forgotten how truly bad it was.
If you're looking for a cheesy shark movie, check out any of those Shark Attack movies. Parts 1 and 2 are much better than this, and part 3 is so bad it's hilarious.
[Sunday, August 20, 2006]
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DON'T GIVE ME THIS BREAK
Made for TV movies can be fun, and if they're done with a proper amount of sophistication, worth viewing. This CBS TV movie is not one of those however. The sharks are hardly seen and when they are, it's not with any great amount of technical finesse. As expected, most of the college students act like pre-schoolers and unfortunately most of them aren't good actors. Shannon Lucio and Riley Smith stand out, but Justin Baldoni has little to offer but some nice pecs. With the tons of shark attack movies available, why couldn't this one try a little something different. And yes, I'll forgive the talented Kathy Baker and Bryan Brown for being the main adults in the movie. Exposure is always good and so is the paycheck.
[Sunday, April 02, 2006]
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