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The Last Shark

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A 35-foot white shark terrorizes beach-goers at a coastal town.

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Alan Jones Starburst Shark is well made, in fact all the technical credits are top notch, but it is hard not to be anything but indifferent towards it. Jul 29, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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natalie d Flawless. Spielberg could take some lessons. Only part I didn't like was the curly hair dude got away. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/05/24 Full Review Audience Member The opening scene of this opus shows us what could almost be a kind of commercial of a windsurfer doing his thing on the water. However suddenly he is attacked and killed by a shark. Following this, successful horror novelist Peter Benton teams up with wizened shark hunter Ron Hamer to try and find and kill the shark which could very well attack again now that it has gotten a taste for human flesh. They want to cancel the upcoming windsurfing regatta but the local mayor doesn't want this as it may harm his election campaign for becoming the new state governor.  Yes, I know what you're thinking. This is basically the plot of Jaws. And you'd be right for thinking that. This Italian film is a blatant Jaws copy made on a millionth of the budget of the original but herein lies something great about the film and about cult cinema in general. Whilst it's easy to dismiss a film like this, it's harder to dismiss that The Last Shark is also fantastic and very cheesy fun. There are great kills, a groovy soundtrack and a feel that is more reminiscent of an early 80's Euro porn movie as well as a horror rip-off. In fact, the film seems to want to be a 'homage' (ahem) to not just Jaws but also it's sequel judging by the 'shark vs helicopter' scene which is as genius as it is laughable.  But whilst you may get mainstream Hollywood films that have budgets of millions of dollars which earn back much more at the box office, they may be completely soulless, forgettable and mediocre. And these are three words that could never be levelled against The Last Shark. It has character and charm coming out of every pore even if most audience members will choose to laugh at proceedings rather than fully suspending their disbelief at what is happening in the film's running time. Give me this film over the myriad of boring, bland and beige Hollywood films made to run in any number of worldwide multiplexes any day of the week. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 1981: A great white shark is menacing the coastline. A festival is threatened, but goes on, despite reasons to cancel. An experienced seaman/author and a shark hunter/boater, along with other parties, attempt to get rid of the shark, with tragic results. Sound familar? A "Jaws" clone, more or less, via Italian movie producers. (In fact, the film was pulled in the U.S., due to the similarities to the 1975 blockbuster. ) James Franciscus is a less forceful Roy Scheider, and Vic Morrow channels Robert Shaw. The movie is OK on its own, but it does suffer in the comparison. Stars: James Franciscus, Vic Morrow, Micaela Pignatelli, Joshua Sinclair, Giancarlo Prete (Timothy Brent), and Stefania Girolami Goodwin. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member The title would have been more accurate if it had read "The Last Shark Movie You'd Ever Want To Sit Through" This is little more than a cheap, derivative Italian cash grab, basically JAWS without any of the same cinematic qualities, less original than the RiffTrax commentary that accompanied it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Five stars to bring the movie back to U.S.A, I know it’s a total rip-off of Jaws but to me the movie was pretty good and this movie was more than Jaws. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/08/18 Full Review Audience Member A terrible rip-off of Jaws, Great White is both fun to laugh at but at the same time I actually found it tedious and it actually took me two attempts to watch. It's climax is especially fun to watch and I would class it as so bad it's good if it wasn't for the rage I had at it's unoriginality. But overall it's overuse of stock footage and overall badness make it a movie that is so bad I recommend it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A 35-foot white shark terrorizes beach-goers at a coastal town.
Director
Enzo G. Castellari
Producer
Maurizio Amati, Ugo Tucci
Screenwriter
Ramon Bravo, Vincenzo Mannino, Marc Princi, Ugo Tucci
Production Co
Film Ventures International (FVI) [us], Horizon Films
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 20, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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