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As opposed to the high concept ideas like “Sharkenstein” or “6-Headed Shark Attack,” “Shark Lake” attempts to define itself as a real shark thriller. The film starts off with a hefty bull shark in a van which is being carried by the animal smuggler Clint Gray (Dolph Lundgren), and at this point we get the idea that the ‘gritty’ part of the shark thriller is already defined.
The smuggler gets caught and the van ends up in a lake. During the catch, the smuggler abandons his infant daughter. The officer who captured the smuggler goes on to adopt the child, and a span of 5 years goes away in which nothing happens.
Without warning, the lake shark commences its onslaught with what appears to be at least at first a bear attack on a camper standing in water up to his ankles. This is strictly written off as a bear attack, and it snowballs into a gripping event. Stephen-Jack’s earnest attitude towards the lake shark even though it’s so bizarre is almost sort of cute. Coming back to the plot holes, you can’t ignore the fact of how it got into the lake in the first place – was it strapped into the wild van? To add to the chaos, how is it possible for the poor fish to just vanish from sight for the last five years? Wondering how I didn’t get logical about the previous films? Starting with the shark movie, let’s just say I know my audience. To keep it brief, I sided with everyone as soon as I admonished the approach of House Shark.
Dolph Lundgren, who is not surprisingly the main character, looks as if he has turned up for work simply out of boredom and a willingness to settle recent debts, which speaks volumes regarding the quality of acting. It is in fact, atrocious. Sara Lane, as a police detective, plays the lead character with classic monotone nuance so she can spend more energy combating badly constructed supporting characters instead of drowning under the sea that has been described as excruciating. One of these characters is the sheriff who is nothing but an overgrown obnoxious idiot. It is hard to have a positive opinion of milksopp Matt Hooper, too. I mean, ichthyologist Peter Mayes is so fixated on the fish mating ritual that maybe a detective should forget the lake and placer him somewhere with Troy McClure. Most notably, however, is the utterly inexpressible notion of ‘Steve Irwin’s cypher’ supposedly working for the BBC and attempting to capture the rogue shark that has set up residence in the lake. Just the thought of this cliche character as well as the lack of intelligence gathered is enough to have people speechless. The English accent will irritate so many people that they will hastily write letters to The Daily Mail, begging to have their funds returned.
By the time the third act twist is delivered, your eyes would have rolled so often and so hard, you might have sprained your eyesight, but despite all of its tedium, shoddy effects, wooden acting and downright stupidity, it’s still kind of watchable and far from the worst movie I’ve watched this .
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