Jaws: The Revenge (DVD)

To name a film about a great white shark 'The Revenge' is to suggest that a shark is anything more than a predatory blood seeker. What exactly is this latest shark avenging? Its not like its the ghost of the shark from the original film. This entry (number 4, but abandoning the number to save its own face) treats it like it's a personal vendetta against a returning Mrs Ellen Brody. The first time was scary, the second time was acceptable. The third and fourth rounds are nothing more than daft money spinners in a time where Hollywood seemed all too willing to milk a format to death with little regard for quality. The plot is simple, which cant be that ...  Read the complete review

Another day, another Jaws movie. After a marathon Jaws season in the Brown household, it comes sludging to a terrible halt with the 1987 epic 'Jaws: The Revenge'. I've seen the film many moons ago, but only now have I watched all four films in successive order. Revenge is widely considered to be the very worst of the series and one of the worst films in modern history, how that could possibly be after the terrible Jaws 3 is anyone's guess, but I was willing to give it a go. Revenge brings us back again to where it all started, Amity Island. It also reintroduces us to Lorraine Gary, here again playing the widowed Elle Brody. Roy Scheider, having bowed out ...  Read the complete review

You have to wonder exactly how, after the disaster that was Jaws 3, Universal still had a franchise to work with in regards to their giant shark pictures. However, they did decide to persevere with one final picture, 1987’s Jaws: The Revenge, a film widely regarded to be the polar opposite of it’s original in terms of quality, and the third and final(to date) sequel to Steven Spielberg’s 1974 classic. Wisely opting to ignore the events of Jaws 3, the movie saw the return of Lorraine Gary to the role of Ellen Brody, and it was planned to bring back Murray Hamilton for a short cameo as the Mayor of Amity, but sadly he passed away before the film began filming, ...  Read the complete review

Well well, a desperate attempt to reinvent a genre for a new generation went horribly wrong. Jaws 4 never needed making, they would have done better re releasing the first 2. A return for Ellen Brody sees another shark attacking members of her family, and promptly following her to the carribean (hmmmm) From here we have a similar movie to the first, without th witty dialogue and class acting, and the scares are too predictable. The shark looks better than ever, but cant detract from a poor film that should have been left at the bottom of the ocean. Mike Caine pops up to add some credibility to the cast, but cant save the film ...  Read the complete review

Plot: Chief Brody's son is killed by a shark, and his mother is convinced the shark'has it in for them'. She goes to the Bahamas to escape, but the shark follows and starts removing people close to her one by one, before a climatic ending where she challenges the fish. There is absolutely nothing good about this film. Avoid it like the plague as it represents two hours of your life that you will never get back. A wafer thin plot, combined with weak acting, budget effects makes you wonder who on earth could have thought this film worthy of release. This is trading on a name at its very worst. Dialogue amonst the main actors is wooden and ...  Read the complete review