Jaws the Revenge

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Jaws the Revenge

PG-13

Released Jul 17, 1987

1h 29m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

Adventure

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The family of widow Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) has long been plagued by shark attacks, and this unfortunate association continues when her son is the victim of a massive great white. In mourning, Ellen goes to visit her other son, Michael (Lance Guest), in the Bahamas, where she meets the charming Hoagie Newcombe (Michael Caine). As Ellen and Hoagie begin a relationship, a huge shark appears off the coast of the island, and Ellen's trouble with the great whites begins again.

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Critics Consensus

Illogical, tension-free, and filled with cut-rate special effects, Jaws: The Revenge is a sorry chapter in a once-proud franchise.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

'Jaws: The Revenge' bears the marks of its rushed production, from the seemingly first-draft screenplay to its sloppy execution to the slender running time (under 90 minutes without credits) to the generally cheap look and feel.

Aug 6, 2017

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Tribune

Jaws is looking a bit long in the tooth these days.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 30, 2014

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Sheila Benson

Los Angeles Times

Dumb beyond belief, hollow, bloody and nonsensical, it's Universal Studios' vanity movie, a way of providing employment yet again for its Great White icon.

Apr 30, 2014

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Eliza Janssen

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

This is a Christmas film; a film about grief, about the importance of tracking snail migration; a clipshow of one of the greatest films of all time.

May 29, 2024

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Jeffrey Lyons

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In the considerable wake of the superb original Jaws adventure, one dreadful concoction after another has come our way. Jaws The Revenge (actually Jaws IV) is about as inane as they get.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 5, 2022

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

Located a million light-leagues away from the elegant terror of Spielbergs 1975 classic, this fourth entry turns the shark into a standard-issue 1980s slasher villain.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 8, 2022

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Shame on Lorraine Gary for a major money grub! Now, to be perfectly fair, no one knows Who TF she is so I'll allow that she might have needed a paycheck. But, Michael Caine? He seldom, if ever, turned down a script but how did he figure this was a career move? I did watch this - once - on TV - maybe Shark Week? - so I don't remember what the character did but why was an Englishman a logical casting move? Probably wasn't, but Michael had a couple of weeks to kill between better parts? As for the movie itself, the premise is laughable and the production values of this PoS make the original Jaws - malfunctioning fake shark and all - look like Gone With the Wind! For those curious, there might be 20 minutes of the whole PoS that approach the "so bad it's good" level but it's basically a cringefest.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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arjay m

it sucks dumb dumb it sucks

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/16/24

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David N

This movie is absolute trash. 5/5 must watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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AJ C

There are some scenes I really like in this movie. Yes there are some bad parts about it but overall I consider it a pretty good movie. The 3rd best in the franchise.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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This film was bad, both in a funny way and a boring way. First of all I did not expect Sean to get killed right away, that kind of upset me. Second of all this film is just generally weird, I swear some of this film felt dubbed over. Like they didn’t have enough time to go back and retake certain scenes. This film is a LOT less ambitious than the last entry and felt pretty generic. The shark looks a lot more realistic in this one, making it feel like an actual threat (like how scary it was in Jaws 1). Now there are two different endings to this film, one where Jake dies and the shark dies from being impaled and NOT exploding. Max currently has the other ending, the one where Jake lives and the shark Explodes everywhere. Honestly the one where Jake dies makes a lot more sense because if you watch the scene where he gets bitten, you’ll see he couldn’t survive that. Either way this was certainly a film I guess. 1/5 stars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/31/24

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David C

No la recomiendo es mu lenta la película no tiene sentido es la peor película de tiburones 🦈 que visto

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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Joseph Sargent

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Lorraine Gary

Ellen Brody

Lance Guest

Michael Brody

Mario Van Peebles

Jake

Karen Young

Carla Brody

Michael Caine

Hoagie Newcombe

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Synopsis

The family of widow Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) has long been plagued by shark attacks, and this unfortunate association continues when her son is the victim of a massive great white. In mourning, Ellen goes to visit her other son, Michael (Lance Guest), in the Bahamas, where she meets the charming Hoagie Newcombe (Michael Caine). As Ellen and Hoagie begin a relationship, a huge shark appears off the coast of the island, and Ellen's trouble with the great whites begins again.

Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Joseph Sargent
Screenwriter: Michael de Guzman
Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 17, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.8M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround

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