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- Posted on 2008-02-19
This fish is a stinker
It took me nearly two days after viewing the fourth installment of the Jaws franchise to compose myself and at least attempt to recover a few of the brain cells I lost while watching this disaster.
Jaws The Revenge is so awful it defies the English language.
Being a fan of the first two Jaws films, I initially hoped that The Revenge would at least attempt to do them justice. Not a chance. I feel that the writers were in fact mocking my brain capacity by releasing this film with more flaws than a really bad face-lift.
Evidently this long line of sharks really has it in for remaining Brody family because this dried up tuna follows the remaining Brody family to the Bahamas where I must mention, Great White Sharks commonly avoid. How and why this shark feels the need to follow the family around the circumference of the earth is beyond me, and something better off ignored. The shark looked like a withered old balloon and the scares were null and void. Jaws the Revenge completely destroyed what was so compelling about the first two films and left me with nothing but a headache.
Unless you are a glutton for punishment, avoid this film at all costs and pop in Jaws for a couple hours of thrills, scares, and humor.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2008-02-12
Just when you though it t was safe to go back into the water
Mrs. Brody (Lorraine Gary) is still hanging 'round Amity.. And the Great white Shark(GWS) is back, sniffing around the shore for Brody meat. When Gary's younger son Mitchell Anderson, now deputy sheriff himself, answers a call to untangle a buoy Out There, he becomes caput, first the GWS rips off an arm with almost no blood. Then, there's just two Brodies to go: Mom and her oldest son Lance Guest.
Grieving Gary retreats to the Bahamas where Guest is a marine biologist. (Guess that would take him into the water a whole lot.) Guest is studying conches with business partner Mario Van Peebles,
And guess who's coming to dinner?
Well, Gary becomes convinced that the shark is following her and, in fact, wants revenge against her entire family. And while her friends pooh-pooh the notion
Recommended for children and Jaws Completists.
Gunner February, 2008
Score: 4
- Posted on 2008-01-12
poor judith barsi
i only purchased this because of the loss of judith barsi (thea brody) who was murdered by her father in 1988 R.I.P even though the movie has bad reviews i got it for the memory of judith
Score: 3
- Posted on 2008-01-01
grandson
Got the Jaws series for my grandson for Xmas. He loves it..especially JAWS 3.. he's going to wear it out and I will have to get him another one.. HA-HA
Score: 5
- Posted on 2007-12-23
The AIRPLANE of killer shark movies! A Comedy that will have you slapping your forehead in disbelief!
The shark you thought was blown into fish sticks in the original Jaws is apparently back to chow down on the Brody bunch in Jaws the Revenge. But hey, the background story's the least of this movie's problems.
Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) is still hanging 'round Amity. Her husband Deputy Sheriff Roy Scheider has since died (rather than be in any more sequels). And Bruce the shark is back, sniffing around the shore for pink Brody meat. When Gary's younger son Mitchell Anderson, now deputy sheriff himself, answers a call to untangle a buoy Out There, he becomes sea Spam. Then, there's just two Brodies to go: Mom and her oldest son Lance Guest.
Grieving Gary (in a fit of acting) retreats to the Bahamas where Guest is a marine biologist. (Guess that would take him into the water a whole lot.) Guest is studying conches with business partner Mario Van Peebles, a wiseacre festooned with dreadlocks and a bad Caribbean accent. While there, Gary also meets pilot Michael Caine - who surely must have wandered in off the set of a far better film. Caine offers loving support while Gary experiences flashbacks from the first film that she was never privy to.
And guess who's coming to dinner?
Yes - Not long after, the shark is seen, having made the trip from Martha's Vineyard to the Bahamas in three days! What happens next? Well, Gary becomes convinced that the shark is following her and, in fact, wants revenge against her entire family. And while her friends pooh-pooh the notion, we are willing to grant this point. It seems only natural that this shark would want revenge against the family of the man who hunted it down and killed it, blowing it to bits. (What shark wouldn't want revenge against the survivors of the man who KILLED it?)
BUT, Here are some things that we don't believe:
- That Mrs. Brody could be haunted by flashbacks to events where she was not present and that, in some cases, no survivors witnessed.
- That Mrs. Brody would commandeer a boat and sail out alone into the ocean to sacrifice herself to the shark, so that the killing could end.
- That Caine would crash-land his airplane at sea so that he and two other men could swim to Gary's rescue.
- That after being trapped in a sinking airplane by the shark and disappearing under the water, Caine could survive the attack, swim to the boat, and climb on board - completely unhurt AND wearing a shirt and pants that are not even wet.
- Or maddest of all, that the shark would ROAR like a lion (huh!?) and literally stand on its tail in the water long enough for the boat to ram it causing it to explode! (Evidently the shark was surviving on a diet of nothing but TNT and unsuspecting Brody children.)
Then there is the bloody death and resurrection of Van Peebles! (Don't ask.)
Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three) directs some sequences among the humans which beg you to begin rooting for the shark. Screenwriter Michael de Guzman shamelessly Xeroxes scenes from the first two films, and thrill seekers - there's more suspense in On Golden Pond (But not nearly as many laughs.)
Jaws the Revenge; This time It's Hysterical!
Score: 5