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Download, Watch online Shark Night Movie.
| Genres: | ThrillerHor |
| Starring: | Joshua Leonard, Katharine McPhee, Donal Logue, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Sara Paxton, Damon Lipari |
| Director(s): | David R. Ellis |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 2011 |
| IMDB Rating: | 3.9 |
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to fresh-water shark attacks.
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Visitor Reviews: (20)
HPForeverDarkLord 17 May 2012
Way Better Then Piranha 3D ! that Movie Was Horrible !
first of all i want see this movie Because i love Scary Movies thinkSara Paxton she great actor plus thing i really like this was 3Dstunning effects petty good i also like that this video was over donewith sex and Nudity Scenes Like Piranha 3D if ask me was horrible moviebut if looking for good scary intense movie with some Funny scenes isay go see this movie or rent as it is now on DVD over think actors didpetty good job i also really enjoy the The final Destination 3D Movie isay this movie is Good For ages 13 and up think young kids would finewith see this movie there some gory scenes but is not over done as muchpiranha 3D was think worst scene for kids could be girl is in boat withother guys and she in her bra and panties then is feed to baby Sharksalso ending i find Petty Funny so i say Go Rent this Movie is GreatFunny Movie or Intesne movie Also recommend Check Dream House !
Steve Pulaski 17 May 2012
Can't even take a second look at the formulaic, horror blueprint
Even the most eventful, exciting, and thrilling scenes in Shark Night3D aren't done properly thanks to poorly executed CGI, pitiful acting,a lack of logic, and not to mention, the biggest problem of all, thefilm's rating. Ultimately this wants to do three things; bank off the3D gimmick, be a Piranha-inspired film, and try and give cheesy,exploitation fun. The only thing it manages to pull off successfully isbe a gimmick-sponsored, loathsome horror film.The rating is the biggest problem. I can tell from certain scenes likewhen the characters are angry and when the shark attacks they wanted toshow more. It was cut down most likely to get teens younger thaneighteen to spend money and go alone. This will obviously increaseticket sales, and get more teens involved. It was a mistake for this tobe a PG-13 horror film, when clearly, it could've been a very bloody,very thrilling piece of new-horror. Instead it wimps out, but will mostlikely earn an "Unrated Director's Cut" stamp on the DVD release.The plot: A group of College kids go down to one of the girls'lakehouses where they encounter a group of hungry sharks. Of course bythis lake there is no cell reception, and the person behind thiswonderful place didn't decide to install a landline in case, you know,someone was hurt or injured. Not to mention, there is not one parkpatrol or janitor in this whole woods. Or people just randomly hiking.In order for this film to work, logic and common sense need to beexcluded.So, one person gets his arm bitten off, and is said by the oh-so brightmedical student that he has only about two hours, but he manages tomake it well through the night with enough energy to wrestle anothershark in the water with one arm. The group also encounter unsettlingrednecks who live on the lake and two wind up going on a boat with themno questions asked.The remainder of the film is composed of lukewarm 3D effects, loudriffs, computer animated sharks, teen screams, and in-comprehendablePG-13 shark clips. All of which edited and executed in a"we're-gonna-show-it-but-we're-not" sort of form. One of the rednecksis portrayed somewhat effectively by Joshua Leonard, who you may knowas the ski-cap sporting teenager in The Blair Witch Project. Now heplays a shark crazed maniac who wants to bank off of people's expense.The thought is sickening to say the least.I will say the 3D is mixed. I was hoping since this is directed byDavid R. Ellis he would use the same 3D company used to make The FinalDestination leap off the screen, but he didn't. Some scenes in 3D areactually effective, but unlike The Final Destination, they fail toactually leap off the screen.The pluses in Shark Night 3D are just little perks that don't make thefilm worth seeing at all. Some decent music is played, Sara Paxton doeswhat she can with what she has, and the underwater cinematography andfirst person view are the only things working in the film's favor.There is also a lovely music video after the credits with all theactors and actresses rapping aimlessly about how shark attacks andshark safety. Someone ought to remind them they shouldn't be with usnow.If you're looking for suspense, keep walking folks, Shark Night 3D is abig fan of just BOOM and it happens sort of action. Nothing is built upto seem even scarier, and there is not even the slightest indicationwhen something is about to happen. I would rather be still, interested,and worried than just jump quickly only to roll my eyes at what I justdid.David R. Ellis directed Final Destination 2 with plenty of suspense,but neglected to shift it over to the fourth installment or this. Hewas also the man behind the camera on Snakes on a Plane. I can't tellif Shark Night 3D wants to be a satire on creatures like that film, orif it wants to be a serious take on the genre of the underwater beast.But its rating, its lack of logic, and its execution prevent it fromachieving either status.And also, no modern horror film is complete without a helpless animaltreated like meat in one scene in the film. Shark Night 3D is noexception to the formula.Starring: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, and Joshua Leonard. Directedby: David R. Ellis.
eric1 17 May 2012
Surprisingly good 3D quality
The story is the same old tale: a bunch of kids went to the field, gethunted by some big bad thing, knocked off one by one, (usually thelatino or black dude went first). What made Shark Night different, isthe underwater 3D effect,water splashing, shark and dog swimming(BTW,the dog was the only character I worried about). After I googled it, itappears that this one was shot with real 3D camera. It's a shame thatthey put all this great equipment and technology to shoot such an oldcliché. I won't recommend this movie to horror movie fans, but if youwant to see some decent 3D clips, this one is the best of summer 2011,where so many fake-3D ended the 3D mania Avatar started.
Madelene Berg 16 May 2012
Wow!
And this is not a good wow! Horrible interactions between the actors,terrible plot. Very predictable, no surprises. Just the typical teen -stranded on an island - no signal - no transportation - bad locals.Usually, I like being frustrated by silly things, but not every 10thsecond. I'm hurting a little here. It's just so bad. How about, in thenext future, collect a cast of some 60 year old people, now THAT Iwould enjoy (wonder why), but at least it would be a differentexperience, kind of cool actually. Lightbulb anyone? They didn't tryvery hard to make this a movie to remember did they. Poor things, Ifeel bad. And the shark? What? Do they growl? Is that normal sharkbehavior? In that case, I learned something today.
DonFishies 16 May 2012
A crushing and soulless disappointment
Seven young and pretty undergraduates head to a secluded lakesidecottage in Louisiana to take a load off and enjoy a wild and crazyweekend away. But things take a turn for the worst when a member of thegroup is attacked by a shark. Isolated with no cell service and no helpin sight, the group quickly realizes they are on their own, but thewater around them is not safe. I wanted Shark Night 3D to be as fun as Piranha 3D was last year.Despite the PG-13 rating, I held onto a desperate hope that it wouldsomehow manage to live up to that level of gleeful insanity andabsolutely ridiculous trashiness. I knew deep down it would never beanywhere near comparable, but everything about the film suggested itwould be an enjoyable ride.Sadly, this is not the case.Instead of getting a ridiculous movie about sharks mauling pretty 20-somethings that embraces the sheer silliness of the very idea, we get adeadly serious, high-concept slasher film that seems to have no conceptof what fun is. Sure we get the typical horror movie wise ass quipssprinkled here and there, and some rather intriguing reasoning as towhy the attacks are occurring. But in-between these moments, we getstilted dialogue, wooden performances, characters with next to nodimensionality whatsoever, and just about nothing else. Despite itbeing 2011, the film feels like it belongs to a different era  onewhere it has not realized how outrageous and frivolous the genre hasbecome. It offers nothing new by way of ideas or story, and somehowthinks an ode to Jaws at the beginning of the film is appropriate. Iinitially wanted to criticize Shark Night for cribbing from Piranha.But in watching the film, it is obvious they learned absolutely nothingfrom Alexandre Aja and his crew. But while the bad story and worse acting are to be expected, what isreally disappointing is just how much of a grand tease the whole movieis. The rating may be a contributing factor, but the only thing itseems to cut out is gratuitous nudity. The T and A is still plentiful,and the film is actually surprisingly graphic in some instances. Butthe majority of deaths, the best part of any slasher film, are merelyhinted at. We see characters get pulled underwater, and just when youthink we will see their grisly end, the film inexplicably cuts to thenext scene. Hell, we do not even get the obligatory shot confirmingthat a character did indeed die. How do we know they did not manage tofight off the shark and survive to fight another day? And since thereare about ten people in the entire cast, most of which meet an untimelyend, that is a whole lot of teasing and not a lot of pay off. I canonly think of one that is explicitly shown, and even that seemed likeit was pushing it based on what happens during the rest of the film. Itis all very arbitrary, but it seems like a rather obscene faux pas onthe part of the filmmakers. Remember how comically bad and exaggerated the piranha looked inPiranha 3D? Somehow, the sharks in Shark Night 3D look even worse.There is nothing realistic about them. They look more cartoonish thananything, standing out as not even attempting to look like they belongin any of the scenes. They make memories of the shark from Jaws appearmore frighteningly authentic than I thought possible. But this is onlywhen the sharks are swimming around underwater, looking menacing andhungry . When they actually interact with the characters, they lookabsolutely absurd and preposterous. A shot involving a shark leapingout of the water to attack one of the characters as he zips by on ajet-ski looks even worse than those ludicrously awful effects you mayhave seen from Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. They may actually qualify forsome of the worst effects in the past decade. Surely the specialeffects team realized they were working on an actual movie with abudget, and not some straight-to-DVD Asylum knockoff. So what couldpossibly be there excuse for such a terrible job? I think the only thing I remotely enjoyed was how impressive theunderwater shots looked in 3D. They were clearly shot with the formatin mind, and look absolutely stunning even with a fake shark in thebackground. They frequently took me entirely out of the film, as theylook like they belong in a significantly better project. The shots arejust so tranquil and so beautiful that they may make you forget what anawful movie you are sitting through. With the exception of an over-the-top explosion, this is just about the only thing that sizzles in 3D.There are no other elements that even attempt to take advantage of theformat.When I tell you that Shark Night 3D is one of the worst films of theyear, with next to no redeeming qualities, you better believe I am notlying. I was hoping it would be somewhat fun, but instead it was one ofthe most annoying and agonizing films I have ever put myself through.The film is too serious to be enjoyable, and fails to deliver in almostevery respect. The filmmakers and cast should be ashamed of themselves.When the credits rolled, I could not leave the theatre fast enoughbecause I was ashamed to have actually watched it. Apparently there isa rap music video after the credits conclude, featuring the entirecast. Somehow, I still do not think this could make up for the travestyyou have to put yourself through to get to it. 3/10.(An extended review also appeared on http://www.geekspeakmagazine.com).
mm-39 15 May 2012
not the best summer film!
3 D shark attack is not the best film of the summer! The name 3 D SharkAttack should be a dead give away for the quality of this movie! Thestory is about the people who put sharks in a lake and film the eatingpeople in order to make money. Cheesy film with 3 D effects. The 3 Dwas okay. Some 3 D effects like explosions were cool, while other partswere lame. Sometimes there was no real 3 D at all. Watch this movie forthe 3 D. I would not watch this film in 2 D. There were no big nameactors in this one. The bad guy's teeth were disgusting! The film useda lot of 80's heavy metal in it. I give this film a 6 out of 10 in 3 Dand 5 out of 10 in 2 D.
aaron esmonde 15 May 2012
Scooby-Doo Shark Night in 3D
A weekend at a lake house turns into a nightmare for seven stereotypeyoung vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks, but its notonly the sharks they need to worry about.There's some good effects and action set ups but Shark Night is poorlyscripted, with an equally poor storyline that compared to Scooby-Doomakes it look like The Usual Suspects. It is certainly is a no brainerbut if you want to see girls in bikini's there's more suitable placesto get your fix or if you must even watch Piranha (2010). There'sreally not much more to say about this clunker.While slightly better in the production department compared to DTVfilms the whole film sinks of yesterdays fish which is odd consideringits is the same director of entertaining The Final Destination (2009)and Cellular (2004) to name a few. It's a shame as everyone loves agood shark film but this just isn't one.
chris dimarino 14 May 2012
Great If You Like Sharks and Horror, Brutal if Not
Shark Night can be summed up without really watching the movie. Thetitle says shark and the cover has it in killing position. The onlyreal question of a theme movie like this would be: is it so good thatit becomes a cult classic VS. is it so poor that not even shark fansshould watch. The bottom line, it fits right in the middle.There aren't too many good parts in this movie, but not many bad. Itcarries along and builds the setup and eventually gets thru its horror.The actress have a lot of visual appeal and the production value is topnotch. The 3D in the title pushes that it is a polished movie. Theacting is marginal, with a great cameo by Donal Logue.The horror scenes aren't overly graphic and don't show too much. Itwins as a horror by just having the shark fin cutting thru the waterafter the victims, but it loses from a shark standpoint because itreally doesn't show much.I would recommend this movie to fans of both horror movies and sharks.
Tim Prescott 14 May 2012
Wet fish
The first two minutes contain a false surprise ripped straight out ofJaws and a woman killed in pretty much the same way as the first victimin Jaws, except without the suspense and impact.Cardboard characters and cartoon sharks. The sharks in Deep Blue Seawere better than this. Because there's absolutely no reason to go inthe water after you realise sharks are there, a contrivedDeliverance-style plot is thrown in.When you can guess the clever twist of each scene as the scene begins,you know you're not watching an award-winner... or a decent form ofentertainment. Therefore, after half an hour, we watched the rest ofthe film at high speed to see if there was a decent morsel worthcatching. There wasn't.I award a solitary star for managing to include some attractive girlsamongst the skeletons with skin. From now on I'll stick to the swimwearchannel for that...
LoboDiNoccento 14 May 2012
My review of Shark Night 3D
Look I could easily give you a blow by blow of how stereotypical andunderdeveloped the characters are of how there is at no time in thisfilm character growth and development or character redemption takingplace or how ineffective the character acting was by the actors or howlame and overused and played out the scenes were Hell i could even talkabout the fact that shark films have been done to death but I'll save you the troublethis film was absolute GARBAGE!I thought this film was so bad I demanded from the theater my moneyback! and I got it!
Carycomic 07 May 2012
"Shark Night 3-D" is going to tank at the box office, I guar-an-tee!
How do I know this? BECAUSE, I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WHOLE MOVIETHEATER WATCHING IT...DURING THE EARLY EVENING SHOW!!!!And, now I know why. This film was obviously intended to be a crossbetween "Deliverance" and "Jaws." Yet, take my word for it; it wasn'teven half as good as either. Heck! Even "Jaws 3-D" with Dennis Quaidwas undeniably better than this piece of mega-crap!! So, do yourself a favor, folks. Don't waste your money going to seethis, or even renting it on DVD, three months from now. Just wait untilSyfy Channel telecasts during next year's Discovery Channel Shark Week.At least, then, you can preserve your sanity by changing channels!
Michael O'Keefe 07 May 2012
For shark movie suckers.
Seven friends load swimsuits and beer for a weekend at an islandbeach-house in the Louisiana Gulf. Debauchery turns into one hell-of-anightmare few will survive. One of the friends loses an arm in whatappears to be a skiing accident. Before the blame is laid on thick itis discovered that the waters are infested with toothy and vicioussharks. The shocked vacationers in their panic will seek help for thewounded and get in touch with the local sheriff(Donal Logue), whoactually has teamed with some area good old boys to terrorize thecollege kids. The trailers will suck you into this shark frenzy. Thehighlight for many will be the chance to almost see the lovelyKatharine McPhee(of American Idol notoriety) get undressed. Some prettygrisly scenes of hungry sharks doing what they do. This movie is toomuch like so many others. Included in the cast: Sara Paxton, DustinMilligan, Sinqua Walls, Christine Quinn, Alyssa Diaz and Chris Carmack.I'm not saying this isn't fun to watch.
TheUnknown837-1 04 May 2012
It seems like the only folks who can still produce good monster flicks are the Japanese.
About this time last year, I saw a movie called "Piranha." It was aloose remake of a 1978 cult favorite produced by Roger Corman; the sortof cheesy B-movie that was so laughably bad that it ascended to beinggood fun. That was, of course, the original film, not the remake, whichmade it onto my list of the worst movies of 2010. Now, exactly one yearlater, my hopes for seeing a good creature-feature on the silver screenhave once again been crushed by what was, essentially, the exact samepicture I saw last fall. The only difference is, now the obnoxious,hard-to-endure stick-figure characters are being munched on by big fakeCGI sharks instead of big fake CGI piranhas.But it's really the same scenario. Some brainless young adults arefrolicking about on a big, freshwater lake when all of a sudden, peopleare being tossed about and pulled under by unseen attackers. Aboutthirty minutes in, it's revealed (as if we didn't already know) thatthe lake has been infested by sharks. And not just great whites,either. No, there are hammerheads, tiger sharks, bulls, and evencookie-cutters. How are all of these oceanic species ending up in afreshwater lake? Well, the movie gives an explanation, but it's one ofthe most outrageously bad plot twists in recent years. And remember,I'm an aficionado on the junk monster movies that pop up on the SyFyChannel every weekend. Now, I do not go to a monster movie looking forgreat character study or plot logistics. I go there looking for goodold-fashioned, escapist fun. Only when a B-movie becomes so incrediblyempty and devoid of joy do I start nitpicking on things I mightotherwise overlook until after the credits have rolled. But the writingand directing of "Shark Night" (which by the way, mostly takes placeunder a bright sunny sky) is so bland, so unenthusiastic, soabsent-minded that it left me looking at my watch after about twentyminutes. After the first attack sequence, which starts with apredictable twist and then becomes a practical shot-for-shot knock-offfrom the all-more-effective opening scene in "Jaws," the only thingthat ran through my mind was wondering how long it would be beforeSteven Spielberg and Universal decided to pitch out a lawsuit forcopyright infringement.The whole movie looks and feels very much like it was made directly fora television release, giving it a sort of schizophrenic, out-of-placefeeling. The fact that the performances are beneath comment does nothelp any, since they are on screen far more often than the cartoony,computer-generated sharks who can twist their necks as flexibly as ahuman arm and snarl like lions. In addition, there is the other bigproblem that I also had with "Piranha": dopey exploitation. The movie'sfar more interested in ogling at the hindquarters and torsos ofpartially-naked models-turned-'actors' than it is in developingplausible attack scenarios or engaging the audience in the way only agood B-movie can.Well, at least there weren't any underwater lesbian scenes this time.No chewed up, sex organs either. Thank heaven.If the writers had realized that they were making a movie for the bigscreen and not for television, "Shark Night" might have proved to be asolid, lighthearted matinée. Instead, it fails to recognize what itought to have been and pretends to be a grade-A exploitation flick,falling flat from the beginning. In regards to its 3D: it's thoroughlyunimpressive. Granted, I am not the biggest fan of 3D; I think it's acheap, unengaging gimmick. But half the time, you wouldn't know thiswere a 3D movie if it weren't for the bulky glasses sitting on yournose. It's still murky and nothing jumps out from the screen except fora few pieces from a motorboat and some seaweeds. Not scary, notentertaining, not even remotely interesting, "Shark Night" was one ofthe more unhappy times I've had at the movies.It seems like the only folks who can still produce good monster flicksare the Japanese. Their contemporary rubber monsters smashing miniatureTokyos and Osakas are far more interesting than any monster mayhem I'veseen on the big screen in a long while.
Neil Welch 04 May 2012
Yes, of course. Ultra-realistic. Not.
Seven students go to spend a holiday on the luxury holiday home of oneof the girls: it sits on its own island in the Florida everglades. Andthey are having a lovely time when the first shark attack comes.This film is essentially someone stalking the dorm wiping out studentsone by one, except it is sharks not slashers, and the students are allin their bathers. There is a completely preposterous plot developmenthalfway through, then another even more preposterous plot developmentbuilding on the first one, and an utterly idiotic final shot. The castare all unknown and, regrettably, this movie is unlikely to change thatfor any of them. Much of the shark antics are ripped bodily from Jaws.This is the sort of movie which used to be made for the direct-to-videomarket, pumped up by 3D.On the plus side, it is pretty to look at with attractive scenery, thegirls look nice in bikinis, there are six-packs on view for the ladies,the 3D is sometimes effective, and CGI sharks have come on a long way.And there is a shot halfway through featuring a shark and a jetskiwhich made me laugh out loud (it wasn't meant to, I don't think).
nickhar2014 04 May 2012
I Blast The Bad Reviews
The first reason I picked watching this movie is I love shark moviesbeing a fan of Jaws. The second reason I picked watching this movie isthe cast: Sara Paxton (Return to Halloweentown, Aquamarine, The LastHouse on the Left), Chris Carmack (Just My Luck, The OC, DeadlyHoneymoon), Katharine McPhee (American Idol, The House Bunny) andAlyssa Diaz (The Nine Lives of Chloe King). I docked a few points dueto some 3D designed scenes, which I didn't like. Some scenes had fastpaced movement which i didn't like either. However other scenes werewell made. The gore was toned down due to the PG-13 rating. The movieis not too gory. The final reason I picked this movie is the director:David R. Ellis (The Final Destination, Snakes on a Plane, and FinalDestination 2).
george.schmidt 03 May 2012
Derivative "JAWS" meets "DELIVERANCE" rip-off
SHARK NIGHT 3D (2011) *1/2 Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack,Katharine McPhee, Chris Zylka, Alyssa Diaz, Joel David Moore, SinquaWalls, Donal Logue, Joshua Leonard. A group of coeds on a weekendretreat find themselves  literally  as shark bait in an isolated lakecommunity and faced with menacing red-necked locals in this derivative"JAWS" meets "DELIVERANCE" rip-off. Not in the least bit terrifying ormildly amusing in a camp way say last year's PIRANHA 3D attempted withaplomb. The acting is wooden and laughable except for an over-the-tophamateur turn by vet Logue as the bucolic sheriff with a thing for '80shair bands (!) The 3-D is lousy and the hamstrung PG-13 doesn't providethe genre's meat and 'taters : graphic violence & good ol'-fashionedT&A; you can always catch a cheesier twist on SyFy Channel's epicallyawful creature features Sci-Fi Saturdays!(Dir: David R. Ellis)
moviexclusive 03 May 2012
Solid well-made B-movie that packs the thrills, but lacks the tongue-in-cheek humour and excessive gore and nudity to make it a full-bodied trashy delight
There is a certain simplicity to the pleasures which 'Shark Night'offers, made unabashedly in the spirit of last summer's 'Piranha 3D' byway of Steven Spielberg's classic 'Jaws'. It holds no pretension, itknows exactly what it wishes to accomplish, and it achieves itsobjective beautifully (and we mean this literally).Indeed, director David R. Ellis has assembled a bunch of young, nubilebuff and buxom collegiates for his latest exercise in camp- among them'The Last House on the Left's Sara Paxton, '90210's' Dustin Milliganand former American Idol's Katharine McPhee. They are just three of agroup of seven Tulane University undergrads who head to the Louisianabayou for a weekend of fun at Sara's lake cabin when the predatorsattack. And the honour of first bite goes to football stud Malik (Sinqua Walls)whose right arm is chewed off just 15 minutes into the movie,demonstrating just how quickly Ellis gets to the meat of the business(pun intended). Thereafter, writers Will Hayes and Jesse Studenbergspend the rest of the first half of the movie letting the rest of theirpolitically-correct ethnically diverse cast of characters figure outhow to get him to the nearest hospital- though for narrativeconvenience, the island which they are on also has zero reception, sogetting help isn't just a call away.The falling of night at the halfway mark brings some newfound thrillsas two hillybilly-accented rednecks descend upon the cabin on thepretence of bringing help. Their intentions are however far lessdignified, as it turns out that the nefarious pair is in factresponsible for using the lake for their private snuff film factory-their target audience the fans of 'Shark Week', apparently thelongest-running TV show on cable. There's also an equally dubious localsheriff (played by 'Terriers' star Donal Logue) who's just about theonly other person around the island.So credibility isn't one of the movie's strong suites, but frankly wewouldn't have expected otherwise- B-movies usually thrive on a minimalsetup, preferring to hedge their bets with their audience on easy cheapthrills. Ellis knows this well- his career defined with such genrestuff like 'Snakes on a Plane' and two 'Final Destination' movies- andhis experience shows with the tight pacing he keeps throughout theentire film, so much so that you're not likely to think about the plotloopholes and narrative contrivances.But Ellis also seems hemmed in by the insistence of the producers onmaking this a PG-13 affair- so those expecting another exercise inexcess a la 'Piranha 3D' be warned, there is only tease here. To hiscredit, he tries the darnest to test the limits of the rating, and thisis obvious right from the opening shot that has d.p. Gary Capo trackinga young woman from below the waist as she bounces in the water andsubsequently removes her top. There is no frontal nudity for therecord, and no scenes of any body part getting bitten of, just bikinisand blood in equally small measure (though in this regard, as little ofthe former is definitely more exciting than the latter).Though the lack of explicit gore and nudity does mean that this is lesstongue-in-cheek fun than last year's Dimension gnasher (whichcoincidentally is getting a sequel called 'Piranha 3DD'), Elliscompensates with tenser and more coherent plotting- and the result is asolid, well-made B-movie that offers enough trashy thrills for thoselooking for some adrenaline fix. The 3D only adds marginally to theexcitement, but stay past the end credits for a rap video recap withthe cast that boasts the tongue-in-cheek humour the main feature coulddo with more of. - www.moviexclusive.com
jk90us 03 May 2012
Worse than I ever imagined!
I (and thousands of moviegoers and critics with any common sense)ranted about this limp piece of uncreative fluff when they firstannounced it would be a worthless PG-13. I also refused to see it.Well, unfortunately, I did have to see it on DVD last night when somefriends rented it and popped it into their player. And it was evenWORSE than I EVER imagined.It was like the writers and director stole the Slasher Flick 101Handbook (which, BTW, stopped being interesting in the freaking '80s)and followed it word for freaking word: 1. Group of diverse collegekids (made up of the standard cute innocent girl, a slightly-dorky guywe know she will fall for, a horn-dog dork goof ball comedienne, adimwitted jock, a black guy and two sluts), drive into the deep woodsfor the weekend to drink and bang each other.2. They run into the redneck creepy perverted locals and the small townsheriff (who we all know is in league with the redneck creepy pervertedlocals the moment he shows up) on the way.3. They get to the house where the drinking and killing quickly beginwhile doing incredibly stupid things that hasten their demise.4. But instead of having redneck, backwoods slasher psychotic freaks,they used sharks instead....which were put IN the lake by redneck,backwoods slasher psychotic freaks.YAWN.And this was all played out in every predictable way possible(including the revelation of who put the sharks in the water, the sharkjumping out of the water to get the guy on the jet ski, and the idioticlast shot of a shark jumping out of the water in the end). All of us inthe room watching the DVD called out each and every scene before ithappened because we'd all seen it a countless times before in a hundreddifferent movies.But the absolute biggest problem (as every pone knows) with this birddropping of a flick was the rating. While the slasher films this turdripped off are rightly rated R and contain hardcore blood, guts and hotnaked women to help offset their pathetic attempt at a screenplay andacting, this PG-13 rated excuse for a movie has none of that.It's all G-rated screaming, churning water and blood rising up whilethe attacks happen below the water out of sight! Did you read that?Out of sight!! People don't pay their hard earned money to NOT seethings on the (bleeping) screen! As for nudity, all we got were teasershots of girls in bikinis the entire time, something we can see inevery lame magazine and TV show these days. Oh, but they did show thebare butt of the freaking jock! Who the hell did the director thinkwould want to see that? Did he think his audience was going to befilled with women and gay guys only? Then again, maybe it was sincethis stinker only made a few million in the theaters -- even with theextra $3 charge for 3D glasses.The SyFy Channel (while still too GUTLESS to show nudity) will at leastshow hardcore blood and guts when people get attacked by the cartoonsharks and creatures in their films. BTW their cartoon sharks andcreatures look even more realistic than the sharks in this supposedlybig-budget film.The hacks who wrote, produced and directed this thing should have atleast made an R or unrated version to release on DVD with the blood,guts and boobs they left out (along with any entertainment value atall) in the theatrical version. But apparently -- based on what theydid release -- they aren't that smart. They definitely have no ideawhat people want to see in a shark film (Hint: think "Piranha" and itsupcoming sequel).Do yourself a huge favor and avoid this mess. And if you just happenedto read my post because you don't mind spoilers, don't worry. There areno spoilers here -- because you've seen it all before. In fact, you'veseen so much more in other films than you will in this one.
BOOGIEMAN-pN 02 May 2012
Greatly underrated
WoW ! Looking at all those terrible reviews makes me wonder did wewatch the same movie ? I mean, WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT from a 'Snakeson a Plane' director ?!?! THIS is a good TRASH movie, 100 times betterthan "Machete", "Hobo with a shotgun" and similar (soft) horror flicks... I guess the problem must be that it isn't 100% OBVIOUSLY statedthat this is a TRASH MOVIE, like in afore mentioned two, so today'sAverage Joe's in audience couldn't figure it out by themselves. That'swhy I use UPPERCASE LETTERS, because most of you Joe Schmoe's doesn'teven read whole reviews. I say, this movie is at least better than the average of it's genre.Classic example of "expedition gone wrong" horror storyline. Smallgroup of friends on isolated island, getting dispatched one by one.There's even a twist in the plot. If only camera and editing were moredynamic, let's say for example, like in "My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part2", this movie could've been even awesome.
Van Roberts 01 May 2012
Munch-Ado-About-Gnaw-Thing!
"Shark Night 3-D" bites! Unfortunately, "Snakes on a Plane" directorDavid R. Ellis plays everything straight in "Shark Night 3-D." Meaning,you had better prepare yourself for clichés galore without a smirk insight. This derivative, PG-13 rated, 91-minute, yarn concerns threestereotypical, mean-spirited rednecks who drool at the chance to feedstuck-up college kids to ravenous sharks of all sizes. Of course, mostof the ocean's deadly predators prefer to prowl the briny blue, butthese three rednecks have an illegal device that enables them toparalyze these predators, attach mini-cams, relocate them to aLouisiana salt-lake, and then wait for them to start chomping.Furthermore, they plan to make big bucks by selling their shark snuffvideos to die-hard "Shark Week" addicts after the real thing. Think of"Shark Night 3-D" as "Jaws" trying to meet "8MM." Everybody sportsserious expressions because everything is serious. Nevertheless,everybody behaves like idiots, too. A one-armed college jock with aspear wades into a shark-infested lake with revenge in his heart.Hammerheads, threshers, cookie cutters and bull sharks assemble to makemunch-meat of him. Sadly, not only are these sharks either digitallyconcocted or animatronic, but they also act like SyFy Channel sharks.SyFy Channel made-for-cable movies usually boast sharks that move soquickly they resemble cartoon sharks. The synthetic "Shark Night 3-D"sharks swim with such speed that our heroes, when the latter haveeither a boat with an outboard motor or water bike at their disposal,cannot leave them in their wake! An academically challenged TulaneUniversity athlete, Malik (Sinqa Walls of "Choose Connor"), makes a B+on a test and no longer worries about flunking out of college. Anecstatic Malik rewards his dutiful tutor, Nick (Dustin Milligan of"Final Destination 3"), along with Nick's nerdy roommate Gordon (JoelDavid Moore of "Avatar") to join his friends for a good time at aremote lakeside estate. Sara (Sara Paxton of "Superhero Movie") haswealthy parents who own a beautiful cottage secluded on an island whichis surrounded by a sprawling salt-water lake. Naturally, nobody with acell phone can raise a signal at Lake Crosby. Furthermore, the nearesthospital lies about two hours away. Little do our recreationally mindedheroes know the ill-fate which awaits them. Meantime, Malik tries toplay Cupid and get Nick and Sara together. As Malik tells Nick, Sarahas not been on a date in three years. Later we learn why. Anyway, Nickand Sara grow chummy and Nick winds up steering Sara's launch. WhileNick is playing admiral, he has show-off Malik at the end of a tetherskiing around the lake on a board. Malik impresses everybody with hisincredible gymnastic feats. He loves to perform flips. Suddenly, Malikfeels something ram his board, and he takes a tumble. A shark attacksMalik and tears off his right arm at the bicep. Our heroes bandageMalik and rush him to the hospital. Malik's blood drips into the lakeand another shark slams into the launch so that Malik's soon-to-bewife, Maya (Alyssa Diaz of TV's "Southland"), topples into the waterand gets gobbled up. Later, Malik traipses into the lake with nothingmore than his rage and a spear. He kills a hammerhead shark and dies.The two rednecks, Sara's ex-boyfriend, scar-faced Dennis (Chris Carmackof "Into the Blue 2: The Reef), and his tattooed sidekick, Red (JoshuaLeonard of "Hatchet"), offer to help Sara and her friends. Beth is sosickened by the tragic turn of events that she wants to ride withDennis and Red back to the mainland. Gordon refuses to let Beth travelalone with them. Neither realizes the mistake that both make when theyset foot on the redneck's boat. Before it is all over with heroic Nickhas to tangle with murderous Dennis and a shark.Basically, "Shark Night 3-D" amounts to a complicated but predictablerevenge thriller with nothing to recommend it. Freshmen scenarists WillHayes and Jesse Studenberg neither do Ellis nor the audience any favorswith their shallow screenplay that borrows extensively from other sharkmovies. Their dialogue is utterly flat without any flair. Thecharacters emerge as one-dimensional nitwits waiting for their momentto be eaten. Ellis does deserve some credit for keeping the actionmoving at a brisk headlong pace. Nevertheless, he fails to generate anysympathy for our clueless heroes. The villains could be cousins of therednecks in "Deliverance." All of the ersatz shark attacks have beenlensed before with greater realism in better movies. The 3-D technologydelivers in only two scenes. The first involves an exploding boathurling shrapnel, while the second shows a shark as its gory innardsare blasted out of it. Considering the $28-million budget, you'd thinkthey could have made more than one shark appear convincing. A bullshark does look supremely menacing in a scene straight out of the JamesBond feature "License to Kill," but the rest look simulated and swimlike torpedoes. Two sharks literally defy gravity by leaping out of thelake to chomp. A first girl caught alone in the lake is straight out ofthe original "Jaws" as well as the attack on a hapless skier isstraight out of the "Jaws 2." If you want to watch a good sharkthriller, and you cannot find "Jaws," then you might try "Deep BlueSea" (1999), or the straight-to-video, outlandish "Shark Attack 3:Megalodon" (2002) and "Shark Swarm" (2008). The PG-13 rating rules outany chance of nudity, and the ability of sharks that can race throughthe water after speedboats eliminates any sense of credibility. Ellisgenerates a modicum of suspense when swimmers struggle to out-swim thesharks, but not enough to scare the daylights out of you."Shark Night 3-D" is munch-ado-about-gnaw-thing!