"Shark Attack 3: Megalodon", in my opinion, has to be one of the worst "shark" movies I've ever seen in my life. Every single thing about this movie was so underwhelming, I'm even surprised that they allowed these filmmakers to make it. First of all, it's almost a complete rip-off of "Jaws 3". Saying that is being extremely generous. I mean, in "Jaws 3", the baby shark subsequently dies in a pool at an underwater aquarium, and then its mother comes in and begins to wreak havoc on the town. And that's almost very similar to what happens in "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon". A baby shark comes in and begins to wreak havoc on a small town, and after it's killed, then ITS mother comes and begins to wreak even more havoc.
Here are my "Top 5" reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon" is so bad and should not be worth viewing.
1) The actors. The only actor in this entire movie that actually gives a decent performance is the one and only John Barrowman. All of the other actors are completely worthless. Sometimes, you can't even hear what they're saying, and most times, they can't even talk in nice and complete sentences. It would literally take them 2 seconds to say 5 words and then another 4 or 5 seconds to finish what they're saying.
2) The plot. Hello? How many times have we seen this type of movie before? "A police chief must stop a shark from wreaking havoc on a small town." Don't get me wrong. This was also the very same plot for "Jaws" that was made all the way back in the year of freakin' 1975.
3) The special effects. Nearly 50 percent of this movie is stock-footage and not special effects. They also used stock-footage in "Jaws" during the scene where Hooper is in the cage and being attacked by the shark. I mean, it's okay if you use it for just one scene, not almost every freakin' scene as in this movie. Well, believe it, the size of the shark constantly changes throughout the movie and hell, even the scene where it eats the swordfish, you can easily tell that it's stock-footage. Even when we do see the shark, it roars like a freakin' dinosaur. Now, let me give a little word of advice to the filmmakers who made this: SHARKS DO NOT AND CAN NOT ROAR!!!
4) The action. Okay, so a lot of people do get eaten and killed by the sharks (the baby and its mother) in this movie. But, at most times, it becomes absolutely ridiculous how these people get eaten by the shark. The mother shark, in particular, seems to have a jaw the size of a freakin' mall. Don't believe me? Then watch the part where the mother shark attacks the big yacht at the end. Yep, she's able to swallow people falling in mid-air, able to consume a whole raft with people in it, and gobble up a man who's driving a speedboat. COME ON!!!
5) The filmmakers. Personally, I don't think anybody who did this movie had a clue of what they were doing exactly. These are the kinds of movies that were probably very easy to make. Stealing material from other old "shark running amok" movies, adding new characters, re-writing the same exact plot and calling it a horror film. You know what, it's starting to get old. The director, I guess, just didn't care about the actors in this movie. He just let them say their lines the way they did and decided to cast them in this film. Hell, even the writers should have done a better job with the script.
So, these are my 5 reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon", in my opinion, is one of the worst "shark" movies I've ever seen in my life. Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE! Trust me, this is absolute poor cinema at its finest. Hell, I'm even amazed that it wasn't nominated for any Razzie Awards. I think it most certainly should have.
From here on, I can only pray that they're not going to make a "Shark Attack 4".
Here are my "Top 5" reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon" is so bad and should not be worth viewing.
1) The actors. The only actor in this entire movie that actually gives a decent performance is the one and only John Barrowman. All of the other actors are completely worthless. Sometimes, you can't even hear what they're saying, and most times, they can't even talk in nice and complete sentences. It would literally take them 2 seconds to say 5 words and then another 4 or 5 seconds to finish what they're saying.
2) The plot. Hello? How many times have we seen this type of movie before? "A police chief must stop a shark from wreaking havoc on a small town." Don't get me wrong. This was also the very same plot for "Jaws" that was made all the way back in the year of freakin' 1975.
3) The special effects. Nearly 50 percent of this movie is stock-footage and not special effects. They also used stock-footage in "Jaws" during the scene where Hooper is in the cage and being attacked by the shark. I mean, it's okay if you use it for just one scene, not almost every freakin' scene as in this movie. Well, believe it, the size of the shark constantly changes throughout the movie and hell, even the scene where it eats the swordfish, you can easily tell that it's stock-footage. Even when we do see the shark, it roars like a freakin' dinosaur. Now, let me give a little word of advice to the filmmakers who made this: SHARKS DO NOT AND CAN NOT ROAR!!!
4) The action. Okay, so a lot of people do get eaten and killed by the sharks (the baby and its mother) in this movie. But, at most times, it becomes absolutely ridiculous how these people get eaten by the shark. The mother shark, in particular, seems to have a jaw the size of a freakin' mall. Don't believe me? Then watch the part where the mother shark attacks the big yacht at the end. Yep, she's able to swallow people falling in mid-air, able to consume a whole raft with people in it, and gobble up a man who's driving a speedboat. COME ON!!!
5) The filmmakers. Personally, I don't think anybody who did this movie had a clue of what they were doing exactly. These are the kinds of movies that were probably very easy to make. Stealing material from other old "shark running amok" movies, adding new characters, re-writing the same exact plot and calling it a horror film. You know what, it's starting to get old. The director, I guess, just didn't care about the actors in this movie. He just let them say their lines the way they did and decided to cast them in this film. Hell, even the writers should have done a better job with the script.
So, these are my 5 reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon", in my opinion, is one of the worst "shark" movies I've ever seen in my life. Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE! Trust me, this is absolute poor cinema at its finest. Hell, I'm even amazed that it wasn't nominated for any Razzie Awards. I think it most certainly should have.
From here on, I can only pray that they're not going to make a "Shark Attack 4".