Director: Brett Bentman
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Sharks
Plot:
Following a savage attack, the surviving town members of the previous series of bull shark attacks become concerned there are more creatures in the lake and try to convince the authorities that there are still sharks in the lake leading to a deadly battle to stop the creatures from spawning.
Review:
This was a flat-out awful sequel. The only good element with this one is the enhanced nature of the shark attacks featured here which offer up some interesting sequences featured here. The opening sequence of the divers going on a party where they get attacked and devoured is quite fun with the stalking coming off nicely enough involving the shark coming up behind them and getting close enough to chomp on them producing some solid wounds and bloodshed. On top of that, the finale is the only other interesting part here where everything comes together in a solid enough plan to try to stop the shark which is interesting enough, all making for the few positives here.
Beyond this, there’s nothing to like here. The idea of there not being any shark action for nearly an hour in a film just barely over an hour is a deadly idea where it’s got so little interest here that it just meanders slowly until the end. There’s no sense of excitement or energy in anything that happens, whether it be the sidestories that aren’t interesting or just dealing with the lives of the locals in the time since the initial attacks. Coming up with more melodrama about their troubled past which makes everyone want to doubt the validity of their story involving the returning shark or the small-town life that is in place trying to move on from what already happened, none of this is interesting or exciting with no shark action at all in this amount of time so the pace is just immensely dull.
As well, there’s just no shortage of stupidity in place here trying to make people more sympathetic to their plight. Focusing on the park ranger who’s a good-natured but rampant screw-up doesn’t make him endearing when his antics border on the criminal with the negligence displayed trying to earn a living in the town, while the inherent idiocy of the town politicians to blatantly ignore more shark attacks because it will interfere with their celebrations trying to move past everything makes no sense as it just paints them as villains for reasons that are immensely baffling. Combined with its low-budget limitations, these all make it one of the worst entries out there.
Overview: 0.5/5
An utterly unwatchable genre effort, there’s so little to like with this one that its overwhelming flaws are enough to leave this one of the worst films in the genre. The most ardent killer shark movie aficionados or those who enjoyed the original will be the ones to like this while just about everyone else should outright avoid this one.
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