Shark in Venice (2008)

The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorized by the perfect killing machine. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city, David stumbles across ... See full summary »

Director:

Danny Lerner

Writers:

Danny Lerner (story), Les Weldon (story)

Stars:

Stephen Baldwin, Vanessa Johansson, Hilda van der Meulen

Cast

Cast overview:
Stephen Baldwin	...	David Franks
Vanessa Johansson	...	Laura
Hilda van der Meulen	...	Lt. Sofia Totti
Giacomo Gonnella	...	Vito Clemenza
Ivaylo Geraskov	...	Rossi
Atanas Srebrev	...	Captain Bonasera
Kaloian Vodenicharov	...	Man in Black (as Kaloyan Vondenicharov)
Bashar Rahal	...	Medical Examiner
Vladimir Kolev	...	Assistant (as Vlado Kolev)
Michael McCoy	...	Dean Flathers
Assen Blatechki	...	Operator (as Asen Blatechki)
Rolando Cadenas	...	Student
Ivo Kehayov	...	Cop

Storyline

The seemingly tranquil waterways of Venice are terrorized by the perfect killing machine. In search of his father who has mysteriously disappeared diving in the city, David stumbles across the cryptic trail leading to the long-lost fortune of the Medici. As the unwitting pawn in a Mafia plot to recover the treasure, David's girlfriend is kidnapped at gunpoint, plunging him into a desperate race against time. If he has any hope of saving her he must enter the deadly waters. Can David out-gun the Mafia assassins and survive the voracious sharks laying in wait beneath the surface, or will he succumb to the same fate as his father?

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | treasure | diving | shark | shark feature | 

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Genres:

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

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

14 May 2009 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Sharks in Venice

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films,Venice Sharks

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film features a character named Lt. Totti and at one point, when David Franks interrogates a mafia henchman he gives a location as "on the corner of DelPiero" these could be references to famous Italian football players Francesco Totti and Alessandro DelPiero

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Goofs

The divers all speak very clearly underwater, despite the breathing apparatus in their mouths.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Choral Epic
Written and Performed by Stephen J.Edwards
Published by Source in Sync Music (ASCAP)/Engine Co 35(ASCAP)
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Rewriting history

Apart from the technical blunders, this film is really rewriting history. Not only did the Medici rule over Venice, as some people have pointed out. Some other groundbreaking discoveries made by Dr. Stephen "Indiana" Baldwin:

• King Louis XIV. (1638-1715) was a 13th century crusader.

• 17-year-old Marco Polo had a fleet of his own and was, also, a crusader.

• In 1271, crusaders conquered Crete (fiercely ignoring the fact that the island had been under Venetian rule for almost 70 years).

• Solomo's hoard was brought to Venice on a galleon called "Stout", three centuries before this kind of ship was developed. - And finally

• a hidden truth only for those lucky enough to listen to the German audio track: the "Stout" wasn't a galleon after all, but a "balloon" (listen to it closely!) - five hundred years before the Montgolfiers!