Shark Swarm (2008)

A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.

Director:

James A. Contner

Writers:

Matthew Chernov, Stephen Niver (rewrite)

Stars:

Daryl Hannah, John Schneider, Armand Assante

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daryl Hannah	...	Brook Wilder
John Schneider	...	Daniel Wilder
Armand Assante	...	Hamilton Lux
F. Murray Abraham	...	Professor Bill Girdler
Roark Critchlow	...	Professor Phillip Wilder
Heather McComb	...	Amy Zuckerman
John Enos III	...	Kane Markus
Alan Fudge	...	Pastor Herman
Gene Davis	...	Sheriff Dexter Murray
Brent King	...	Clint Duran
June Squibb	...	Bess Wilder
Mimi Michaels	...	Kim Wilder
Elisa Donovan	...	Brenda
Jacleen Haber	...	Tia
Darcy Rose Byrnes	...	Heather

Storyline

Corporate real estate tycoon Hamilton Lux sets his sights on developing the quaint seaside town of Full Moon Bay into a prime getaway for the wealthy, but runs into some unexpected problems. Lifelong fisherman Daniel Wilder owns property exactly where Lux wants to build high-priced condos, and isn't planning to sell. Lux secretly laces the local waters with a toxin deadly to marine life, decimating the fishing industry in an attempt to starve Daniel out. Alas the chemical react differently on the area's sharks, drastically increasing their aggressive tendencies and transforming them into engines of pure destruction moving in coordinated swarms. Without fish to feed on, shark attacks on humans rapidly increase. Lux uses media contacts to paint the attacks as random incidents. Daniel, his marine biologist brother and a concerned E.P.A. agent must expose Lux's plan and rid the area of the chemically-altered sharks before the town's entire population is devoured by hungry sharks.

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Plot Keywords:

psychotronic film | shark | swarm | shark attack | animal attack | 

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Taglines:

Fear Travels In Packs.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

First time actress Tiffany Hines portrays a character named Michelle. The second time is a year later on the tv series Bones starring David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel.

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Goofs

During the beginning when Deacon and Weaver are at the power plant, as Weaver is turning the valve, he's wearing a green shirt and a gray cap. But, in the next shot, he's oddly wearing the same gray cap, but with a red shirt and a silver hoody.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Jurassic Shark (2015)

User Reviews

Onw of the worst films I ever watched

The movie has Terrible script. It show us terrible performances and awful lines. Just couldn't waist my time to see it until the end. Very very bad. Several scenes in the movie are plainly useless. Don't have connection with the story, and don't add any value. Why are they there ? Bad editing ? Some lines are just ridiculous and one could not believe people talk like that to each other in real life. Some things happen that result from very dumb decisions from the characters. For instance: There are these 3 boats side by side in the middle of the sea (actually one can tell it is shot in an harbour so calm the water is) the bigger boat has the engine broken and main characters want to get away from a bad guy and sharks. Instead of choosing the middle fiber boat they decide to get away using the smaller rubber boat...plainly dumb.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alerta tiburones

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry Levinson Productions, RHI Entertainment, Silverstar Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1