STARRING:LORRAINE
GARY,LANCE GUEST,MARIO VAN PEEBELS,KAREN YOUNG,MICHAEL CAINE,JUDITH
BARSI,LYNN WHITFIELD,MITCHELL ANDERSON
BASED
ON CHARACTERS CREATED BY PETER BENCHLEY
SCREENPLAY
BY MICHAEL DE GUZMAN
PRODUCED
BY JOSEPH SARGENT
DIRECTED
BY JOSEPH SARGENT
GENRE:HORROR/THRILLER
RATED:AUSTRALIA:M/UK:PG/USA:PG-13
RUNNING
TIME:89 MIN
When
the youngest son of recently deceased Amity Harbour chief of police
Michael Brody (played in the first two Jaws films by Roy Scheider)
is killed by a shark, his mother Ellen (Lorraine Gary) is convinced
that a great white is out for revenge against her and her family.
Re-locating to the warm waters of the Bahamas, Ellen's fears are realised
when the shark follows her to the disbelief of her son Michael (Lance
Guest).
I am for the suspension of belief in cinema, but the premise for this
movie is simply ridiculous. Sharks are not serial killers, they don't
go around bumping people off of a hit list, and they don't hold personal
vendettas. The script by Michael De Guzman is beyond ludicrous that
it is almost comical, the acting is dreadful and the direction by
Joseph Sargent is second rate. If Jaws: The Revenge was marketed
as a spoof comedy taking the piss out of the Jaws
franchise than maybe it would of saved some face, but as a horror/thriller
it is a disgraceful and disrespectful movie of the lowest standard.
Sargent (who also produced this crap) should be ashamed of creating
such rubbish, as should Gary, Caine and the rest of the cast for agreeing
to star in it.
This makes Jaws: 3-D look like a bloody masterpiece.
I wish I could get the last hour and a half of my life back.
