Jaws 4 - The Revenge Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

So bad its good

Yes! This is one of those films that if you intend to sit down and take it serious then you are going to watch a bad bad film. Terrible script, the shark looks worse than ever and the acting is shameful (although the director surprisingly did a good job and there are some nice shots). If on the other hand you sit down with your friends while you have had a few too many and watch this you are in for a night of laughter. I mean a shark that is out for revenge!???

The tralier for this film says it all...'This time its personal'. You know you are on to a bad thing when the tag line is this cheesy.

So put this on your list if you are having a film night in with your friends and this will break the ice I guarantee it.

My Dear God

Imagine, being told you are going to make a film about a giant marauding shark, and then being shown the shark that is supposed to strike fear into the hearts of men, and it looks like something you could win at a fun fair.

Team that with Michael Caine waiting for the cheque to clear, some astounding leaps in narrative structure (it takes Ellen Brody 2 days to get the carribbean, the shark manages to swim from the coast of Maine to Barbados in a little under a day) and some truly truly atrocious shark effects and you've got the worst creature feature that a major studio ever threw money at.

This isn't worth it even for curiosity value....rent Jaws 2 instead, at least that had an idea in its head...

[Highly rated reviewer]

Genius!!!

Yes...this film is bad.......but laugh......I haven't laughed at some comedies this much.....I can only assume that it is in fact a sub genre of film that has yet to be classified. The Writter and Director have dupped everyone into thinking this is meant to be serious, when in fact it's a clear spoof.....a wild and crazy comedy parodying the Jaws franchise.....there is clear evidence of this......firstly, the shark Growls, secondly, the shark leaps out of the water (while growling) and eats a man....and finally, when Michale Caines character gets attacked by the shark, but manages to narrowly escape the jaws of a horrendous death he quips 'that things breathe stinks.' See.....a clear comedy. Watch it with a few mates and a load of booze and laugh your heads off.....like I said genius.

Why is it the Worst Film EVER?

1) Sharks don't take revenge, especially when all the previous sharks were killed. Revenge by shark is clearly stated in JAWS II that 'Sharks do not take things personally'

2) It ignores JAWS III (which isn't too much of a bad thing but when it comes to ignoring a bad film and replacing it with an even worse film is just a bad idea)

3) When the same shark can make it from Amity to the Bahamas is less than 3 days and THEN not be fast enough to catch Michael during the underwater chase sequence is something that defies the laws of nature

4) You would think the shark would look more realistic after 12 years, you can even see more mechanical parts of this shark than you do in all of the previous films put together.

5) A shark cannot have a telepathic link with anyone not even the lead character Ellen

6) A Shark cannot stand on it’s Tail

7) A shark cannot roar like a lion

8) Radio tagging conch shells is just silly

9) Impaling a Shark does not make it explode, even if it was packed full of gunpowder, which it wasn’t. However they should have kept the original ending which was just death by impalement, at least impalement wouldn't just be like the other JAWS deaths (expolding, electrocution and yet again expolding)

10) Michael Caine’s clothes and hair automatically dry themselves after he goes swimming in the sea

11) The plot is too silly for words, they shouldn’t have done JAWS III (some may even say they shouldn't have done JAWS II but that was inevitable, like Hooper said ' All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks' or as it has proven the baby sharks are sequels) let alone this piece of crap, according to wikipedia, it is the only movie on rotten tomatoes to get 0% freshness

WORST FILM I HAVE EVEN SEEN!

JAWS has to be my all time favourite horror movie. its brilliant, the best! So i thought i would give them all a go. JAWS 2 is good. JAWS 3 is very poor, but JAWS The Revenge has to be the worst fim i have EVER seen!!! it is so bad, you cant turn it off as it is that laughable!! I advise anybody never to watch this film, unless you want a laugh, cos you will be so so so dissappointed if you do. stick to JAWS or even JAWS 2, as they are top!!

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[Highly rated reviewer]

A TOOTHLESS ADDITION......IT SUCKS!

Just such an amazingly bad movie it has to be seen!

SHARK FACTS

#1 Sharks cannot out swim a aircraft, by swimming from Amity Island all the way down to the Bahamas.

#2 Sharks do not jump out of the water like Dolfins.

#3 Sharks do not Roar like a Lion.

#4 Sharks do not explode on impact.

#5 Sharks are not made of rubber and menace people by rocking from side to side.

#6 Sharks do not move around on tracks along the sea bed.

#7 Sharks do not attack aircraft.

These well known facts must have escaped the writers attention as the big rubber fish does all these in this amazingly awful film.

Michael Cain pops up as just for the pay check sporting an amazingly curly hair do, and is quoted as saying 'no I have not seen the film, but I hear it's terrible, but have you seen the house it bought me?' A Jaws film is all about the menace of the shark, but with only two deaths in the film, the first being a rather good attack on the youngest Brody kid at the start of the movie, but it's all down hill from then on. Lorraine Gary is the only link to the original film, playing the grieving mother, and to be honest although being miserable throughout the film, gives the film a bit of characterisation. I could have gone with the silly revenge plot, if the film was exciting, but it's just so dull, nothing really happens, but the sun bleached location are very nice and would do Judith Charmers proud. The ending is an insult to the original, as the Uk version has the Shark exploding as it's rammed by the Bow of a boat, this is spliced with the original Shark explosion from the first classic film, and even has Mario Van Peebles survive the Jaws of the Shark, it's just pathetic. If you really must hunt down the U.S. cut where the Shark is impaled on the front of the boat, and the Bow breaks off leaving the shark to sink to the bottom, and Van Peebles dies, although not a vast improvment on the UK version it like saying having flu is better than having pneumonia, it does give the film a little bit more bite in this other wise toothless, and brainless entry.

If your a fan of bad movies, than this is a must see, but if you loved the first film avoid this insulting chapter.

Not as good as the original

The original Jaws film was by far the best. This fourth edition lacks any real surprise but is still watchable.

jaws 4

how many more, still you need to see it just to say you seen all 4

Not Another!!!

I should have taken this off my selection list after watchind Jaws 3 Ive had more fun decorating the loo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why, God, why?

Terrible - not even worth a look for the novelty value