Supershark
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Supershark |
| Original title | Super shark |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fred Olen Ray |
| script |
Clyde McCoy Antonio Olivas Fred Olen Ray |
| production | Fred Olen Ray Kimberly A. Ray |
| music | Jeffrey Walton |
| camera | Ben Demaree |
| cut | Randy Carter |
| occupation | |
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Supershark is a 2011 American horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray .
action
The sinking of the deep-sea oil platform Nautilus of the Treymor Industries company off the coast of California caused astonishment: Apparently there was an earthquake that led to the sinking. However, it is astonishing that there was no oil in the water. A marine biologist from the Environmental Protection Agency, Katherine Carmichael, travels to the site of the accident with the help of skipper Chuck and takes a water sample. It can detect chemical weathering agents that are used to soften rocks. From questioning the only survivor of the accident, she learned that the group had not yet found oil because a massive rock prevented drilling. That is why those chemicals were dumped into the rock. However, the survivor also reported to Katherine that it was not the chemicals that caused the platform's sinking, but a giant shark. When he saw her doubt, however, he said he was just kidding.
In the meantime, the shark manages to kill various people unnoticed. He eats two divers, the young Jill and his boat and a surfer. The lifeguards Greg, Tyler and Calli do not notice anything. Greg came to California like every summer and had an affair with Tyler the previous year. Calli, in turn, falls in love with Greg and all three go to a beach bar in the evening. Here the beach bikini beauty of the summer is chosen and Calli mixes with the candidates in a bikini. However, she cannot attract Greg's attention, who prefers to kiss Tyler. Calli goes to the beach crying and Tyler goes after her. But when Calli wishes that she were dead, the shark devours her. Tyler screams in horror at the death of her friend, but the shark ultimately devours her too. Greg, who is looking for the two young women on the beach the next day, is also a victim of the shark, as are the two winners of the bikini competition, who received a photo shoot and together with the photographer become a victim of the shark: this can to the surprise of the beachgoers, survive on land and use the fins to move.
Katherine confronts Treymor Industries director Roger Wade with her insights into water quality. He searches for a weak spot in Katherine's biography to silence her and finds out that she was fired from OIB some time ago because she made fighting the oil industry a personal matter after her brother's death. Nevertheless, he knows that she was right with her research and organizes a suitcase full of money to bribe her. Meanwhile, the shark has destroyed a US Navy submarine, drawing the attention of the army. Katherine also sees the shark when she goes out to sea with Chuck again. She realizes that the animal is being attracted to radio waves, so the shark leaves her boat alone when the radio is turned off. The next time she visits Roger Wade, she accepts his money and then explains to him that the shark, and not the chemicals, were the cause of the accident. In front of the army, she suggests that the oil drilling tore a prehistoric shark out of hibernation, so to speak; this shark has abilities that were later differentiated in animals, can live, fly and swim on land, so that it must be classified as a “super shark”.
As the national holiday with numerous bathers is imminent, the army decides to act. With Katherine's help, the shark can be attracted, but withstands both MP fire and harder guns. He also brings down and destroys a barrel armor, which has previously only been used as a secret weapon in Afghanistan . Katherine can lure the shark into a cave, throw dynamite down its throat and detonate it remotely. The shark dies, Katherine survives with a pop trauma and is met by Chuck.
production
Supershark was shot in California. The costumes were created by Darragh Marmorstein , the film structures are by Peter Dang . The title song Super Shark was written by Harvey Scales . The film was released in US cinemas on December 8, 2011. In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD on May 10, 2012. Supershark was the first film to be shown as part of the series The worst films of all time (SchleFaZ), commented on by Oliver Kalkofe and Peter Rütten . The broadcast on July 26, 2013 on Tele 5 was also the first broadcast of the film on German television.
criticism
The lexicon of international films called Supershark a “ trash film that is reminiscent of Japanese monster films from a distance ; however, the computer tricks are too bad and the events too tiring to be able to compete with Godzilla . "" Film for Orkus, "summarized Cinema .
Web links
- Super Shark in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Supershark. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de