Malibu Shark Attack (TV 2009)

When a tsunami floods Malibu, it brings with it a hunting pack of deep-water, prehistoric goblin sharks that go after the lifeguards in their half-submerged station on stilts and a team of construction workers stranded in a flooded house.

Director:

David Lister

Writer:

Keith Shaw

Stars:

Renee Bowen, Remi Broadway, Joel Amos Byrnes

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Renee Bowen	...	Yancey
Remi Broadway	...	Doug
Joel Amos Byrnes	...	Jason (as Joel Burns)
Warren Christie	...	Chavez
Nicholas G. Cooper	...	Bryan (as Nicholas Cooper)
Jeff Gannon	...	Colin (as Jeffery Gannon)
Mungo McKay	...	George
Evert McQueen	...	Karl
Sonya Salomaa	...	Barb
Chelan Simmons	...	Jenny
Daniel West	...	Keith
Peta Wilson	...	Heather
Simon Buckley	...	Diver #2
Brooke Cullen	...	Bikini Girl
Alex Dias	...	Teenager

Storyline

An underwater earthquake generates a tsunami that strikes Malibu, bringing a hunting pack of prehistoric-looking goblin sharks to the surface. Although the beach is evacuated before the big wave strikes, a group of lifeguards and a crew of construction workers are stranded in the high water and have to fight the sharks to get to dry land.

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Plot Keywords:

shark | tsunami | stranded | construction worker | lifeguard | 

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Taglines:

The Tsunami was just the beginning of the terror

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Australia Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Goblin Shark Attack

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Insight Film Studios, Limelight International Media Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

After the sharks are discovered, it is repeatedly stated that they have not existed in millions of years. In fact, goblin sharks live in very deep water off Japan. So far the largest specimen recorded is 14 feet, but little is known, including how large they get because they are very rare and live very deep, evidence shows at least 750 fathoms (4500 feet) deep.

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Quotes

Chavez: There was a shark in the parking lot.

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Connections

References Frankenstein (1931)

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Soundtracks

"On A Summer Breeze"
Performed by Jack Howell
Courtesy of Wild Whirled Music

User Reviews

Oh... My... God...

This have got to be one of the worst shark movies I have ever seen. It was so full of things that made you want to yank out your hair by the root.

First, let's talk about the acting, actually most of the actors and actresses performed well enough. Of course, don't expect to see any award winning performances, but they weren't as bad as to be expected from a movie of this type.

Then moving on to the sharks. Goblin sharks? Alrighty then, why not? What was up with the snouts and the spikes along the ridge of their backs? And the way that they always had to open and close their mouths like as if communicating somehow? And how come they repeatedly showed the same clip over and over again, just mirroring it from time to time.

What's next? Oh yeah, lets throw a tsunami into the equation, as if crappy CGI sharks weren't enough. This was the worst-looking CGI animated tsunami in movie history. And they said in the movie that it was a massive wall of water standing 100 feet tall, and yet it did no damage to those wooden huts belonging to the beach life guards? Yeah, okay. But it managed to put places 30 feet underwater, but did no damage what so ever to those beach huts. That was just hilarious. Oh, and I also loved the fact that in some scenes you saw the fake wave travel towards land, but when the camera angle changed, the wave had magically vanished from the surface of the water in the background. That was a really amazing touch to the movie, a fake tsunami that was able to defy laws of physics and magically vanish from time to time, this is as good as it gets.

And the constant filler scenes of showing girls in bikinis playing volleyball or frolicking on the beach, or hunky surfer guys in the water, what is up with that? I know this movie is supposed to take place in Malibu, but come on. Those scenes are pointless and serves as nothing but a way to fill out the time and hope to keep whatever audience is left hooked.

I actually managed to pull through the entire movie, because I wanted to see what else was hidden in the drawer of bad effects and cheesy stories. Hand on heart, then this is really a terrible shark movie. If you, like me, like monster movies, then pick something else, this one is just not worth the time or effort.