Shark Zone (2003) (V)

User Rating:

2.5/10   

Director:

Danny Lerner

Writers:

Danny Lerner (story)
Sam Parish (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Adventure

Plot:

A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community. |

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Kidnapping | Shark Attack | Water | Diving

Cast

Dean Cochran	...	Jimmy Wagner / Young Jimmy Wagner
Alan Austin	...	Mayor John Cortell / Andrew Wagner
Brandi Sherwood	...	Carrie Wagner
Velizar Binev	...	Volkoff
Luke Leavitt	...	Danny Wagner
Plamen Zahov	...	Boris
Alexander Petrov	...	Nikolas
Boiko Boyanov	...	Vlad
Dimitar Dimitrov	...	Ilya (as Dimiter Dimitrov)
Svilena Vlangova	...	Riley
Julian Vergov	...	Billy (as Yulian Vergov)
Vessela Neinski	...	Melissa
Daniel Tzotchev	...	Harker (as Daniel Tzochev)
Franklin A. Vallette	...	Tyler (as Franklin Vallette)
Kalin Yavorov	...	Nick

Also Known As:

Jurassic Shark (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for shark attacks, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA | Bulgaria

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15 | USA:R | Germany:18 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Martien Holdings A.V.V.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: The scenes in this movie where surfers are attacked are the same as in _Shark Attack 2 (2001)_. You can even see Thorsten Kaye's body up to his shoulders when one of the surfers is being helped by paramedics on the beach.

Movie Connections:

Follows Shark Attack 2 (2001) (V)

Instant Classic!

The small town of San Francisco relies upon the beach for all of its business. A school of sharks roam near a ship containing diamonds which sunk many years ago. The mayor wants to keep the beaches open, the hero disagrees with him. Token Russian guy wants the diamonds and he wants the hero to help him find them. etc etc etc

Sounds familiar? Welcome to Shark Zone. A movie so terrible that thousands of people watching this may be sworn off movies. Cliché after cliché. Remember Jaw? Well its part jaws, part every other bad(and by bad I mean really really bad) movie you've ever seen.

This movie is a comedy of errors. There's lots of National Geographic and Discovery Channel footage, which if you've watch for just 10 mins, you will instantaneously recognise all the shark clips.The deaths are messy, lots of really really bad fake blood. There's plenty of errors in the movie to pick from. In one scene when they're throwing in chum for the sharks, you see jelly (jello) mixture. The sharks grunt for some reason (don't ask). The sharks devour everyone in sight, oo and my favourite - corny dialogue. Lots of lines to pick out from. My fav though-Dean Cochran saying 'Class dismissed!' (Doesn't sound funny out of context, but when watching the movie, it is definitely amusing)

If you notice carefully, you see the main character's father returns as the mayor, without a beard and no apparent dress sense.

Looking at the movie from another perspective, it is hilarious. Brandi Sherwood's acting is terrible, but funny nevertheless. As a former Miss Teen USA its obvious why she got the part. The whole screenplay is so bad, you'll be on the floor in riotous laughter. I mean sure, shark attacks are nothing to laugh about, but this movie, makes the attacks look so fake, you have no choice but to laugh.

This is definitely the Holy Grail of bad movies. This should be shown in film school as not what to do when making a movie.

The movie has so many faults, its unbelievable. Not really worth renting at all. Unless you have some friends around and you want to laugh, watch this!

The writer/director has another shark movie out next year,beware!

A generous 1 out of 10 Laugh factor- 8/9 out of 10