trashgang First of all, this was made for television. So gorehounds do know to stay away from this flick. It was made in two parts, each part taking in a whole flick. I also noticed that a lot of Jaws freaks were searching this talked about creature feature. But it surely isn't about the great white. It's a combination between horror and science fiction. But don't think you will see some kind of Alien rip-off. It do has some scary moments but the attacks are filmed off-screen. It never is bloody or even messy like Jaws. By clocking in over 150 minutes it sometimes takes too long to keep you attracted. If they had made it a 90 minute feature it would have been very nice. Kim Catrall is in it and is showing of in diving gear for the 'sex and the city' fans. The monster, not Kim I mean, is okay, you can see that it was some kind of shark turning in a creature like that one in Creature From The Black lagoon. I didn't hate it, but it's okay to watch with your kids

gothicgoblin1334 Oh god, this is the obviously the worst adaption ever made...involving Peter Bencheley. Peter Bencheley, why don't you just go take A SWIM? I love horror novels, but not ones that basically have the SAME plot: Giant creature comes and kills people. Gets bigger. Hu-huh. I can't stand it, no wonder this film is so unappreciated. Okay, maybe it's not THAT horribly dreadful...what the hell am I saying? THis film SUCKED! SUCKED HORRIBLY! If you're going to see a film on the Sci-Fi channel, wait till this crap ends. It is way too long and it gets way too off topic. I mean, REALLY how the hell can I plot go from just a shark attacking people to a bloody walking beast? Tell me that people, TELL ME! This movie sucked louder than you can scream 'BLOODY CREATURE! BLOODY, BLOODY CREATURE!' I recommend this film, oh yeah. But first, put nails in your eyes and cut off your ears. I don't even want to rate this film. EW!

dbborroughs The source material of this TV movie is a novel called White Shark. It was a failure when published since the public thought it was about a great white shark, instead of what it was, namely a crazed tale about a Nazi experiment re-awakened. The novel's plot played like the movie Shock Waves, but gorier and loopier. It was a great read thanks to Peter Benchley's storytelling ability. It was nothing if not a wonderful guilty pleasure that would have made a great movie had they filmed it straight......The problem was the producers couldn't leave well enough alone and decided to take a grade Z plot line that worked because of the authors skill, and change it so that it was a grade Z plot line in the hands of a grade Z writer and director. The result is a laughably bad over long movie that has a laughable but cool monster and little else. This is a movie to get drunk and make fun of. Its a so good its great film, or would be except its way way too long.

cptnhook13 I don't want to beat a dead squid, but Peter Benchley needs to get over his obsession with scary creatures in dark water. Put the pen down and go for a swim!The writers covered it all - opening scene of a mysterious brutal death beneath the surface that outrages the locals, an under-appreciated 'expert' in marine biology (complete with sharkbait son), the skeptical townsfolk, the local police chief that doesn't want to ruin the reputation of his beaches, lots of fog at random moments of suspense, etc...The special effects are, well, not especially effective and the acting is annoying at best. If you want to enjoy this trainwreck, play the 'Chase' drinking game (Craig T. Nelson's character is Chase) and take a swig every time someone yells it out. You'll be feeling good by the second commercial break!