thesar-2 (Here's a resurrected review from early October 2008 when I began writing reviews, for the first time on my own – not published in a newspaper. It's extremely raw and I like to think I've improved since. My opinions rarely change and despite the quality below, I think I got most of my thoughts across.) I love it when film students take on huge projects for their final. Some categories to grade on: Originality (Deep Blue Sea, Jaws, Jaws: The Revenge, Piranha and any scene involving sunglasses), Dialogue ("You need to Live!", "This isn't good" and the best: "Shark alert, Shark Alert" (repeat 45x) – it would have had more urgency coming from Woody Allen) and Cinematography (Someone really, really likes rotating objects – there's an abundance of scenes looking up to those wonderful blades and as many angles as possible from someone driving a jeep). I was looking for a little corn, found this gem, and had to watch. I did, however almost give up laughing out loud at some of the 1st half scenes, but what kept me was the BBQ setup scene, and our hero flying out of the back of the jeep. Really nice of this guy to keep giving up his (not one but – ha ha ha ha ha, ah hem) multiple cars. I can see how they were trying to add humor, and they succeeded. Unfortunately, we were laughing at them. All I wonder why the bad Pokemon dubbing vs just subtitles. Perhaps they were afraid that would scare people away. No, not the crappy product they made, it was subtitles they were afraid of. I hope this film student flunks before Lions Gate gets a hold of him, or worse, Project Green Light.

Chase_Witherspoon When a grieving widow (Moeller) discovers that a prehistoric shark – Megalodon – is responsible for the death of a swimmer, he suspects it might also be the same shark that killed his wife and two other divers several years earlier. Convincing newly appointed micro-biologist (Stinshoff) proves relatively easy, but she's oblivious to the grand scheme that has created the giant shark from living DNA recovered from a frozen specimen found in the Antarctic. Of all places to base a cutting edge cancer research facility, no doubt the idyllic Mediterranean tax haven of Mallorca would be the most sensible. At least that's what the makers of this film would have the audience believe.The over-used CGI shark is typically unrealistic and so out-of-proportion and scale that it scarcely conjures any excitement or thrills. Even the shark swarm in the first scene is disappointing, once again courtesy of the CGI effects that give every attack a video-game quality. This German production's English dubbing is some of the worst (and unintentionally hilarious) you'll come across – the sight of big Ralf running down the beach shouting "Shugalum, shugalum" (that's meant to be "shark alarm, shark alarm" in Bavarian accent) a dozen times will have you in stitches. At least the producers had the foresight to anticipate the drudgery to which this would ultimately amount, and incorporated some quirky humour to lighten up the tone. There's a number of genuine laughs (as opposed to the unintentional ones) throughout, one in particular paying homage to "The Terminator" which works well. The obese BBQ chef and his bevy of scantily clad accoutrements who lends Ralf a luxury car or two is also a comic highlight.But despite the eclectic editing, sometimes witty dialogue, postcards of Mallorca and stylish stunt-work (some great car maneuvers and helicopter acrobatics), there's little else to recommend this movie, which borrows heavily from several others of the ilk ("Deep Blue Sea" in particular), but achieves much less. Hanselmann's bikini-clad villainy is perhaps the most worthwhile aspect in this whole travesty; that or Ralf's physique, depending on your persuasion. Either way, it's not enough to entertain a second time.

George Kaplan I watched an English dubbed version of this, and I liked it. It's a bad, bad, bad movie but it's enjoyable for a couple of reasons.First, its fun to spot the ripoffs. The main plot is a mash of Jaws and Jurassic Park. I guess the makers really like Spielberg, because there's also a sequence that looks just like it was lifted from Duel. It also rips off a scene from the Terminator. I bet there's a bunch more 'borrowed' moments that I missed. Feel free to add more.Second, there are a couple of 'did that really just happen moments?' in the film. There's a rich playboy that pops up a couple of times that talks about the German Barbecue Association, and a band that plays a song all about 69, just to start. I'd also put the Terminator sequence in this category.Finally, there's just a bunch of stupid stuff, like helicopter pilots on long trips that don't go more than 100 feet off the ground, poorly composited special effects, and some really bad dubbing, that merit pointing out to friends and making fun of.To some up: it's a bad movie, but its enjoyable with the right frame of mind. Or maybe my standards are just slipping.

BenCock69 RTL called this the TV Event of the year, nice Joke anyway.The Story about a mutated shark is boring, the action is silly and unrealistic and most of the actors are really bad. Where else can you see dumba**es like Carsten Sprengeman, Simone Hanselmann, Ralph Möller, Katy Karrenbauer and Jeanette Biedermann in ONE film? They aren't even able to match their one-liners.But what's really cool about that movie is the appearance by Ottfried Fischer: He's standing at a pool with maybe 20 Models in Bikinis. He grills there and talks about grilling and the GBA - German Barbecue Association. Whoever came up with this scene should get an award for it.Because of this great scene I rate this movie 2/10.