The Last Shark (1982)

This movie is an absolute gem. When it comes to great bad movies this ranks near the top with the best of them. It's such a rip-off of Jaws that it feel like a parody. The shark looks awful; they use a bunch of documentary footage intertwined with the footage of their shark and both are shot differently which is very noticeable. I though Jaws the Revenge will forever be the best terrible shark movie I'll ever see but this is even better. The way the shark behaves are highly unrealistic and all the attack scenes are great. This is just a great laugh-out loud comedy, there is one scene of someone dying and getting catapulted into the air which they show again later as someone in the movie filmed that moment, it's like the director knew how terrible and hilarious it was and wanted to give us another chance to see it, God bless him. for that and for making this beautiful moving picture.

Pretty terrible all around with laughable effects, bad acting, and a total disregard for any originality. That said, there are a couple of saving graces, like the part when the newscaster laments the lack of good shark footage and his cameraman says "just put in some stock footage, no one will know the difference" which is EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO IN THIS MOVIE! Barely watchable, there are at least a couple of good kills, but other than that, not much here.

This movie is really worth the money! I went to a DVD store one day and found this movie amongst splatter movies. I read the cover describing it as a real success at the 80's and how mad Spielberg was when the movie got released. I can't believe this movie got that low rating! It may be cheap, it may be campy, but it's really truly entertaining! When I watched the movie I almost smiled the whole time. And that scene with the helicopter... the gore... his legs! Amazing! Laughed my tears out! Sure it isn't as great as Spielberg's Jaws, but it sure beats the guts out of the bad Jaws sequels! Those who thinks my comment is stupid are just the ones who don't understand how bad can be good. Worth watching!

Jaws was a classic movie and more importantly in the eyes of people who make movies, it made a lot of cash. This isn't the first film to try to cash in on its success but it's the most blatant and easily the worst.This isn't just a film about a great white shark, it's Jaws remade in nearly every detail, only done really badly and on the cheap. The effects are funny beyond belief. In one scene the shark emerges from the water under a small boat sending the occupant flying up in the air. I nearly choked to death laughing while eating popcorn but that has in no way lowered my score.Really there's no call for this film, I mean you have Jaws which is great or this squalid version. Then again if you appreciate really bad movies then you are sure to love it. It's funny in all the wrong places and the continuity is just awful. I also found it funny that none of the characters are introduced or explained so at one point a girl gets killed and you find out she's related to another character, but that's the first you've heard of it.It's just slapdash and talentless all the way but pretty funny too, you are sure to get a few laughs especially that guy flying out of his boat I'll never forget that gem of a scene. Worth watching just for that.