Director: Donald Farmer
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Shark
Plot:
Living in a small town, a series of strange deaths in the area are soon attributed to a curse enacted by a nun summoning a demon shark to prey on the town members after the treatment of her child years ago, and force a disgraced priest into a battle of good and evil to stop it.
Review:
This was a generally fun and likable follow-up. One of the stronger elements here is the rather enjoyable setup that brings about an opportunity to revel in quite a bit of solid cheese. The overall setup of the shark’s resurrection and presence in the community by going for the route of the beast as a physical manifestation of a nun’s vengeance over her child’s death and enacting a pact with Satan to ensure the demonic shark is the instrument of her revenge gives the film a great baseline to work with. Given the means through which the nun goes about taking victims to the shark as a sacrificial offering or tracking down survivors to ensure the attack is followed through on, as everything ties back to the curse as her actions spur the priest into action to stop her.
It’s all pretty well-connected with the other girls who become connected to everything over time, which gives this a solid start alongside the sense of cheesy and outright silly action featured in this one. The idea of the shark seen swimming around the lake getting ready to attack either the swimming mother, the series of sacrificial victims given to the shark, or the final attack on the beach which are extremely silly and provides a perfectly acceptable feel to the storyline provided here. Also, rather fun with everything here is the improved technical aspects from what happened to the original, as it’s enhanced quite significantly, all keeping this one going along rather nicely.
There are some drawbacks to this one that hold it down. The main drawback to this one is the same issue that plagued the original in an overlong sense of padding that arises from the scenes here not involving the shark. Having a majority of the scenes here go on far longer than they should, whether it’s the endless scenes of characters wandering around a location with little purpose, talking about movies with friends, or the exploits of the dancer forcing a client to take a road trip to the beach, are all generally enjoyable scenes taken individually but manage to highlight how the pace is off with these taking up the time it could’ve spent on shark attacks. As well, there’s also the expected low-budget antics featured here, which are expected but manage to also hold this one down.
Overview: ***/5
A fun follow-up that does have some drawbacks, this is a massive improvement on the original, which is a great sign here, even if there are still some factors with this one. Give it a shot if you’re a fan of the style or approach here, as well as the creative crew, while those turned off by these factors should heed caution with this one.
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