Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002 Video) User Reviews

A comedy masterpiece

[leavesonline · 2/10 · 2 March 2011]

I had the wonderful experience of watching this movie with a scientist who studies sharks. However, watching this movie with anyone would have to result in an evening of hysterical laughter. Nothing about this movie makes sense.

There are so many entertaining aspects of this movie it's almost hard to keep track; John Barrowman adds a shamelessly cheesy performance that only serves to highlight how much the female lead isn't trying. I loved that character; not only was she one dimensional but we knew she was a serious scientist because she had a dinosaur book on her desk. There's the nonsensical ex-sailor who pops up for no other reason than to cheer on our plucky heroes with corny slogans like 'it's the Navy way!'. Special recognition has to be given to the slimy bad guys and their unnecessarily complicated back story, especially the one who steals the lifejacket from the pretty young woman. Thankfully he gets his just desserts.

Which brings us to the real stars of this marvel; the sharks. It must be a terrible problem for filmmakers; ever since Bruce the plastic shark from Jaws, viewers have come to expect actual sharks in their movies. In this masterpiece, the problem is solved with some photoshopped stock footage. This turns out to be a fantastic solution to problems such as scale; suddenly the shark that could swim through a doorway can also eat a boatload of people in one gulp.

The makers of this may not have had high expectations of fame and fortune, but of all the marine biologist fighting giant oceanic predator flicks, this one stands out as a must-see.

Top Gun 2: MiGalodon

[barhound78 · 3/10 · 26 April 2007]

In the late 1990's as the wonder of the new millennium was closing in fast, countless film fans across the rapidly expanded intranet super highway were pondering just one question on message boards around the globe... Whatever happened to Pete "Maverick" Mitchell after his heroics in Top Gun?

It was a question that only one man could answer. Hugely influential art-house director David Worth. He was the natural choice. An auteur of biblical vision to whom such square Hollywood concepts as narrative, coherent dialogue and editing were little more than antiquated film making tools used by wannabe hack has-beens such as Spielberg and Scorsese. Worth intended to lead cinema into the 21st century with the movie equivalent of the nuking of Nagasaki.

And boy did he succeed!

Picking up five years after the end of Top Gun, Pete Mitchell is now working as a life guard in Mexico after being dishonourably discharged for flagrant homo-eroticism and tupping Kelly McGillis. The shame has forced him to change his name to "Ben Carpenter" but the old Maverick spirit has not been diminished. He may have a stretch of beach to protect but bucking the man has never been an issue with this man. In any sense of the phrase. Just ask his new "bitch". In the first five minutes Mitchell/Carpenter has gone hunting lobster in flagrant contravention of code 37A of the lifeguards rules of engagement.

Yet this is just setting the scene of what is to come. He may have seen a MiG28 do a 4g negative dive but nothing could have prepared him for the Megalodon.... A giant prehistoric shark with very big but easily detachable teeth, the ability to thrash on the surface at the depth of 1,500ft and that sounds like my Gran slurping soup when it is munching on stoned Mexican party revellers. A terrifying eating machine from the depths of the ocean. A MiGalodon if you will. Now it's cruising his beach like a Navy Flyer cruises Soho and he's got to stop it... fast.

Yet this isn't a job he can do alone. He needs to see the light first. Enter Cataline Stone, natural historian in the Lara Croft mode. He likes her a lot. She gives him a smile. He gives her his extremely rare shark tooth for free. What's more, she brings along a couple of cronies; Friedman and Davis. Friedman is an "assman". Mitchell likes him too. If you say it quick enough it sounds like "Iceman". Obviously. With an excess of brain, he desperately needs brawn to take this "motherfucker" down. There's only one man to turn to. Chuck Rampart. Another ex-navy man with his own yellow submarine and a torpedo stashed away for a rainy day. Chuck knows Maverick from his navy days. "He's got good instincts" he tells his friend. Maverick just wants to be his wingman sometime! "Bull-fucking-shit" Rampart bellows later on. It's a match made in retro 1980's heaven.

Which leads me perfectly on to the true genius of this film. For where as Top Gun was simply a high-octane, high-concept thrill ride, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon is that and so much more... Operating on a far more profound, deeply theological level. For, when stripped down, what David Worth is really offering here is a fully realised metaphor about the battle between Heaven and Hell. An eternal biblical tale translated into a roistering, perfectly crafted hit of 21st century carnage.

Maverick is now a Christ figure. A man-God descended from the clouds to once again do battle with the relentless beast from the depths in a battle for the souls he watches over. The devil himself being drawn from the trenches of darkness by the greed and the avarice of these very men. Men who reject this ancient beings very existence in this cynical religion mocking modern age. When Maverick offers to takes Cataline home to eat her pussy, he's actually purging her of her earthly sins and filling her with the love of God in order to prepare her for the day of judgement. It's a beautiful metaphor played out in Heavenly soft focus. Their faith is fully realised in the lighting of candles. Even Mavericks choice of pseudonym, "Carpenter", points audiences towards this daring, provocative and timeless subtext.

And who better to play the Son of God/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell than John "Any Dream Will Do" Barrowman? An actor of extraordinary depth and shiny white teeth. It's a compelling performance played with charisma and sincerity that not only captures the mannerisms of Tom Cruise's original performance (check out his reaction to the Goose-like death of new buddy Esai 'Sy') but also channels the holy spirit of our saviour Jesus Christ throughout.

This perfectly realised performance coupled with the inspired invention and genius of David Worth makes Shark Attack 3: Megalodon the first true cinematic masterpiece since Coleman Francis gifted us The Beast Of Yukka Flats way back in 1961.

Stay right there, don't move!

[tehck · 3/10 · 11 November 2019]

While it's difficult to find anything useful to add to the many insighful reviews of this "movie," there is at least one performance I think deserves special mention. Shark Attack 3: Megalodon offers one of the best examples of "method acting" I've ever seen. Leading man John Barrowman so immerses himself in his character that his single-minded approach dominates every scene. Unfortunately, the character he assumes for this movie was not that of Ben the glorified lifeguard who appears in the script, but the character of Tom Cruise playing Ben the lifeguard. In almost every shot, Barrowman can be seen ripping off a Cruise smile, a Cruise laugh, a Cruise pose, a Cruise expression, a Cruise anything he can get his hands on. And all this is completely independent of whatever Ben the Lifeguard is supposed to be doing in the scene other than being a Tom Cruise impersonator. I've seen some other actors attempt similar feats (Skeet Ulrich as Johnny Depp comes to mind), but none has taken on this particular role with such scrupulous dedication and total disregard of its effect on the actual movie.

Deserving of a cult following

[ms86 · 1/10 · 2 June 2005]

Shark Attack 3 is truly an awful movie, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't grab some friends and popcorn and spend your evening watching it. It is so awful, the acting so campy, the special effects so cheesy, the dialog so terrible and the plot so contrived from Jaws that this movie is a must see. The sharks are nothing more than stock footage (and how does stock footage eat people? you ask...oh, you'll see!), the Mexican actors are, in actuality, Russian/Bulgarian, and there are some truly unforgettable scenes. Not to mention a rather dirty pick-up line...

I've seen some bad movies in my day, but I must admit that Shark Attack 3 truly takes the cake. Go check it out yourself. (But avoid Shark Attacks 1 and 2, they're reportedly decent.)

PS I changed the ten to a one since a lot of SA3 'fans' want it in the Bottom 100. I agree.

Without Question, the Funniest Film Ever Made

[pooshdogg · 1/10 · 4 May 2004]

I can say in all seriousness that this film is the funniest I have ever had the good fortune to watch. The fact that the humor is unintentional only makes it that much better (unless this is all a joke and it really is supposed to be this bad). In any case, anyone who feels like their life is going poorly, just remember: not once, at any point in your life have you ever produced anything half as bad as this movie. Everything about this movie, from the script to the acting and, especially, to the special effects, is literally laugh-out-loud funny. I strongly strongly recommend Shark Attack 3: Megalodon to anyone who hasn't revelled in its B-movie glory.

10 on the B movie scale

[pete-r · 1/10 · 17 May 2004]

I watched this film a couple of nights ago and found it positively hysterical. It feels like either a really good spoof of Jaws (and lets face it, how many good spoofs do we get nowadays?) or a completely awful rip off of Jaws. From the very first scene with the cigar-chomping incomprehensible sailor guy to the magical size changing shark I was rolling around on the floor laughing. There are actors who look like they are laughing when they are supposed to be crying, there are random bikini girls who strut by during most of the talking scenes, and I haven't even started on the gems in the script (I won't spoil any of it, but it's safe to say: If you know anyone who talks like this in day to day life, please slap them). You have to see this movie.

A good dumb "comedy", really I was laughing 90% of the time

[FJCr · 17 April 2004]

When I first watched the movie, I recognized a lot of footage from underwater documentaries (the producers should check copywright details with the estate of cmdr. Cousteau & others). The first half of the movie was no more than a lame excuse to show naked women and people being eaten. If you look close you can actually see a lot of editing mistakes. PS. sharks do not roar like some kind of mutated dog in the water !!!

When the director tries to create the feeling that the shark is swimming at a tremendous depth, you can see the surface in the background. The same goes vice versa.

In the second half there are different sharks taking on the role of the lead character. The actual megalodon is displayed as a 30's monster that eats everything in its path. A shark (even a Megalodon), would never eat a full size motorboat or jetski, try passing such a thing true your intestine...?. And why, were people jumping in the water when there is a shark attacking your boat? Why .... you should check it out yourself, you'll find lots of fun things to discuss.

roar!!!

[nbenton · 1/10 · 15 June 2003]

Several years ago, I saw a movie called 'Komodo'. Since that time, 'komodo' has been a movie experience I have never forgotten. It was far and away the WORST cinema ever filmed and I felt that I had truly witnessed the pinnacle of human creativity and artistic expression.

Today I saw a movie called 'Shark Attack 3' and everything I had come to believe was shattered. THIS is truly the pinnacle of human existence.

Watch this movie, but beware, all you have come to take for granted, all you have ever believed in, all you have ever loved and cared for will lose all meaning. 'Shark Attack 3' will blow your mind and you will never be the same again!

This is the best, terrible movie I've ever seen!!!

[ben_mister_s · 1/10 · 5 August 2013]

I'm happy to announce that I'm the proud owner of the DVD of this great masterpiece! All my movies are alphabetized, so yes it's kind of a disgrace that this movie is next to Shawshank Redemption. I'm looking for a nice blu ray version of Shawshank so that I can remove the DVD.

But of course that's not the reason I'm taking time to post this review. Back to Shark Attack 3, I'm thankful that I bought this movie once (for 2 euro's). This is the epitome of total crap, but in a very amusing way. This movie is so bad, you'll want to watch it over and over again. Crappy effects, crappy dialog, Bulgarian actors posing as Mexicans and speaking fluent American English, etc. There's not a specific flaw in this movie, it's a cavalcade of flaws that create the best waste of film I've ever seen. The one-liner that John Barrowman uses on Jenny McShane is legendary. The Megalodon is also fun to see, despite the poor CGI. Some nice nudity and plenty of gory deaths add up to the pros of this movie. Absolute crap, but the best crap there is. An instant classic!!!

Craptacular!

[sunniva_reilly · 1/10 · 30 September 2008]

I don't usually comment on films that have more than 100 reviews I agree with, but I can not help but comment on this one. Not that there is much to add, mind you. This film is craptacular! On one hand it may just be the worst movie ever, and I mean ever, made. One the other, I have never laughed that much at a film before.

The shark that changes from a Great White to a Tiger shark, back to a Great White in one attack. Ben's fabulous digital camera, which magically knows what he's taking a picture of and removes everything else from the photo. The lead actress (and I use the term actress loosely) who never stops smiling, even when she's crying. The mini sub that's bigger inside than outside. The Bulgarian actors trying to sound like Mexicans. The totally redundant sex scenes. The LINE (you probably know what it is, but on the off chance you don't - you'll know it when you hear it). All this adds up to hilarity. Too bad they were aiming for horror.

Some people will say that it's a bad film, and advise against it. If I had expected a good megalodon (megalo-who? lol) film and been shown this instead, I would have been disappointed. But people, lets face it, it's called Shark Attack 3! How serious can such a film be? Instead, read the reviews (and in this case even spoilers don't actually spoil anything), grab your friends and prepare to laugh like a loon!

In short, I'll give this film 1 star, but it deserves 10 for pure comic value.

The Shark needs a new agent!

[Sleepin_Dragon · 1/10 · 20 November 2015]

It almost pains me to give this movie such a low rating, but it would be criminal to score it any higher, it's not that it isn't watchable, because it is I guess. I've watched it with with friends, and we all laughed the whole way through, the acting is absolutely shocking, I think you can tell the cast are having fun and loving hamming it up, I like John Barrowman very much, but even he is shocking, some of the lines are dire. I'm sure the shark was glad to be blown up at the end, was it me or was the Shark growling?

Shark Attack 3 is to Jaws what Scary movie was to Scream, a harmless spoof.

1/10.

Sheer Shark Attack

[Bezenby · 8/10 · 6 August 2012]

Ah, this is a fun one to watch. I'm sure the makers of this film were fully aware of what they were making, but I can say without a doubt I enjoyed this more than Jaws 2, 3 or The Revenge. It's full of action, gore, nudity, stupidity, pearl white teeth, stock footage, one-liners, dubbing, crap effects and is never boring for a minute. It's like the film makers were channelling Bruno Mattei - it's that good! However, if you're one of them 'serious' film fans you might want to steer clear. I don't have a brain, and therefore was mightily impressed by this bundle of nonsense. For some reason, the shark makes noises like a guy in a porn movie.

We're gonna need a bigger budget

[HaemovoreRex · 7/10 · 4 June 2007]

I can clearly see that there are a great many other reviews for this flick and that the general tide of opinion has approached the material in the correct way……simply put, this my friends is a veritable trash movie classic!

Highlights? Too many to mention but for starters just check out the hilarious usage of mismatched stock footage; enough in fact to make even the likes of the mighty Bruno Mattei envious! Also the bizarre 'tummy rumbling' sound the baby megalodon emits(!), some mightily ropey acting displays (including the main actors clearly and unsuccessfully trying to stifle laughter during supposedly perilous situations!) and finally and best of all, the giant megalodon attacks……

Words simply cannot express how hilariously they have been rendered! Simply, the makers have taken stock footage of Great White sharks and via (shoddy!) digital technology, 'shrunk' the victims/boats/dingys etc so that the stock shark appears to be swallowing them(!!!)

The end result looks utterly ridiculous and reduced me to fits of laughter.

A pre Dr Who/Torchwood John Barrowman appears here as the highly likable hero and utters THE line…..ahem.

Best scene of all? Well put it this way and trust me on this, you really have not lived until you have seen a man jet ski right into a sharks mouth!!!

What more can be said? An hilariously daft film and essential viewing for fellow bad film enthusiasts!

Highly entertaining trash masterpiece

[Red-Barracuda · 5/10 · 4 April 2007]

I haven't seen either of the first two Shark Attack movies; nevertheless, I'm willing to bet that this is the one that the series is going to be remembered for. This is a bona fide trash classic with umpteen moments of laugh out loud hilarity. Don't compare this to Jaws. Despite containing many scenes that rip-off the 70's big fish classic, it's far better to lower your expectations and treat this as a comedy classic.

The story involves a giant megalodon shark that is picking off people off the coast of Mexico. In the time-honoured tradition, a life-guard hunts it while the authorities pretend it doesn't exist.

No cliché remains unexplored. But, to be fair, Shark Attack 3 does introduce one original element to it's schema that takes film-making technique forward. The highly innovative concept that this movie introduces is – death by stock footage. Yes, in Shark Attack 3 people are actually killed by stock footage. How did the filmmakers achieve such a seemingly impossible objective I hear you ask? Well, I won't spoil it for first time viewers but you'll see. You'll see.

A number of other people have pointed out the appearance of 'the line'. And quite rightly so. For the uninitiated, 'the line' is a pickup line uttered by John Barrowman to the leading lady in the latter half of the movie. It is both hilarious and appalling. If you are unaware of it, I won't spoil it but you will know it as soon as it is uttered.

The film also has the distinction of being really badly dubbed from English TO English! Never have I seen this before. It has to be some sort of achievement to dub a film in the SAME LANGUAGE but for the voices to have all the authenticity of a character from a spaghetti western or a Mexican wrestling film.

Please don't let any of the above put you off. All of it is intended to encourage you to seek this out. This is trash cinema at its finest. It's an unforgettable modern suck-fest masterwork.

What has this film taught me? It's taught me that if you choose to swim in shark infested waters, it's just possible that you might be attacked and eaten by stock footage.

Best line ever.

[dehickey · 11 February 2003]

If you enjoy B-movies, this is one for you, plenty of nudity, a Tom Cruise look-a-like and even more stock shark footage. If that's not enough, the lead lady was actually in the first Shark Attack movie as a different character. This one makes me want to see the other two with my friends and laugh until I get sick. You really can appreciate a movie like this if you were an avid MST3K watcher. Oh yeah, contains the CORNIEST LINE EVER! You will not miss it, trust me.

Jaw-droppingly bad!

[TheLittleSongbird · 1/10 · 8 September 2011]

I didn't think much of the first two movies either, however whatever low points the previous movies did, they are next to nothing compared to this. Shark Attack 3 is to me an example of a jaw-droppingly bad movie, yet there is some novelty value in how unintentionally hilarious a lot of it is.

Firstly, Shark Attack 3 looks cheap. The setting looks nice, but because the editing is so haphazard and the camera angles as odd as they are you can't appreciate it. The stock footage looks rushed constantly with a shark that is as menacing as a rubber fish.

Sound quality especially in the attacks and the stock footage is muffled, and the attacks look clumsily staged and have no build up to them. The music is at best forgettable too, and the direction is one of the most incompetent directing jobs I've seen recently.

The script is really quite awful with some of the most inane bits of dialogue you'll ever. There is one line in particular that is very badly written and delivered, and whether it was supposed to be like that or not, you cannot help cracking up.

The storyline is hopelessly contrived, with the sex scenes unnecessary and slowing it down. The ending while extremely unrealistic is the only real scene that actually tries to have some suspense and thrills and coming close to succeeding.

As for the characters, I didn't care for them at all, none of them. All of them were stock and clichéd and were either underdeveloped or annoying. Some of the victims are so bad you wish the shark would get them, the villain especially despite his being one of the film's most clumsiest moments. The acting is horrendous, John Barrowman is a likable actor but his dialogue is stilted and cheesy and you can tell he is trying to keep a straight face but to no avail.

Overall, truly bad but has novelty value. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Oh My Hat!!!!

[meglamania1 · 1/10 · 20 January 2007]

This film is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! I haven't laughed so much in ages!

Is it just me.... or do the two main actors have massive teeth? I'm thinking the tooth found in the underwater cable belongs to one of them , Lord knows they have enough to spare!!!

The acting in this mess of a movie is so appalling; I kept expecting there to be a lot more gratuitous nudity and sex scenes, although I've seen pornography with more talent in it.

And what's with the grunting and groaning from the shark? Maybe it read the script and was trying to communicate with it's agent! I'd sue!

Meanwhile, if this is the 3rd in the series, I don't think I want to see the other 2 .... it would be very hard to match the standard of this film.

I'm going to pop down to the DVD store and ask for my 90 minutes and $1.95 back ... I'm not even going to illegally burn this one.... not that I do that sort of thing....

Resort security, please report in

[michaelRokeefe · 2/10 · 28 August 2018]

Taking it for what it is really worth; almost equal to a small popcorn and large watered-down Orange drink. Dull, boring and nothing rewarding. Acting is over-the-top and F/X cheesy. A menacing shark off the coast of Mexico interrupts the work on an underwater cable. Researchers find a large tooth that is determined to be not just belonging to a shark, but the tooth of a prehistoric megalodon. The menacing creature is running up a body count of cable workers and sailors; a mega resort calls on a security guard (John Barrowman) to risk life and limb to stop the carnage. But the gigantic megalodon happens to be a mother and wants her babies to be well nourished. You have to wonder about the R rating.

Rounding out the cast: Jenny McShane, Bashar Rahal, Ryan Cutrona, Ivo Torchev, Malina Georgiev and Krasimir Simenovy.

Side-Splittingly Awful

[TitusYorick · 1/10 · 7 September 2010]

There's really nothing positive that can be said about this movie except one thing - you'll laugh so hard you might just crack a rib. If this movie is any sign of where shark movies are heading, then we might as well just bathe ourselves in chum, go play with a bunch of seals, and wait for the Great Whites to just roll in.

The story revolves around your basic shark movie - shark terrorizes beach, rogue authority figure tries to make it safe but the bureaucratic douche-bags refuse to listen, the shark eats some more people, and is eventually destroyed at the end. This particular one just happens to follow a "Jaws 3-D" story-line where the first shark is killed and mama comes for revenge, and this mama just happens to be 60 feet long according to the movie.

So what more can be said about "Shark Attack 3"? Well, how about the fact that the male lead looks and acts very much like a boy-band reject and the female lead looks like she was molded out of Botox and Collagen (and who out of nowhere towards the end of the movie is revealed to be an expert with a crossbow); the shark is made up of a combination of bad props, stock-footage of Great White sharks, and cheesy CGI; the shark's growl makes it sound constipated (though the fact that it growls in the first place is also a sign of the movie's incompetence); a cast of extras who voluntarily jump into the water while there's a monster shark swimming around in it; a villain who's mere appearance shows he's the villain; a wise old mentor who looks suspiciously like John McCain; out-of-sync dubbing; an overuse of Deus ex Machina at the end of the movie involving the male lead stuffing the shark's mouth with a tiny little submersible and then swimming to safety without so much as a tiny little scratch, who in turn survives the underwater shock wave from a Mark 44 torpedo; and without a doubt one of the absolute WORST improvised lines in the history of movie history said by the male lead the night before their big shark hunt?

Now, mix all of that and put it on film, and you have got a top notch cult-classic of a modern day B-movie.

This is THE best worst film I've ever watched

[kiawa77 · 1/10 · 23 May 2009]

For a B-movie, you'll be hard-pressed to find a worse cast, worse acting, worse repeating stock footage (some of which looks like it's from the 1960's), a worse lack of connection between the main characters, a worse meandering plot full of of inconsistencies... and the list goes on. Seriously, this movie is downright bad in every regard.

AND YET... you can't stop watching it. It's THAT GOOD (especially "The Line"). The entire movie is simply hilarious, mainly because it was never meant to be. They actually meant for this to be a serious flick about killing giant sharks with what look like bathtub toys. The entire thing is just downright laughable.

So get your pals together, cook up some popcorn, gather up your drinks of choice, and settle in for some entertainment like no other. Shark Attack 3 ROCKS!!!

"Megalo-who?"

[monkeybrainspit · 2/10 · 23 February 2011]

When an unusual Shark tooth is found off the Mexican Coast, 2 researchers band together with a. . . lifeguard?; to rid the world of the gigantic menace it belongs to.

This is the kind of B-Grade Horror you have to laugh at. With lines like the one quoted above, and acting that will make you clench your teeth; you just know you're in for a night of hilarious pain. Kind of like when you hit your funny bone.

After my wife & I first watched it we turned to each other, at the end of the film, and knew we had to screen it to other people. Thus, 'Megalodon Night' was born. A large group of close friends attended the B-Grade fest and it was one of the funniest experiences I have ever shared with a film.

Direction: 2/10 (David Worth...wait, didn't he do 'Kickboxer'? What happened, dude?) Cinematography: 2/10 (David Worth again. Give him a break, he was tired from directi...never mind) Editing: 2/10 (Kristopher Lease seems like he should stick with TV series) Acting: 2/10 (John Barrowman should get an Oscar for keeping a straight face during those lines) Dialogue: 2/10 (Scott Devine & William Hooke basically ripped this off a book called 'MEG') Sound: 1/10 (These guys definitely didn't put in any overtime. Absolutely awful mix-down) Effects: 3/10 (I'll give the Special Effects team something for effort) Art Direction: 3/10 (At least the rich snobs looked like proper tools. Great job!) Costumes: 4/10 (The tuxedos on those snobs was the icing) Music and/or Score: 3/10 (Ashley Miller's sound couldn't even be heard due to poor effort from the sound department)

Total Score: 24/100

I don't want to spoil what could potentially make you choke as you laugh so I'm not going to mention the Shark looks like they had a budget of $5 for CG. Anyway, if you can bare it, it's a great piece of awfulness. All I can suggest is to do what I did. Make a night of it and just enjoy it for what it is . . . or what it isn't for that matter.

How does crap like this get produced?

[ChiefBrody_6 · 1/10 · 6 July 2003]

I agree with the previous reviewer who also apparently thought that the characters were often laughing for no apparent reason. In particular, the actress playing "Cat" (Jenny McShane) often seemed to have facial expressions that were inappropriate for what was happening at the time. Watch her during the dinner scene, as well as after she fails in her attempt to rescue the girl whose parachute had been pulled down by the shark. I couldn't tell if she was laughing or crying in that scene!

I've read a little bit about the Megalodon on various websites, and although it was apparently a very large shark, could it really have taken in a small powerboat in one gulp?

An even more ridiculous scene in the movie is when the big, bad corporation is taking people out for a fundraising cruise on a large yacht. When the shark makes its appearance, person after person goes flying off the decks of the boat, even jumping off with and without life preservers, EVEN THOUGH THE BOAT ISN'T SINKING! The shark has tossed it around a bit, but there was no water coming into the boat. Nevertheless, person after person plunges into the water (of course, if they didn't go into the water, they couldn't be eaten by the shark!).

To sum up, bad acting and an implausible storyline get this movie "two thumbs down".

They can stop making movies now...

[cutshaw-2 · 10/10 · 29 November 2002]

...because no one will ever be able to top Shark Attack 3. If you would have come up to me a few hours ago and told me they made a better movie than Shark Attack 2, I would have spit in your face and called you a filthy liar. But you would've been right and I would have been wrong. Sorry, I should have believed you. Out of all of the new generation of B-Films being made for the straight to video market, Shark Attack 3 towers above them. From the insane dialogue (one line is jaw dropping), the mixture of wooden and overacting, the wonderful stock footage, and the surprise appearance near the end, it just don't get no better than this. Plus, those drunken boaters, the republican/militia guy, the ass man and the not ass man, the evil corporation heads, and of course the amazing lead guy and girl make for a perfect ensemble cast. It's like Short Cuts with sharks. Robert Altman could learn a few things from this movie.

Totally brilliant

[PeterRoeder · 7/10 · 20 October 2003]

The best horror movie I have seen in ages! When we see the Megalodon for the first time it is the most sublime moment! Never have I seen anything so extraordinary on film! This movie is so, so funny! Just absolutely brilliant b-movie stuff. Nothing in it makes sense. The size of the Megalodons tooth, for example, is quite small although the shark is supposed to be gigantic.

I did watch most of the non-shark scenes in fast motion though. This is a highly recommended viewer technique.

You honestly cannot tell me they put something like this in a theater.

[films20101 · 1/10 · 10 January 2011]

"Shark Attack 3: Megalodon", in my opinion, has to be one of the worst "shark" movies I've ever seen in my life. Every single thing about this movie was so underwhelming, I'm even surprised that they allowed these filmmakers to make it. First of all, it's almost a complete rip-off of "Jaws 3". Saying that is being extremely generous. I mean, in "Jaws 3", the baby shark subsequently dies in a pool at an underwater aquarium, and then its mother comes in and begins to wreak havoc on the town. And that's almost very similar to what happens in "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon". A baby shark comes in and begins to wreak havoc on a small town, and after it's killed, then ITS mother comes and begins to wreak even more havoc.

Here are my "Top 5" reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon" is so bad and should not be worth viewing.

1) The actors. The only actor in this entire movie that actually gives a decent performance is the one and only John Barrowman. All of the other actors are completely worthless. Sometimes, you can't even hear what they're saying, and most times, they can't even talk in nice and complete sentences. It would literally take them 2 seconds to say 5 words and then another 4 or 5 seconds to finish what they're saying.

2) The plot. Hello? How many times have we seen this type of movie before? "A police chief must stop a shark from wreaking havoc on a small town." Don't get me wrong. This was also the very same plot for "Jaws" that was made all the way back in the year of freakin' 1975.

3) The special effects. Nearly 50 percent of this movie is stock-footage and not special effects. They also used stock-footage in "Jaws" during the scene where Hooper is in the cage and being attacked by the shark. I mean, it's okay if you use it for just one scene, not almost every freakin' scene as in this movie. Well, believe it, the size of the shark constantly changes throughout the movie and hell, even the scene where it eats the swordfish, you can easily tell that it's stock-footage. Even when we do see the shark, it roars like a freakin' dinosaur. Now, let me give a little word of advice to the filmmakers who made this: SHARKS DO NOT AND CAN NOT ROAR!!!

4) The action. Okay, so a lot of people do get eaten and killed by the sharks (the baby and its mother) in this movie. But, at most times, it becomes absolutely ridiculous how these people get eaten by the shark. The mother shark, in particular, seems to have a jaw the size of a freakin' mall. Don't believe me? Then watch the part where the mother shark attacks the big yacht at the end. Yep, she's able to swallow people falling in mid-air, able to consume a whole raft with people in it, and gobble up a man who's driving a speedboat. COME ON!!!

5) The filmmakers. Personally, I don't think anybody who did this movie had a clue of what they were doing exactly. These are the kinds of movies that were probably very easy to make. Stealing material from other old "shark running amok" movies, adding new characters, re-writing the same exact plot and calling it a horror film. You know what, it's starting to get old. The director, I guess, just didn't care about the actors in this movie. He just let them say their lines the way they did and decided to cast them in this film. Hell, even the writers should have done a better job with the script.

So, these are my 5 reasons why "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon", in my opinion, is one of the worst "shark" movies I've ever seen in my life. Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE! Trust me, this is absolute poor cinema at its finest. Hell, I'm even amazed that it wasn't nominated for any Razzie Awards. I think it most certainly should have.

From here on, I can only pray that they're not going to make a "Shark Attack 4".