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Mike (Dennis Quaid) is helping to finalise the plexiglass-tunnel
attraction and Sean is visiting to catch up with him and his
girlfriend (Bess Armstrong).
It doesn't take much to guess that in addition to throngs
of people being attracted by Undersea Kingdom, its funpark
and aquatic shows, a brute of a shark is also keen to sniff
around the area.
Things then go mighty wrong for the humans as the killer
shark gets into a real pootie with them and they find themselves
trapped in clear plexiglass tubes while a rather large set
of big teeth with fins swims by.
This is not one of Quaid's better performances, nor Simon
MacCorkindale's, and as for the scene where Scots hardman
James Cosmo cries like a sook .... well, it's just unforgiveable.
The only actor who comes out with any credit is the ever-reliable
Lou Gossett Jnr as the owner of the complex. Watch for a young
Lea Thompson as a water-skiing temptress.
Jaws 3 has its moments of excitement but, overall,
lacks the bite of the original. In fact, towards the end,
it was more humourous than frightening with a growling shark
and - I hate to say it - floating shark teeth.
Shot for yet another experiment with 3D, you can pick the
moments when the audience was supposed to go "ooooooh!".
Seen without the benefit of 3D glasses it just looks ordinary.
The transfer is pretty ordinary and that sort of sums up
the movie.
Conclusion: Movie 70%, Extras 20%
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