The Director of This Movie Should Hide in Shame
Added 11/20/2009
The top 5 best scenes in this movie:
5. The shark roaring like a lion.
4. Ellen Brody having flashbacks to scenes from the first "Jaws" even though she wasn't in those scenes (like when her husband says "Smile, you son of a...")
3. Shark exploding after getting hit by boat.
2. Mario Van Peebles surviving what should have been a fatal shark attack. (in the original version, he does die, but this is what happens when movie executives change movies based on audience suggestions)
1. After the shark attacks his plane, Michael Caine swims from his plane to the boat, but when he comes out of the water, his shirt is DRY!
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Monk's Cafe
Added 10/5/2009
A film about "nothing".
A sheriff gets his legs bitten off and yells "Ow!"
A five year old (maybe older) asks her grandma (and I paraphrase) "...now that Brody's (Mr. Ow!) dead, will he be coming back"?
A shark has presence of mind to call Liberty Travel and find out exactly where the Brody's are staying in The Bahamas.
An Aeroflot pilot watches and comes to love the scene where Michael Caine allows the five year old in his lap while piloting a multi-engine Cessna and do dive-bombing runs. Seven years later the captain of Aeroflot Flight 593 allows his 15 year old daughter to take the left seat, where upon she inadvertently disconnects the autopilot and the Airbus A-310 dice bombs into a Siberian mountain.
Ellen Brody gets very Billy/Sonny Landham from Predator and senses the shark just like Billy sensed the Rasta alien.
Said shark doesn't like ebing photographed and roars exactly like Spot from The Munsters whenever he's flashed.
For some reason the shark explodes when Ellen Brody puts on the proverbial strap-on and rams a ship's mast right down his throat.
Mario Van Peebles lives after being used as a chew-toy by said exploding shark. Blood all over the place, but ole Mario's Rastafarian character is cracking wise, which is too bad because he is really, really annoying. His death would have been a highlight of the flick.
So! Do I recommend this? Sure, why not? Of course it's production value (except for the cinematography, thatpart is actually really nice) is worse than a first year undergrad film student. But get yourself buzzed on a nice spliff and you'll think you're watching the greatest comedy of all.
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A guilty pleasure...
Added 9/10/2009
I enjoyed this film despite its many flaws. With some hefty editing, they could have made this better than it was. One, they should have taken out the roaring noises the shark makes. As many have stated here, sharks do not roar. Two, they should have left the original ending in where the boat's bow impales the shark and sinks into the depths of the ocean. The ending currently featured has the same thing only after being impaled, the shark explodes which makes no sense. Three, Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) has visions of her deceased husband and son in flashbacks when she wasn't even there. Should have been cut out. Four, the title should have been changed so it didn't say "The Revenge." As noted and even spoken in the previous sequel Jaws 2, sharks do not take things personally. The emphasis of the film shouldn't have been that a shark had a personal agenda towards members of the Brody family. I feel it would have been fine for the Ellen Brody character to become neurotic and think that a shark was after them personally, but we don't need to hear silly tag lines like "This time, it's personal." Five, the Jake character should have died after being attacked by the shark. Originally, that was what happened. But it was changed so that the Jake character lived after being chewed up by the shark. Stupid. Six, they should have added at least one more death as the body count is low. Still, I enjoy this film in a guilty pleasure sort of way and thought the cast did a good job despite what they had to work with. It was nice seeing Lorraine Gary reprise her role as the grief stricken mother trying to protect her family from more harm. Universal should have done some simple editing to this film on DVD with some of the suggestions I mentioned to make it less silly and less insulting to the viewer. Watch it for some form of entertainment, but nothing serious.
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The Great Hunt is over ...
Added 9/1/2009
Well, this movie's plot is a short and simple. It all starts with it taking place in Amityville, once again. Some time has passed since Jaws 2. Mrs.Brody is living in Amity. Chief Brody has passed away and his youngest son, Shawn is now chief deputy of the town. One night, Shawn is out on patrole on the habour and is call help clear some driftwood. However, the whole thing turns to be an ambush and Shawn is killed by a great white shark. Devasted by the lost of her son, Mrs. Brody heads to the Bahamas, to get away and spend some with her eldset son Micheal and his family. During her visit, Mrs Brody is able to relax and enjoy herself. She even catches the eye of pilot, who starts to fall for her. Unaware of that the great white shark has followed her to the island. Just when things finally seem to getting better. Mrs. Brody's granddaughter is attack, while on a friendly boat ride. The daughter is alright, but now Mrs. Brody is face with making a diffcult decision. Either she goes out and kills the shark, once and for all. Or, she can watch the shark kill everyone that she loves and cares about. Well, this was an okay movie. Also, you gotta give Lorraine Gray some credit for stepping up in this installment of the series. For what it's worth, she doesn't do a bad job.
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I Like This One
Added 5/27/2009
My review title says it all. And do you know what makes this better than II? THERE ARE NO SHRIEKING, SCREAMING, NO TALENTED... (wait for it) TEENAGERS! To be honest, I don't know what people are complaining about, this was an enjoyable film. I don't find a shark out for revenge against one particular family an impossible, implausible plot device. "Twister" made no sense (attach leather belts to a pipe and hold on real tight and you'll be safe, and heck, you'll also get to see the inside of the dang thing!) and yet that made money. A shark roaring? Who cares? If we were scientifically correct in every single film, all the outer space fight scenes in "Star Wars", "Moonraker" and "Star Trek" would be completely boring without the lasers and explosions to accompany the scenes. Same thing goes for the shark traveling from New England to the Bahamas (and surviving) in a short amount of time. Though two things did detract me, however, and I'm sure this first thing has been said before; how can Ellen Brody have flashbacks to the beginning of this movie when she wasn't even present for those events, let alone her having flashbacks to the events of of her husband shooting the shark from the first movie. Second, how the shark died. Now before I get negative remarks, I did do my research on this and all the Jaws films, so I do know about how there was negative audience reaction to the character Jake dying, but I digress. When I saw this movie on TV, there was opening narration as the shark made its way into the town and, I can't really remember but I swear there was a different ending. The shark's head still explodes but it wasn't by ramming the boat into it (and seeing the shark and boat model). Why have two slightly different versions been released? I don't know but now I have to tape this movie again just to make sure I'm not crazy. So just to repeat myself, THIS WAS NOT A BAD MOVIE, this was the reason movies were made, as escapist fun and, if we want, alter the laws of the universe so the movie makers can do their job!
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