Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Paul Andrews Shark Swarm is set in California in the small fishing community of Full Moon Bay where all the fish have disappeared because rich businessman Hamilton Lux (Armand Assante) has hired local thug Kane (John Enos III) to pollute the waters around the bay to kill off all the fish so everyone will go out of business & sell him their property cheap. However stubborn long term resident & local fisherman Daniel Wilder (John Schneider) refuses to sell up, while out on his boat Daniel comes across another boat badly damaged. Investigating the boat it seems that sharks were responsible & not just ordinary sharks either, no mutant sharks that swim & hunt in swarms whose DNA have been altered due to all the toxic waste in the bay & with food in short supply the sharks turn to human flesh to satisfy their hunger! It's up to hero Daniel to convince the world that the sharks exist & then destroy them...Directed by James A. Cotner this stupid & boring 'Creature Feature' is about as bad as they come. Even though Shark Swarm is supposed to be about killer man eating sharks all the boring domestic dramatics take center stage with the whole evil developer trying to run decent family man out of business plot getting much more screen time than the sharks which is unacceptable since the only reason anyone would want to watch a film called Shark Swarm would be for the sharks surely? The plot is slow going so as to have the least number of shark attacks possible thus saving money on CGI effects, there's no gore (or at least in the TV version I saw), it's boring, overlong, predictable & like all bad shark films people venture into the water even when they know they shouldn't. I also liked the reaction of the bystanders on the beach towards the end as they see the sharks in the water, they all turn & run away screaming like the sharks are going to grow legs & jump out of the water & move about on land. Also what happened to Al, the guy who had his hand bitten off? Shark Swarm is awful & even features a really bad climax where the heroes just point 'pulse guns' at the sharks to defeat them, boring. Then there's the happy soap opera style ending just to rub salt into the wound as local small town American mentality wins out over big evil corporate business. What could have been a fun 'Creature Feature' with a strong message about the dangers of dumping toxic waste is actually a boring drama with the shark side of the script almost coming off as a sub-plot.The sharks are rarely seen with good reason as the CGI computer effects are awful, in fact you never see a shark or one of it's victims in the same shot as all the attacks are exactly the same with a shot of a bad CGI shark underwater followed by a real human actor splashing around & screaming on the surface. The build up is slow & lethargic, the attacks scenes have no pace or gore or any cool shots & it's certainly not scary.Filmed on what was obviously a low budget one time A list Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah appears here but she doesn't seem that interested while highly respected actors Armand Assante & F. Murray Abraham who has actually won an Oscar also turn up in this which is probably a low point in all three's careers.Shark Swarm is a terrible 'Creature Feature' with hardly any action or shark attacks, zero gore & a boring plot that deal more with the small town domestic dramas than the man eating sharks. One to avoid.

naderw75 Ugh. One lame story. Empty dialog. Actors who can't get movie roles anymore. One exception - what is F Murray Abraham doing in this cast of mediocre actors? He has actual acting talent as opposed to Armand Assante who turns in the same swaggering tough guy persona every time. What is with that walk anyway? It's so embarrassing. And poor Darryl Hannah. Glamour girl no more. Who read this script and said, "Wow, this is gripping. Let's make a movie!" It makes you wonder what scripts don't get picked. Now that's scary. Before there were so many cable stations, this movie would never get made. A studio wouldn't waste money on a rehashed shark tale and mediocre actors. So thanks Hallmark for lowering the standards.

bwanaart This movie was a classic "B" - - SciFi type of movie. It has a wonderful cast of really good actors...but in my opinion the plot was anemic, the directing was even more-so...and I loved it! Why? Because the cast each did an excellent job of acting and the setting was believable. One can see from the 'heft' of big stars where the budget most certainly was spent. It most certainly wasn't spent on special effects or, for that matter, screen writing.All in all, I would not only recommend it because of its positive aspects...but would watch it again and again if the opportunity affords itself. The positives outweigh the negatives.

capechick2730 I knew this was going to be a bomb when the first shark attack reminded me of a video game from a few generations back it was so completely phony. Granted it was made for TV so it couldn't be as realistic as "Jaws", but my goodness this is now on my top 10 for worst movies I have ever seen.The basic premise, as usual, is the bad guy, Armand Assante wants to build a multi-million dollar condominium complex in this little town on the California coast. Most of the residents are all for the idea because the "fishing has dried up" and the economy is in the toilet. Only Daniel and his family are holding out.Apparently The Bad Guy has deliberately contaminated the water to destroy the fishing in the hopes that everybody in the town will wish to sell to him (ho-hum). Unfortunately there seems to be a nasty side effect of this poisonous water: The sharks get bigger, meaner and start bonding together! OMG! Can you guess how The Bad Guy dies at the end?? The scenes were so disjointed; one minute it's sunrise but in the next scene it's still dinnertime. These people all knew about the shark attacks; well maybe most don't because nobody I saw eaten was ever reported missing including a daycare worker and yet THEY STILL GO IN THE WATER! We have people swimming, scuba diving, surfboarding, having a water Baptism, you name it, they were doing it the water. And while it appeared to be cold enough that some were wearing sweaters and wetsuits & you could see their breath, people right up the beach were in bathing suits and splashing in the surf. People are being eaten and murdered and some of the characters start making out after a near death experience.Have you figured out yet that this is a stinker of a movie? Who makes these things? Worse yet, who approves these movies? A Junior High kid who has played Donkey Kong a few too many times? If you're desperate to see people eaten by sharks go watch Jaws (the original) and don't waste 3 hours of your precious life on this drivel. The actors and actresses should not have even got paid for this movie, they should be sending US checks for watching it.