Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)

Killer sharks invade the waters off the Florida coast as co-eds celebrate spring break.

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writer:

James LaRosa

Stars:

Shannon Lucio, Riley Smith, Justin Baldoni

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shannon Lucio	...	Danielle Harrison
Riley Smith	...	Shane Jones
Justin Baldoni	...	J.T.
Bianca Lishansky	...	Karen
Genevieve Howard	...	Alicia
Warren McAslan	...	Max
Kathy Baker	...	Mary Jones
Bryan Brown	...	Joel Gately
Wayne Thornley	...	Charlie Harrison
Wayne Harrison	...	Peter Harrison
Miguel Borges	...	Beach Patrol Captain
Sindi Harrison	...	Maggie
Mehboob Bawa	...	Professor Wellington
Claire Watling	...	Housewife #1
Shirley Kirchmann	...	Housewife #2

Storyline

Danielle, a sheltered young teenager, travels to Florida to join her friends, Karen and Alica for college Spring Break week. Danielle falls for a good-natured local guy named Shane who runs a boat charter business with his mother Mary. Danielle also attracts some unwanted attention by J.T., a libidos fraternity party animal who will resort to anything to get Danielle to notice him. Meanwhile, Danielle's older brother, Charlie, is a marine biologist investigating a new reef where several swimmers have recently disappeared. But it turns out that schools of deadly tiger sharks have arrived in the area and Charlie tries to get the warning out before there is a huge feeding frenzy on the beaches of the Florida coast.

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Plot Keywords:

florida | spring break | shark | boat | killer shark | 

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Taglines:

This year, spring break really bites!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dangerous Waters: Shark Attack

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Von Zerneck-Sertner Films, Film Afrika Worldwide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the girls are sitting on the beach, Danielle is reading one of the Harry Potter novels.

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Goofs

Danielle follows Shane into the bookstore. Shane at one point picks up a book and the camera moves to focus on Danielle and when it pans back to Shane he is holding a much larger, different book. The first book is nowhere in sight.

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Quotes

Hot Girl: Hey what's your name?
Max: Crab Claws!

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Connections

References Desperate Housewives (2004)

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Soundtracks

Be With U Tonight
Tiffany

User Reviews

Hysterically cliché ridden, awful acting, and bad dialogue

As a year round resident of Florida (one of the few under the age of 75), I have dreamt of spring breakers being eaten by sharks, lots and lots of sharks. My dreams were finally realized thanks to CBS finally bringing to the small screen a compelling story that needed to be told: "Spring Break Shark Attack." Simply put, this movie was hysterical. Yes, it was full of clichés, the worst acting this side of "Plan 9 from Outer Space", and terrible, terrible dialogue. Folks, the movie was named "Spring Break Shark Attack." (The name alone sends me into fits of giggles.) Were you expecting Martin Scorcese? Because of its God-awfulness, I can't remember the last time a TV movie made me laugh so hard. One can only imagine how good it would have been to see this monstrosity on a big screen.