MEGALODON - retitled SHARKZILLA to tie it in to the more recent wave of zero-budget shark attack movies - is a low rent, low impact piece of nonsense in which the crew of a deep sea oil rig find themselves menaced by a massive prehistoric shark which has designs on the crew members. What could have been an eerie and claustrophobic underwater fear flick along the lines of LEVIATHAN soon turns into something much, much worse with very poor effects and questionable acting.
The TV movie cast to deliver straight performances but I'm not quite sure how they manage to keep straight faces given the nonsense going on here. The titular menace is animated by some ultra-poor CGI effects and the underwater action is devoid of creativity to say the least. Various "red shirt" characters are killed off screen, leading to our heroes trying to devise a way to combat the beast.
Unfortunately for much of the film very little happens and there's a distinct lack of menace which is a surprise given the plot line. I have to say that the film-makers did a very poor job here; given the budget and set-up I'm sure even I could have done a better job.
The TV movie cast to deliver straight performances but I'm not quite sure how they manage to keep straight faces given the nonsense going on here. The titular menace is animated by some ultra-poor CGI effects and the underwater action is devoid of creativity to say the least. Various "red shirt" characters are killed off screen, leading to our heroes trying to devise a way to combat the beast.
Unfortunately for much of the film very little happens and there's a distinct lack of menace which is a surprise given the plot line. I have to say that the film-makers did a very poor job here; given the budget and set-up I'm sure even I could have done a better job.