There are a ton of shark movies out there but, oddly enough, there's only one good one: Jaws. When it comes to all other shark films they range from terrible to just ok. Now, obviously this isn't a great movie like Jaws, and you shouldn't expect that going in. However, it also lacks the 'so bad it's good' charm of a movie like Ghost Shark.
Shark Night starts out on the right track with a shark attack in the first scene. Unfortunately, it then cuts to a college campus and over the next 20mins nothing interesting happens. We're given the setup; a group of friends are going to a lake house for the weekend -AND- we're introduced to all the complex, nuanced characters, like Hot Girl, Black Guy, Comic Relief, and others. Of course they're not at the lake house long before the first shark attack and, to the film's credit, the pacing is pretty good from this point on. Now you may be wondering 'why is a lake full of vicious sharks?' Well, it's a saltwater lake and the bad guys filled it with several different species of shark so they could film the attacks and make some money off it.
The plot is dumb, as it is in most shark flicks, and the deaths are predictable. It's a PG-13 movie which is kind of ironic since the villain's plan is to give people real footage of vicious attacks, and yet the movie is pretty tame.
I'd recommend skipping this one.
1.5 out of 5
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