In Los Angles, a hurricane has swept over the city with sharks attacking due to the heavy amounts full of flood water onto land. Restaurant owner Fin Shepherd (Ian Ziering) leads a survival group ready to fight the sharks.
After doing some research, I see that only two storms of this size have hit California since 1900 so this something that really doesn't happen. This is no doubt a original film but science here is awful all the way around. The survival teams are driving around in the floods and police and rescue teams are of course nowhere in sight.
I do enjoy shark movies but I do not find sharks enjoyable when they are shown as green things and obviously the effects are lacking on this low budget film. The budget really doesn't allow any spectacular kill scenes and the action scenes are just not exciting and frankly dull. The ending is lacking and there is no logic here anywhere.
The funny thing about the film is that the cast is pretty good. Lead Ian Ziering who is most known for his tv work is above average, though just barely and that's enough for me for a film like this. American Pie star Tara Reid works but is in the background for most of the film. Long-time actor John Herd has a silly role that is very limited but he does help carry the first act. Though I like the cast members, we still don't care very much about the characters and their development is shallow all the way around.
When it's all said and done, maybe I shouldn't criticize a film that is not supposed to be serious in the first place. Well it might have cheese to it but it's not the type of cheese that produces a lot of good laughs and you can't really have a fun time with it. In some ways it is a film that was made to feel like a real film which it isn't and is one reason it fails for me.
2/5
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