a5c7b9f00b An animal smuggling deal goes wrong, resulting in a large shark escaping into the swampy backwoods river. Picked this, and MONSTERWOLF, up for £3 each in Tesco- and watched SWAMP SHARK tonight expecting something awful. Surprise! It&#39;s actually aces. I admit, I was attracted mainly by the magnificent creature on the box art; which looks exactly like my shark-obsessed six year old had won a competition to draw the scariest shark he could imagine, and then have it made into a film. It looks like nothing on Earth- and predictably the movie itself never reveals it in the same type of glory. Ordinarily, this would annoy me, but the sense of fun the film radiates more than makes up for this disappointment.<br/><br/>The characters are engaging, the cast seem to be having a great time with some good material, and even when the titular beastie isn&#39;t around the movie continues to be interesting and enjoyable, buoyed by the script, performances and direction. Yes, the cgi is less-than-stellar- of course it is, but it really doesn&#39;t matter one jot. And the fact that they use some good old fashioned rubber sharkery at times just increases the fun.<br/><br/>One or two gory bits, but nothing that&#39;s going to offend the younger members of the family unless they&#39;re particularly squeamish, no nudity and no swearing means it&#39;s a pretty good betan entry level horror film for parents like me, keen to hook their offspring on the genre.<br/><br/>Yes, not all of it ties together, and one specific thread (the younger sister and her nerdy chef admirer) is left unresolved, but the sheer shock of picking up a three quid movie that gave so much back completely negates any misgivings I may have had over this.<br/><br/>Oh, and the Cajun soundtrack is brilliant. I want the album now (or at least its inspired me to go buy some of the type of music featured) and the DVD menu screen is not only a visual delight (the cover-creature in full-body magnificence) but the looping music track is great too! Initially when I sat down to watch this movie I was expecting it to be yet another of those endless streams of crappy b-movies about killer animals, a movie with lousy effects and an equally lousy storyline. &quot;Swamp Shark&quot;, despite its name, was actually surprisingly nice in comparison with so many others of the same genre.<br/><br/>The storyline in &quot;Swamp Shark&quot; was pretty muchexpected, a killer shark on the rampage, in a swamp nonetheless, terrorizing the people in the area and going on a feeding frenzy. Of course it terrorizes the wrong people and they decide to hunt it down. I mean, what else are restaurant owners to do, eh? Pretty much textbook storyline here, so don&#39;t expect any brilliant ideas or surprise plot twists. And you already know the ending of the movie right from the first minute of watching it. But hey, the movie was still entertaining.<br/><br/>As for the cast in &quot;Swamp Shark&quot;, well then I think they were actually alright, and put on good performances. Of course, with a movie like this, it is not going to be award-winning performances, but still, the actors and actresses did good jobs with their given roles. Most of the cast was fairly unfamiliar to me, so it was good to see some new faces.<br/><br/>The special effect and CGI in &quot;Swamp Shark&quot; was good enough. Sure there were a couple of scenes where you don&#39;t buy into the CGIs,they were just too much of an eyesore, but in overall general, the effects and CGI came off working well enough.<br/><br/>Despite &quot;Swamp Shark&quot; being somewhat better than so many of the same genre, there just isn&#39;t enough entertainment value in the movie for a second watching. You watch this movie once, then bag and tag it on the DVD shelf.
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