Shark Attack 3

Shark Attack 3
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Directed by	David Worth
Written by	Scott Devine William Hooke
Starring	John Barrowman Ryan Cutrona Jenny McShane Bashar Rahal George Stanchev
Production company	Nu Image Films
Release date	2002
Running time	99 mins.

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon is the second sequel to Shark Attack, released in 2002 straight to video. The film is notable for featuring John Barrowman who later found fame in popular shows such as Doctor Who and Torchwood. Barrowman has said in an interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he only did the film for the money, and was rather embarrassed when a clip from the film was shown. Actress Jenny McShane from the first Shark Attack film has a starring role, albeit as a completely different character.

The film is also notable because certain clips from it have become popular internet memes due to the unconvincing special effects, ever size-changing shark, and bizarre dialogue.

Plot

The film begins with a group of divers installing a power cable at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, when a shark swims up and kills one of them. Six months later, lifeguard Ben Carpender and his partner Esai drive out to sea to catch some lobster. While diving, Ben finds a broken power cable with a large shark tooth stuck in it. After he pulls out the tooth, he is caught by two other divers, and soon goes back to land. Later he posts a description of the tooth online, but as he cannot find a matching shark tooth on the internet, he names it "mystery shark". Natural history researcher named Cataline "Cat" Stone gets the message, finds him and looks at the tooth. She believes it to come from a huge prehistoric shark called Megalodon (Latin for "big tooth").

Ben meets with his friend Chuck Rampart, who tells him he intends to take a look at the broken power cable. Ben tells him about the shark. Later, the animal kills two people who use a waterslide in the middle of the night. The next day Cat and her partners go out on a boat to find and tag the Megalodon. The shark shows up and smashes into their boat. Davis films it while Cat hooks a camera onto the sharks dorsal fin. The Megalodon leaves and later kills a man who was playing frisbee on the beach with his dog. Ben finds the man's severed leg and informs Cat about the attack, who in turn tells him about the Megalodon. Angry that she lied to him, he leaves.

The next day Ben, Cat, Davis and another partner go out to kill the shark, which they find out is heading toward a nearby resort. They manage to drive back out to sea, where it kills several more people. Ben tries to get his boss, Luis Ruiz, to close the beaches. Ruiz says he would, and then tells Ben to kill the Megalodon.

The crew goes back out to sea to kill the shark for good. Ben stabs the animal, which in turn begins ramming the boat, knocking Davis out cold. Cat goes into the cabin to get her shotgun, but the Megalodon busts into the boat, trying to eat her. Ben comes to her aid, beating the shark with a bat. Cat grabs her gun and shoots the shark, killing it. Afterwards, Esai arrives on his speedboat, when suddenly, the first shark's mother, a much larger Megalodon, surfaces and swallows him and his boat whole. The shark then capsizes the boat, and eats Davis and his friend in one bite. Ben and Cat are rescued by a helicopter and leave. Ben shows Ruiz the shark tooth, but his boss still refuses to close the beaches. Later Ben and Cat go over to Chuck's house, loading a torpedo into Chuck's midget submarine.

The next day, Ben and Chuck go down in the submarine. The Megalodon attacks a yacht, slamming into it a couple of times, knocking several people overboard. They escape to two large safety rafts. Ruiz steals a woman's life jacket and jumps off the yacht, only to be swallowed whole by the shark, as is one of the rafts. One of the persons drives away on a jet ski, but the Megalodon swallows him as well. Chuck then goes into the water and tags the shark. Ben eventually launches the torpedo, which succeeds in destroying the creature.

Cast

• John Barrowman as Ben Carpenter
• Jenny McShane as Cataline Stone
• Ryan Cutrona as Chuck Rampart
• Bashar Rahal as Luis Ruiz
• George Stanchev as Esai 'Sy

Critical reception

Critical reception was mostly negative and the film currently holds a score of 2.7 on IMDb and has a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. It is often considered to be "So bad it's good".

Internet meme

• A clip showing the shark attacking the yacht has received over 38 million views on YouTube.
• "That Famous Line" in which John Barrowman's character asks Jenny McShane's character if he can "take [her] home and eat [her] pussy" has received over two million views on YouTube. Barrowman has claimed to have improvised the line as a joke and was surprised that it was kept in the film.

Technical specifications

• Aspect Ratio: 1:85: 1
• Sound Mix: Dolby

See also

• Shark Attack
• Shark Attack 2

• Shark Zone

External links

• Shark Attack 3 at IMDb