Shark Zone (2003) (V)

Director:

Danny Lerner

Writers:

Danny Lerner (story)
Sam Parish (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Adventure

Plot:

A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community. |

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Boat | Animal Attack | Diamond | Blood

Cast

Dean Cochran	...	Jimmy Wagner / Young Jimmy Wagner
Alan Austin	...	Mayor John Cortell / Andrew Wagner
Brandi Sherwood	...	Carrie Wagner
Velizar Binev	...	Volkoff
Luke Leavitt	...	Danny Wagner
Plamen Zahov	...	Boris
Alexander Petrov	...	Nikolas
Boiko Boyanov	...	Vlad
Dimitar Dimitrov	...	Ilya (as Dimiter Dimitrov)
Svilena Vlangova	...	Riley
Julian Vergov	...	Billy (as Yulian Vergov)
Vessela Neinski	...	Melissa
Daniel Tzotchev	...	Harker (as Daniel Tzochev)
Franklin A. Vallette	...	Tyler (as Franklin Vallette)
Kalin Yavorov	...	Nick

Also Known As:

Jurassic Shark (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for shark attacks, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA | Bulgaria

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15 | USA:R | Germany:18 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Martien Holdings A.V.V.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Sharks do not growl underwater (or above water for that matter). These sharks growl several times during this film.

Movie Connections:

Follows Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002) (V)

Tonight on Fox: When stock footage attacks!

Well one thing is immediately blatantly obvious from watching this......it was filmed on the cheap with a capital 'C'. However, as the saying goes, cheap and cheerful which incidentally is entirely applicable to the film in question.

There's simply no point in trying to judge this film on it's technical merits, nor it's logic, nor the story, nor the acting performances. Nor is there any point bemoaning the fact that our Great White shark friends in this have suffered some almost libellous character defamation, whereby here they growl(!), pack hunt(!) and love nothing better than hanging around sunken galleons snacking on unsuspecting divers.

No, the best way to judge this flick is on its pure entertainment value and in this respect it scores highly.

Just marvel at some of the most obviously studio filmed scenes set on boats (my God! - you can even see the seams in the canvas 'sky'!), laugh your pants off at the franticly edited shark attack sequences (in reality stock Great White footage spliced into newly filmed scenes with flaying divers in reddened water whilst the camera is violently shaken around like crazy and exaggerated chomping noises are overdubbed on the soundtrack!) and finally spot the multiple instances of stolen footage from the Shark Attack series(!!!)

Yes, this is undeniably a mightily bad movie......and an immensely satisfying one at that!