Megalodon (2002) (V)

Director:

Pat Corbitt

Writers (WGA):

Gary J. Tunnicliffe (written by) &
Stanley Isaacs (written by)

Release Date:

February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

Sixty Feet of Prehistoric Terror

Plot:

A deep-sea drilling operation goes horribly wrong, releasing the deadliest ocean predator that has ever roamed the seas since prehistoric times-Carcharodon Megalodon...sixty feet of prehistoric terror.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Megalodon | Shark Attack | Cryptozoology | Giant Animal

Cast

Leighanne Littrell	...	Christen Giddings
Robin Sachs	...	Peter Brazier
Al Sapienza	...	Ross Elliot
Mark Sheppard	...	Mitchell Parks (as Mark A. Sheppard)
Jennifer Sommerfield	...	Amanda 'Maz' Zablenko
Evan Mirand	...	R.P. McGinnis
Steve Scionti	...	David Collen
Fred Belford	...	Jake Thompson
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	...	Grady Harper
Yasmine Delawari	...	Maria Barrera
Stanley Isaacs	...	Robert Armstromg
Will Borders	...	Pilot
John Michael Maurer	...	Bodyguard
McCready Baker	...	Brazier's Assistant
Brian Littrell	...	Rig Worker

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some adventure violence and peril.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Company:

100% Entertainment

You get what you expect!

I just saw this movie last night. I bought it for 3 euros on DVD so you can't go wrong there. The reason I bought it is simple: I like movies about sharks and there are only a few about the Meg(alodon). Too few, but I heard that Jan de Bont wants to film the book Meg (great book) so lets hope that will happen. About this film: You get what you expect: A cheap-looking, low-budget (horror?)film. It takes about 45 minutes before we get to see the shark, so until then the viewer is bored with mediocre acting, simple character- and story building and cheap SE. The thing that bothered me the most were the computer generated effects. I hate that sooooo much and this whole movie comes from the computer: The snow, the helicopter, the oil rig and the shark. I understand that the budget was low but a computer isn't the solution. The other thing was that there were only a few actors in the movie: Should I believe that a handful of people operate a huge oil platform? Yeah right! The movie is about a shark, but the shark isn't convincing either. It looks good standing stil, but the way it moves, swims attacks etc etc isn't very good. And the climax...You almost have to see it to believe: It left me with unbelief...so dumb and simple.

It's a short movie (1 hr 12) minutes, the sound was horrible (DTS!), full screen, but what killed the movie were the computer effects....so not worth your time or money.