I just don't see why this film would be in the bottom one hundred. I realize there are some flaws but as a whole I really don't feel this is a bad film at all. The acting was really good. Lorraine Gary really was convincing as a paranoid widow. I understand that the fact that a great white shark following them to Bremuda is a little hard to believe, but this film is basically about how the Brody family for some reason have always been cursed by sharks. It's also about confronting your fears. Michael Cain plays a very likable bloke and Lance Guest and Mario Peebles are solid actors. The special effects aren't the greatest, but I didn't feel they were the worst ever either. Some of my favorite moments include the opening credits sequence set to Michael Small's pulse pounding score. In fact, this theme is an excellent extension of the original theme written by John Williams. It's a soundtrack I listen to often (yes, I even own a very rare promo CD of the score). Speaking of 'Jaws The Revenge' memorabilia, I actually have a framed original one sheet to this film hanging on my door... but back to my favorite scenes...
The banana boat sequence was suspenseful and the moment where Michael Caine's plane swoops over the boat just in time to see the shark rise up from the ocean is excellent.
There are some great things going on in this film and I think people should back off and take a look at the film and forget about all the vitriol it so undeservedly gets.
The banana boat sequence was suspenseful and the moment where Michael Caine's plane swoops over the boat just in time to see the shark rise up from the ocean is excellent.
There are some great things going on in this film and I think people should back off and take a look at the film and forget about all the vitriol it so undeservedly gets.