Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Last Shark (1981) aka L'Ultimo Squalo

2.5 / 5
Tagline: A quiet, restful summer in the lazy coastal town of Port Harbor is abruptly about to end.
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Written by: Marc Princi
Actors include: Vic Morrow, James Franciscus, Joshua Sinclair
Genre: Horror
Length: 88 minutes
Banned: Nope
Country: Italy

Review:
Yawn...this was quite a dud. Usually I quite like Italian versions of popular movies, but this Jaws clone was nothing to write home about. First big mistake was to make this humorless...yet hire terrible actors to deliver your boring dialog. Also the shark looks very fakey and it rarely appears and rarely eats anyone...there are quite a few cutaways. The occasional times that we are rewarded are very few and far between. The story is about a shark that takes revenge on a small coastal town. Then they come up with a plan to stop the shark. Yeah so basically no creativity, little payoff and bad acting and soundtrack...this one really was one to avoid. If you are looking for another fun fish movie that isn't "Jaws"...go to "Piranha" instead!

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