Director: Mark Polonia
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Sharks
Plot:
Desperate to retain his credibility, a failing priest decides to accompany a hustler who claims to know the true resting spot of Noah’s Ark and sets out with a crew to find it, only to learn that a deadly cult and a mystical Great White Shark guarding the site to prevent the release of a deadly secret.
Review:
This was a solid enough if somewhat flawed effort. Among the more enjoyable aspects with this one comes from an intriguing setup which mixes together some interesting topics. The main aspect involved here, with the introduction of the lost books banned from the Bible that includes the witch and the secret deal that transpires between the shark and the forgotten son of Noah, makes for a rather strong starting point that twists history for it’s own good. That this enables the main setup here of the search for the cursed ark to carry on from there while setting up the protective cult and cursed shark on their trails is a great start.
That goes alongside the cheesy action here to give this some cheesy genre thrills. The flashbacks to the truth involving what happened on the ark, from the meeting with the witch and the betrayal that resulted when he brings the shark onboard to the goofy attacks that follow once the creature gets loose, is a rather fun sequence much like the doomed explorer who finds it and also gets attacked. The big finale, involving the group coming under fire by the supernatural cult leading to the last battle with the shark and a somewhat cheesy finale which has a lot to like, all comes together with the cheesy effects to make for some likable elements here.
There are some drawbacks here that hold this one back. The biggest issue here is a generally thudding pace that doesn’t have all that much going on here for a killer shark movie. That so much of this one is spent on the threat of the cult members about continuing on and the group hiking through the intervening parts of the woods on their journey that the shark action is kept to a minimum at several points de to the lack of action. The other factor here is the usual assortment of low-budget issues that constantly plague these films, from flimsy shark props, technical mistakes and other blatant factors that are to be expected and which hold it down.
Overview: **.5/5
An overall cheesy is lacking genre effort, this one suffers just enough to lower it from the rest of the genre outings while still having enough to like about it. Fans of the indie-style featured here or the creative crew should look into this one, while everyone else should outright avoid this one for other entries in the genre or the creative minds.
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