Where the flak come from, I don't know, as this is a rather effective killer animal movie. It's one of the better Jaws ripoffs anyway. The animatronic whale is even more convincing than Brucie the shark... It's a pretty harsh movie, even if it goes a little over-the-top. This is one fish you don't want to mess with. You know you done messed up when a killer whale burns down a village trying to get to you...
An attempt to build on the success of Jaws.
The best Jaws rip-off I've seen and better than any of the sequels. Was rooting for the whale the whole time! :clap:
A surprisingly tragic and moving animal attack/revenge thriller. This one had been sitting on my shelf for a while and I finally got around to watching it. I'm generally not a big fan of the genre of oversized animal attacking people, they usually feel too similar and has quite a stretched story. Turned out it's really good and way more serious than I had assumed. The idea of an animal seeking vengeance is so silly and the film somehow manages to pull it off fairly well with the serious tone it's going for as it has actual characters and decent performances. Some of the cinematography is excellent and there's a lot of strong technical qualities as well but let's be real, the perfect fitting and mesmerizing Ennio Morricone score does the real heavy lifting. All in all, this is awesome.
Shout by Kurtis MoneyVIP 8BlockedParent2016-10-15T19:42:32Z
A fun, ridiculous, very very subpar Jaws ripoff. There are about 8 absolutely hysterical closeups on the whale's eye looking very menacingly at Richard Harris. So great. I am impressed with their whale footage. With the exception of the hilarious close ups on a the whale out of the water staring at boats like he's the angry chicken from Family Guy, it was very hard to tell what was the rubber whale and what was real footage. How did they do the shots of a whale angrily running into boats?