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Director: Michael Anderson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Yet another attempt to poach in the profitable waters of Jaws. The threat this time is the eponymous whale, supposedly a killer species. The threatened include Richard Harris in a one-dimensional performance as the shark hunter turned whale-killer, Charlotte Rampling as a marine biologist studying the species, and a townful of fisherfolk. There is some startling footage, but Anderson's direction dithers perceptibly, and finally opts for an unpleasant mish-mash of phony ecological concern and meretricious sensationalism. The ultimate indignity the beast suffers is to become a simple extension of Harris' threadbare macho image.Author: VG
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- prkprkprk said...
- Posted on May 17 2008 14:04 The film was horrible. It's a total rip-off of Jaws. Come on, Paramount! Think of something better than this!
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Cast & crew
Director: Michael Anderson
Producer: Luciano Vincenzoni
Cast: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Scott Walker, Robert Carradine full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 92 mins
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