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Shark Attack

  • TV Movie
  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
3.1K
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Shark Attack (1999)
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In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.
IMDb RATING
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3.1K
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    • Bob Misiorowski
    • Scott Devine
    • William Hooke
  • Stars
    • Cordell McQueen
    • Casper Van Dien
    • Chris Olley
    • Bob Misiorowski
    • Scott Devine
    • William Hooke
  • Stars
    • Cordell McQueen
    • Casper Van Dien
    • Chris Olley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 54User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Casper Van Dien and Jenny McShane in Shark Attack (1999)
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    Cordell McQueen
    • Marc Desantis
    Casper Van Dien
    Casper Van Dien
    • Steven McKray
    Chris Olley
    • Police Chief
    Jacob Makgoba
    • Machete Policeman
    Paul Ditchfield
    • Professor Bookman
    Shelley Meskin
    • First Pretty Co-Ed
    Candice Berman
    • Second Pretty Co-Ed
    Bentley Mitchum
    Bentley Mitchum
    • Dr. Miles Craven
    Simo Magwase
    • Tanka
    Willie
    • Boat Captain
    Ernie Hudson
    Ernie Hudson
    • Lawrence Rhodes
    Anton Dekker
    • Jan
    Tony Caprari
    Tony Caprari
    • Mani
    • (as Toni Caprari)
    Dave Ridley
    • Mr. Hacker
    Jenny McShane
    Jenny McShane
    • Corine Desantis
    • (as Jennifer McShane)
    Bradley Meyer
    • Boy in Boat
    Eloise Cupido
    • Hotel Desk Clerk
    Pepsy Mahunisi
    • Elder Leader
      • Bob Misiorowski
      • Scott Devine
      • William Hooke
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Jenny McShane appears in the third Shark Attack movie, but plays a different character.
    • Goofs
      When Corinne looks down the microscope, she says that there is a hormone in the unusual-looking cell. You would not be able to see a hormone through a microscope and the cell is quite clearly a normal-looking eosinophil.
    • Quotes

      [last Lines]

      Machete Policeman: I'm glad I fed your brother to the sharks.

    • Crazy credits
      No Sharks were damaged or destroyed for the filming of this movie.
    • Connections
      Featured in Top 40 Shitty Shark Movies (2013)

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    Shark Attack (1999)

    ** (out of 4)

    A marine biologist played by Casper Van Dien (yeah, I know) goes to Port Amanzi Africa after his best friend is mysteriously eaten by a shark. It turns out that shark attacks are up all over the region so Mr. Van Dien must find out the cause and it turns out that a greedy real estate owner (Ernie Hudson) is having sharks eat people so that he can buy up all their land. Sounds plausible, right? If you walk into this movie and are willing to turn your brain off then you might get some mild entertainment out of it but if you're one who needs to take everything serious then it's best to stay away from this thing. This is certainly a bad movie and it's the cheese factor that gives it some unintentional laughs and a lot of them come from Van Dien's performance. He's certainly not very believable in the role. You know how in a great performance the actor can make you believe everything they're saying? Well, in this film it was very hard to believe that Van Dien knew anything that was coming out of his mouth and the viewer can tell this. That's part of the reason for the laughs but another is because his character comes off like some sort of ancient gladiator. There are a couple scenes in the film where people are getting attacked by sharks and the brave Van Dien just jumps into the water, swims over to the shark and takes care of the situation. I'm no shark expert but I've seen Shark Week on Discovery enough to know that you don't go messing with a shark during a feeding frenzy. The majority of the shark scenes are obviously just stock footage taken from real sharks. It's obvious because each time we see the "main" shark it's different in size than the previous time we saw it. The attack scenes are also rather cheap.
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    • What is "Shark Attack" about?
    • Is "Shark Attack" based on a book?
    • Why were the sharks so aggressive?

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    • Release date
      • July 16, 2015 (South Africa)
      • United States
      • Israel
      • South Africa
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Port Alfred, South Africa
    • Production companies
      • Martien Holdings A.V.V.
      • Millennium Films
      • Sharky Productions
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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      • Stereo

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