
With the annual Regatta celebration just around the corner, an aggressive 25-foot Tiger shark swims into the waters of the sleepy seaside town of Hampton Bay. In the meantime, against the backdrop of a shady real-estate deal, the defenceless owner of the local amusement park, Dag Snerensen, finds himself with his back to the wall, as an unscrupulous land-developer and his ruthless mobsters use strong-arm tactics to convince him to give up his property. Of course, the greedy m... (Full plot summary below)
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With the annual Regatta celebration just around the corner, an aggressive 25-foot Tiger shark swims into the waters of the sleepy seaside town of Hampton Bay. In the meantime, against the backdrop of a shady real-estate deal, the defenceless owner of the local amusement park, Dag Snerensen, finds himself with his back to the wall, as an unscrupulous land-developer and his ruthless mobsters use strong-arm tactics to convince him to give up his property. Of course, the greedy mayor refuses to close the beaches, and before long, the first corpses start washing up on the shore. But, now that the ferocious aquatic predator has tasted human flesh, it will stop at nothing to get its next meal. Who can rid the ocean of the beast?
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| User ReviewFoxy MBEautiful movie, masterpiece of modern cinema |
| User ReviewA.D. Vbruno mattei, what are you up to here. came across this by accident (thats what she said) and couldnt believe he did it! worth a watch for a laugh |
| User ReviewEnzo lA bad movie with good stock footage. Entertaining, though. |
| User ReviewNikko GCruel Jaws is quite amazing... amazing in the sense that I don't know how anybody got away with it legally. It's a Jaws rip-off, of course, but it uses footage from the Jaws movies, as well as two other Jaws rip-offs The Last Shark and Deep Blood. They shot about 40% of this and used the other footage to complete it. And the fact that no one decided to sue them is extraordinary. Now, all these years later, it's a tough movie to find on DVD in the US because of that. Distributors know that it doesn't have a very large fan base and that paying for the footage in order to release it probably isn't a wise investment. Even Scream Factory attempted to go after it, but dropped it almost immediately. But, as far as movies that are so bad they're good, this is a good one to pick out. You can find it easily on Youtube or elsewhere if you don't want to pay for any overseas bootleg of the movie. It's fun and interesting because of the illegal use of the footage, which is a lot to say for a good/bad movie of its ilk. |
| User ReviewCarl MWhen we're talking bad killer shark flicks, two titles always top the list: SHARK ATTACK 3 and Bruno Mattei's made-for-TV movie, CRUEL JAWS. CRUEL JAWS uses so much stolen footage and lifted dialog from other films that it can hardly be recognized as a unique film of its own. The characters and events resemble the original JAWS so much, in fact, that Peter Benchley was given a writing credit despite having no involvement in the production. Fans will note specific instances that have also been blatantly removed from JAWS 3 and THE LAST SHARK, the latter of which is used the most frequently throughout the film. Mattei butchers THE LAST SHARK, Italy's premiere sharksploitation flick, and re-edits nearly half the film into his own with all the precision of a hacksaw. Plagiarism aside, what does exist of Mattei's original footage consists only of the most awful and absurd acting ever to come out of international waters. It is unintentionally hilarious, and serves as a never-ending source of entertainment for B-movie fans. Whether we're looking at the piss-poor line deliveries or the sad attempts at rewriting Benchley's material, CRUEL JAWS is a cinematic abortion from start to finish, but it is so perfectly bad that it even exceeds SHARK ATTACK 3 in the race for worst shark film ever made. |