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After an accident during their vacations on a paradisiac island, a group of friends is stalked by a large shark.After an accident during their vacations on a paradisiac island, a group of friends is stalked by a large shark.After an accident during their vacations on a paradisiac island, a group of friends is stalked by a large shark.
Kelly Lynn Reiter
- Brianna
- (as Kelly Reiter)
Randall J. Bacon
- Peter
- (as Randall J Burke)
Michelle Ng Mini
- Female Student
- (as Michelle Ng)
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It doesn't get much more unrealistic than this movie. There were absolutely no attempts made to make the shark and shark attacks look real, and one of the main characters blatantly flirts with a taken man right in front of his significant other. This is essentially a cheesy slasher film with a shark replacing a human serial killer. At one point, just like in your typical horror movie, two people go off alone for obviously scandalous reasons and somehow their friends don't notice they're missing right away. And of course one of these people were explicitly told not to go in the water, but of course they do.
Yessirree y'all, the redneck saves the day, gawdammit!
The acting and script in this much-hyped film is absolutely atrocious. Why Jeff Fahey signed up for it beats me, maybe he has money troubles.
We're led to believe that these people are stranded on this island, with no hope of rescue, but every time there's a wider camera shot there's loads of boats around!
The CGI shark is amazing, able to change it size and shape at will.
The island paradise this film is set in is supposedly off Hawaii, but could well be Bognor, as it's as grey, windy and dark as a British summer.
Our hero, Harlan, struggles to speak discernable English, and is to acting as freezing water is to an erection.
Sadly, yet another film in the 'why did they bother' category.
The acting and script in this much-hyped film is absolutely atrocious. Why Jeff Fahey signed up for it beats me, maybe he has money troubles.
We're led to believe that these people are stranded on this island, with no hope of rescue, but every time there's a wider camera shot there's loads of boats around!
The CGI shark is amazing, able to change it size and shape at will.
The island paradise this film is set in is supposedly off Hawaii, but could well be Bognor, as it's as grey, windy and dark as a British summer.
Our hero, Harlan, struggles to speak discernable English, and is to acting as freezing water is to an erection.
Sadly, yet another film in the 'why did they bother' category.
I love a Shark movie. Even a fairly bad one is worth checking out. Sometimes it's just a matter of low budget. I've seen a lot of terrible Shark movies, but this one is the worst. I even saw Toxic Shark about a Shark tbst shoots Toxic Waste.
But thus has good awful acting and some pretty terrible CGI. It's more so the acting though. All the actors are terrible. Take me right out of the movie. It feels super fake. Very standard "we're irresponsible young adults on vacation". I really hated this. Skipped around to just the Shark parts and it was still awful. Don't watch this. Even if you like sharks, it's a waste of time.
But thus has good awful acting and some pretty terrible CGI. It's more so the acting though. All the actors are terrible. Take me right out of the movie. It feels super fake. Very standard "we're irresponsible young adults on vacation". I really hated this. Skipped around to just the Shark parts and it was still awful. Don't watch this. Even if you like sharks, it's a waste of time.
Was this a movie, or a cinematic music video?
The music was TOO LOUD! I couldn't hear a word the actors were saying, because all I could hear was some Mariah Carey wannabe, belting out vocals loud enough to wake the dead!
Even when there was no singing, the music in the background was unbelievably loud, drowning out everything.
For obvious reasons, turning the volume up made it worse. I couldn't get passed the 10-minute mark for this exact reason. I don't feel too bad though, as the film looked gash anyway...and after reading reviews on here, it's clear I dodged a bullet!
In summary: THE. MUSIC. WAS. TOO. LOUD.
The music was TOO LOUD! I couldn't hear a word the actors were saying, because all I could hear was some Mariah Carey wannabe, belting out vocals loud enough to wake the dead!
Even when there was no singing, the music in the background was unbelievably loud, drowning out everything.
For obvious reasons, turning the volume up made it worse. I couldn't get passed the 10-minute mark for this exact reason. I don't feel too bad though, as the film looked gash anyway...and after reading reviews on here, it's clear I dodged a bullet!
In summary: THE. MUSIC. WAS. TOO. LOUD.
This movies is bad in so many ways it is difficult to pinpoint any one thing. The script was bad writing and the actors were bad enough to perfectly deliver the poorly written script. As far as the graphics in the movie, they are awful. The shark shots look like something from the best technology in the 80s. So many glaring errors like the volume of blood from an attack. The human body holds at most around 1.5 gallons of blood. On initial bites there were gallons spilled and yet people lived for a bit afterwards. Forget the fact that you die from just the loss of 1/2 to 2/3rds. These folks would have been gone before they even knew what was happening.
There were no 'good' actors in this and Trace Adkins wasn't the worst, but he tried. The man just isn't an actor. It is just uncomfortable to watch him try. There are some very cheesy lines in this film, blueberry pancakes is just one.
There were no 'good' actors in this and Trace Adkins wasn't the worst, but he tried. The man just isn't an actor. It is just uncomfortable to watch him try. There are some very cheesy lines in this film, blueberry pancakes is just one.
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie is so cheap and low budget they have the raft brand names covered with black tape.
- GoofsIn the final showdown, Trace Adkins fires more than 20 shots from a pump action shotgun without ever reloading. The final point where he could have conceivably reloaded is followed by eleven rapid fire blasts.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten: Piranha Sharks (2023)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $319,639
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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