I have seen my share of crap animals run havoc flicks. I have bitten myself through octopus, crocodile,bloodsurf, spiders 1 and 2 and countless others..and of course Sharkhunter. This latter movie making a run for the crappiest of the crappiest in a race with spiders 2.
These films all show, to a various degree how hard it is to make a decent big animal or animals causing havoc on a tight budget. Even if you have one of the biggest killing machines - a 70 foot shark- that ever lived it is hard..sharkhunter again.
So with fear I started to watch this one, believing that the oke looking trailer was just a smoke screen for another crap outing. One hour and 18 minutes later ( the rest are the titles, short flick this one) I was pleasantly surprised. It is obvious the producers had very little money to start with, and they made the best of it. Setpieces and CGI ( because of the costs almost everything you see is CGI right upon the oil rig itself) are decent and working and the acting is believable too. The story - basically a way to present el sharko- is good enough to be believed and the whole act leading to this is very well made.
SO is there anything to nag about? *spoiler*
Sure; - Where the CGI fails is the shark itself, very little movement and not enough shark action..when you see the shark ( he people at least you see the thing, this is not as common in this genre) it doesn't do that much.
---------- All in all well worth the price of a rental, you wont be disappointed.
These films all show, to a various degree how hard it is to make a decent big animal or animals causing havoc on a tight budget. Even if you have one of the biggest killing machines - a 70 foot shark- that ever lived it is hard..sharkhunter again.
So with fear I started to watch this one, believing that the oke looking trailer was just a smoke screen for another crap outing. One hour and 18 minutes later ( the rest are the titles, short flick this one) I was pleasantly surprised. It is obvious the producers had very little money to start with, and they made the best of it. Setpieces and CGI ( because of the costs almost everything you see is CGI right upon the oil rig itself) are decent and working and the acting is believable too. The story - basically a way to present el sharko- is good enough to be believed and the whole act leading to this is very well made.
SO is there anything to nag about? *spoiler*
Sure; - Where the CGI fails is the shark itself, very little movement and not enough shark action..when you see the shark ( he people at least you see the thing, this is not as common in this genre) it doesn't do that much.
- the female reporter thingy and the environmental take on things don't work at all.
- and what does that funny looking alien fish beasty doing in the beginning, with a monster strong enough to hold its own flick ripping off the alien baby monster was a mistake.
---------- All in all well worth the price of a rental, you wont be disappointed.