It’s the definition of a warm-weather B-movie guilty pleasure.
But where does it rank on the all-time best-to-worst list of shark flicks, you ask?
Read on and find out.
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Come for the carnage (R.I.P.
little Alex Kintner), stay for the chilling character moments (Robert Shaw’s USSIndianapolisspeech as Quint).
You know the one.
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The power of suggestion meetsprimal fear.
It doesn’t go well.
But if watched in a vacuum, it’s a decent enough bit of disposable fun.
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But that’s not to say that it doesn’t have its moments.
Let’s call it a draw.
I wasn’t expecting much with this one, so I was pleasantly surprised.
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10.Finding Nemo(2003)
Yes, there’s a shark in this one.
His name is Bruce.
DoesFinding Nemobelong with these other movies?
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No, not really.
So consider it a mid-list palate cleanser.
The plot is pure Hemingway-by-way-of-Clive Cussler, what with its treasure-hunter villains.
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But bonus points for its evocative Red Sea setting (even if it was actually shot in Mexico).
Universal sued to have it yanked from theaters, citing its shameless copycatting ofJaws.
They weren’t wrong.
Warner Bros.
I don’t think that’s true.
But wait, it’s a saltwater lake!
Still, you could do worse at 3 a.m. on a sleepless night.
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It’s easy to see why.
By which I mean, it’s a hoot.
18.Jaws: The Revenge(1987)
This time it’s personal.
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The unfortunate widowed Ellen Brody heads down to the Bahamas to visit her son Michael and guess who follows?
The fourth and finalJawsmovie is not good.
ButMichael Cainedoes drop in to lend it some class.
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Who cares if his khaki shirt is wet and then mysteriously dry in the same scene?
This is not a movie to pick apart with logic.
It exists beyond logic in a shark-movie universe where the fewer questions that are asked, the better.
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