Zombie Shark

As the latest entry into the seemingly endless monster/supernatural/killer shark pantheon, Zombie Shark (AKA Shark Island) is suitably daft, but enjoyably so. The premise is pretty much The Walking Dead meets Jaws (with a side order of Moby Dick) and often has a knowing comedic tone and some fun gore. However, there is also an emotional element that is not usual in such films, principally the dynamic between Amber and Sophie which leads to a very unexpected ending, and the motivations and back-story of Dr. Palmer, and Laura Cayouette plays her effectively and with a strong degree of gravitas, again, a quality not often seen in films belonging to this mad subgenre. But, before I get too carried away, such depth is almost scuppered by the more inept aspects of the film: the less-than-convincing CGI sharks that either has sharks oddly bobbing about or moving with a mechanical tail-action that suggests that they are not so much zombies as mini-mecha sharks; an 'amazing' glove puppet shark head; the much-vaunted terrible storm that never actually arrives; dubious greenscreen backgrounds; some jerky editing that prematurely cuts some scenes, and the casual throwaway of the Bridgette character (as much a victim of vicious editing as, well, I won't spoil it). Also, the zombie shark himself, Bruce, needed more screen time and visual focus to fully establish his unique quality that sets him apart from his reanimated selachimorpha charges, and the addition of human zombies is an undeveloped tack-on. But, Lester and his beach pal's counter-attack against the undead sharks is amusing and Jason London provides solid military heroics. So, a bit more CGI/effects care (or less CGI and more prosthetics) and Zombie Shark could have led the killer fish pack, but it still has a human factor the others lack, and it needs to be commended for that.

Probably the best collection of the worst... Script, Acting, Dialogue, Animation, Rendering, Compositing, Animatronics... Perhaps the editing was OK, but I didn't see it because of the woeful direction! Watch it for no other reason than to grab your BFF during the bloody bits. The bikini babe in the beginning half is fine. The pointless use of firepower and explosives, paired with the topical application of zombies and remorseful reflection take this well down the list of stinkers... oh sorry... sinkers. In hindsight, the character of Lester is almost true, in the bumbling buffoon that tends the counter of the doomed resort. His role must be the lead, as the others certainly aren't supporting anything!

5th rate acting, 6th rate cartoonish special effects. Where do they find these actors? Behind 7-11? How can such horrid actors get this far? How do they get agents? How do they get a screen actors card? How do they get cast? Do these grade Z movies make money? Must be a cut rate agent somewhere who has cornered the market on bottom of the barrel "actors". And this Becky Andrews is so bad she should be in a class by herself. Zero skill. Super fake * (yuck) untalented and incompetent. Any untrained 4 people off the street would be better. Special effects may be the worst ever. Pass on this Turkey.

One of the most poorly written scripts, poorly directed, god awful fake scenes (e.g. Animated sharks) since the original 'Godzilla" movie. They spared no expense on some other movie, but not this one! The photography was pretty. But they failed to avoid letting background action such as lots of freeway traffic on an supposed small island away from the mainland. Somehow they forgot to show if the 2 tubers got back to shore safely. Nor did Bridgette show up in the final scenes. Possibly the movie I watched may have cut her part out, but I couldn't stand to back-track it to see if I missed something. The girls were beautiful and this movie was worth watching if only to see Becky Andrews in a bikini OR just have some laughs watching this turkey. That's why I say Zombie Sharks, aka Shark Island, should have been skipped for Halloween and shown at Thanksgiving time instead.