Shark Night 3D (2011)

This one could have been a good deal of schlocky fun, but alas the filmmakers decided to take the inane premise of a handful of vacationing young folks being terrorized by sharks in a Louisiana lake resort community seriously instead of treating it in a more tongue-in-cheek manner. Director David B. Ellis maintains a snappy enough pace and offers lots of flashy stylistic flourishes throughout, but crucially fails to generate any essential tension. Worse yet, the heavy-handed script by Will Hayes and Jesse Studenberg not only relates a silly story that becomes more increasingly ludicrous as it unfolds, but also gets bogged down in tiresome melodrama and presents an array of cardboard characters who are impossible for the viewer to care about. The fact that the CGI sharks look hopelessly cartoonish and unconvincing adds further abject insult to already appalling injury. The blaring rock soundtrack proves to be headache-inducing while the PG-13 rating puts the kibosh on any explicit nudity or graphic gore. On the plus side, Donal Logue manages to rise above the muck with his amusing portrayal of a good ol' boy sheriff and the attractive female cast members look pretty smokin' in their bikinis. But overall this clunker sizes up as the cinematic equivalent of a gallon of rotten chum.

Very bad movie, many lacking out which nerves you out. The girl takes the pistol and on a dumb way the guy get it back, it's a scene that shouldn't be in a movie and many like that one. Like when the guy got his arm eaten off, they didn't want him take to the hospital but next day they did so it does not make sense. Characters are mediocre, there are noting so special to get you into the movie. Also to mention, the name of he movie is the shark night so as you would thing, they will be eaten one by one while swimming, wrong. No one is eaten that way, woman felt off, another characters were killed. So non-innovative for a teenage slasher horror movie. Effects are above the average but stupid scenes destroy the movie. Because of the effects and some parts which are good in a plot I rate is as a sufficient movie to watch but that's bellow the good. If you like sharks, 3D and you want to entertain kids, this is a good intro for them as a horror but for the grown ups, bypass the movie

I absolutely hate the typical Syfy sharkcrapolis movies with their garbage CG efx that make it impossible to suspend disbelief and lose yourself in the story, so I was pleasantly surprised when I DVR'ed this one and checked it out. It was produced by a different company than the cynical one that cranks out the usual Syfy grade D cable fodder and the director, with a solid background directing efx-laden features and second unit on big budget movies, took pains to ensure the sharks looked as close to realistic as modest budget CG allows. They actually look better than some CG in recent big budget movies.An attractive cast heads up the story, which is not nearly as far-fetched as most films in this sub-genre. It's played straight, no corny humor, and the actors are very believable. There's plenty of genuine suspense and real horror movie thrills.The photography is excellent, the location is sometimes stunningly beautiful. Overall the production values are topnotch.

After watching Shark Night, I was totally disgusted - NO character development, NO story, NO deep and meaningful inner message designed to enrich the soul and really make you think.Only kidding.If you haven't already figured it out, Shark Night is about sharks - sharks that eat people. And, if that's all you're looking for, you shouldn't feel too short-changed.Shark Night starts off with a couple of carefree, randy American teenagers, frolicking around in a salt water lake - guess what happens to them? Anyway, cut to the local collage where a group of seven insanely good-looking teens, all armed with quick wits and iphones, go to the same salt water lake to chill out.Then, when bikini meets shark teeth, there can only be one winner. Okay, so the sharks are all (surprise surprise) water-based, but don't worry, our human heroes find every excuse possible to end up in the water.So, there you have it. If you like your B-movies bloodthirsty and don't take things too seriously, you'll enjoy this (think Piranha 3D or Cabin Fever). Some other reviews have said the special effects looked cheap and there wasn't enough of the sharks. I found the FX okay and the sharks were hardly given any real dialogue to learn, so give them a break, okay? http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/