charliepops79 If you think this film is dreadful then clearly you haven't watched Mega Shark v's Giant Octopus, Transmorfers, The Day the Earth Stopped etc, etc, etc. Compared to those beauties this film deserves an Oscar.I started watching this film thinking it was going to be absolutely dreadful but I was quite surprised, it wasn't that bad. I think this may have something to do with my incredibly low expectations when watching anything on the Syfy channel. If you think about it, it's actually more feasible than Jaws, but I'm not say it is in anyway better! But I did find it more believable that the guy out of Cocktail could lure tiger sharks in with bait and then they start attacking people, rather than one massive great white with a chip on it's shoulder starts going on a murderess rampage and is so strong that it can even take out boats, and it can roar! I think most people would find this film vaguely entertaining and not feel like they've waisted too much of their life on it. Watch with extreme pessimism and you can only be pleasantly surprised.

TheUnknown837-1 If it were not for the abysmally banality of the shark attack sequences, which are some of the worst I have ever seen, and for the ridiculous explanation at the denouement of the picture and all that leads up to it, "Spring Break Shark Attack" might have ended up being a merely passable made-for-television creature feature. Heck, it might have even ended up at being flat-out mediocre instead of a dead bore as it is. But it must be given more credit than the norm of this genre. It is much more ambitious than over creature features; they're at least trying at some point in the picture. It's rather amusing. In most movies like this, when we're away from the monster, we feel as lifeless as a piece of driftwood. When the creature arrives, we're still bored, but usually amused by the awful special effects and poor directing. Well, here, it's a little of the opposite. When there are no sharks, the movie is amusing and when there are sharks, it's as dull as dishwater.They were at least attempting to build a good human story here. Our protagonist is played by Shannon Lucio (in a good performance) as a normally obedient high school graduate who decides to become a rebel and go to Florida on spring break against her father's will. She joins up with friends, ogles at the local beach stud (Riley Smith), tries to avoid a lascivious, sex-starved rival (Justin Baldoni), and then...well, you guessed it, evades man-eating sharks. Yes, around this time, a group of sharks begin to attack the beach on spring break.I may be crucified by some, but I cannot deny that there were some parts of this movie that I did enjoy. None of them had to do with the sharks, however. They had to do with Shannon Lucio, who is quite good in the movie, and her character and what she goes through. Her relationship to her romantic interest is banal and boring, but there are some good elements such as her attempt to bury the hatchet with her brother, who is studying at a seaside university, and oddly enough the scenes with her and Justin Baldoni almost work. These scenes don't always work, but you can feel the refreshing air where the filmmakers were at least attempting to make a good story. Unlike a great many "Jaws" rip-offs, where you get the sense even the makers of the movie couldn't have cared less.So when the movie's out of the water, on the beach, it's not good, but not too bad either. At these moments, it might have had a 5/10 going for it. But then there's the shark attacks, which are so abysmally bad, and there are so many of them in the last half of the movie, that they pull everything under along with their screaming victims. The cardboard and rubber fins painted gray are utterly awful and the phony screaming and thrashing of their victims so cheesy that one cannot even laugh at them. Honestly, nobody expected a real scare from a movie called "Spring Break Shark Attack" but at least a good laugh here and there. Here, no laughs. The open time I opened my mouth at the sharks was to yawn. We also question why the sharks are congregating on this particular beach at this particular time and when we do find out why, the explanation the movie gives is so harebrained and boneheaded and deprived of logic (even on the standards of this genre) that it produces nothing more than an exhausted yawn.Perhaps this film would have fared better had it been a beach story with no sharks or shark attack back-stories. Shannon Lucio is pretty and quite good in her role and there are some fine supporting performances, including two by great actors Kathy Baker and Byron Brown, but ultimately the movie is just too banal, too clichéd, and too dull to recommend even without the sharks. Coupled with them, it sinks lower on the scale. Ambitious as it is, "Spring Break Shark Attack" is nevertheless an unfortunate failure.

Paul Andrews Spring Break Shark Attack starts as cute teenager Danielle Harrison (Shannon Lucio) decides to disobey her father & head down to Florida for the spring break to be with her friends, while there Danielle hooks up with her Shark expert brother & meets the likable & handsome Shane (Riley Smith) who works for his mum renting out fishing boats. Seagull Beach is a popular hangout with the locals looking to party although an artificial man made reef has attracted lots of wildlife to the area including lots of man eating Tiger Shark's who start feasting on anyone they come across in the water. Danielle, Shane & her brother discover the truth but the authorities won't listen & a full blown Shark attack on Seagull Beach & everyone there seems only a matter of time...Also known under th title Dangerous Waters: Shark Attack outside the US this Soth African & American co-production was directed by Paul Shapiro & is yet another really awful 'Creature Feature' from the Sci-Fi Channel that manages to be just that little bit worse than usual, imagine a mind numbingly bad cross between Dawson's Creek (1998-2003) & Jaws (1975) & you still wouldn't be close. The majority of Spring Break Shark Attack concentrates on teen angst & their problems like fights with over protective parents, dating, peer pressure, making the right decision & even date rape with the Shark attack angle coming in a very distant & lonely second, the Shark attack angle actually feels more like an afterthought & the sub soap opera dramatics feel like they were given priority. The Shark attack scenes are awful, there's no build-up or tension & no pay-off whatsoever as they are as tame as they come. The whole thing is very predictable (gee, I wonder if that Shark repellent device Danielle's brother is working on will be used later on?), the character's are awful, the dialogue is poor & it's just terrible with a really slow pace that makes you just want to press the fast-forward button. Spring Break Shark Attack isn't even any fun in a it's so bad it's good, it's just insultingly bad in all aspects.As already mentioned the Shark attack scenes are amongst the worst I've seen, there obviously wasn't a special effects budget & as such most of the Shark footage seems lifted from a wildlife documentary & the actor's are never seen with them, only the typical fin above water is shown at the same time & there are maybe two shots of a fake Shark as well otherwise it's people splashing around a lot & not much else. There's no real gore here, a bit of blood in the water & a couple of bite marks but nothing else, the original Jaws is gorier than this.Although set in California this was apparently shot in Cape Town in South Africa, the scenery is nice enough but a beach is a beach no matter where it is, right? The acting is bad, really bad although a few of the girls are quite cute I suppose. Respected Australian actor Bryan Brown probably needed the money & fancied a free holiday in South Africa.Spring Break Shark Attack is a mind numbingly bad 'Creature Feature' of the worst kind, far too much tedious drama & too little Shark attack. This isn't even any fun, it's just a boring chore to sit through of the highest sloppiest & most predictable kind. Even die hard 'Creature Feature' fans will have a hard time liking this.

dahjoessez This is probably the worst thing I've ever laid my eyes on. How is it possible that mankind can make something this bad. The plot sucks, the effects suck, the overall acting sucks and the shark scenes seem to be clips from discovery channel. And the supposedly "bad guy" in the film is nothing but an irritating, sly, greasy, seemingly Greek fellow who looks like he has soaked himself in olive-oil. I have seriously never seen anything this awful. Do not EVER, even consider to see this movie. After half an hour you will have a malevolent feeling of hatred, which will slowly build up inside you if you choose to continue watching the movie.