Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writers:

Peter Benchley (characters)
Michael De Guzman (written by)

Release Date:

17 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

This time... It's personal.

Plot:

Ellen Brody still lives in the island resort town of Amity, and her sons Sean and Michael don't work at Sea World anymore...

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Boat | Sea | Marine Biologist | Bahamas

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Lorraine Gary	...	Ellen Brody
Lance Guest	...	Michael Brody
Mario Van Peebles	...	Jake
Michael Caine	...	Hoagie Newcombe
Karen Young	...	Carla Brody
Judith Barsi	...	Thea Brody
Lynn Whitfield	...	Louisa
Mitchell Anderson	...	Sean Brody
Jay Mello	...	Young Sean Brody (archive footage)
Cedric Scott	...	Clarence
Charles Bowleg	...	William
Melvin Van Peebles	...	Mr. Witherspoon
Mary Smith	...	Tiffany
Edna Billotto	...	Polly
Fritzi Jane Courtney	...	Mrs. Taft

Also Known As:

Jaws 4 (USA) (working title)
Jaws the Return (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min | Sweden:91 min (video version) | USA:91 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2001) (uncut) | UK:15 (video rating) (1988) (cut) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG-13 (Certificate #28688) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Mario Van Peebles wrote his own part.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the shark first appears to Jake and Mike, it attacks the platform boat and once it dunks under water you can see blood although no one has been bitten.

Quotes:

Jake: [to Michael and his crewmates] If mediocrity were fat, you'd all be whales!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Mac and Dennis: Manhunters (#4.1)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

You Got It All

The worst

The movie is one of the worst I've ever seen. The attack scenes are worse than what I used to do with Fisher Price Town and a stuffed seal from Marineland. The shark follows them to the Bahamas; apparently for revenge...revenge for being killed in earlier movies! Or is the shark exacting revenge for his friends who were killed? Or maybe (and here's something they could have pursued) it was the WIFE of the previous shark who decided the wife of her husband's killer should suffer. Well she did suffer, by appearing in this movie. For Jaws 5 I suggest the surviving family members of Mrs. Brodie swim back to New York and start biting sharks.