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 | 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 mafia goons arrive by boat to kidnap Vanessa. As the boat pulls up to the dock, only the top half is visible, and its clearly on wheels.

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Connections

Featured in Top 40 Shitty Shark Movies (2013)

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Soundtracks

Symphonic Americana
Written by Jonathan Wilton
Published by Source in Sync Music(ASCAP)/Engine Co 35(ASCAP)
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Tripe with more than a couple of onions

I gave it five out of ten because Shark in Venice was even worse than i thought it could possibly be and my expectations were low. The acting is non existent and not in that good way where the actors seem like they are the characters and not acting. The plot as it is, meanders along tried and tested paths leaving you wondering what exactly the number of missing persons listed in Venice each year is for them to fail to notice the disappearance of so many people. It is reminiscent of a great episode of Only Fools and Horses where Del Boy tries to sell a film script to Rodney, which is supposed to be a whodunit, involving a killer Rhino living in secret, smack bang in the middle the city of London, hiding in an abandoned garage in the back streets and coming out every night to trample, gore and even possibly eat the unsuspecting residents of Old London Town.

Now lets face it, if you're serious enough about watching this movie to be even reading this comment then you're probably going to do it anyway because you're bored and like me you have a taste for B movies which involve large creatures eating people. i promise you if this film had been awful i would have given it 10 out of 10 for doing exactly what it said on the label, but this is the kind of bad which makes Anaconda look like an Oscar winner. Treat with care and enjoy whatever you can. But you were warned