Jaws: The Revenge

Jaws: The Revenge
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Written by	Michael De Guzman
Produced by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Karen Young, Judith Barsi
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Running time	89 min.

Jaws The Revenge (or Jaws 4) (1987) is the third and final sequel to Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws. The events of Jaws 3-D are not mentioned, and the story is more a continuation from Jaws 2. Michael Caine stars as Hoagie Newcombe.

It was nominated for Worst Picture in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards.

The story returns to the Brody family in Amity Island. Martin Brody has since died of a heart attack, although his wife, Ellen (Gary), claims that "it was the fear [of the shark] that killed him." Sean (Mitchell Anderson), the youngest son, works as a police deputy in Amity: whilst on an assignment to clear a log from a buoy, he is attacked and killed by a shark.

Ellen visits her eldest son, Michael (Guest), in the Bahamas. He now works as a marine biologist. She meets Hoagie (Caine), and they begin dating. After a series of nightmares and shark attacks, including one upon her granddaughter (Barsi), Ellen becomes convinced that the shark has tracked her family to the Bahamas. She takes a boat out to sea on her own, intent on confrontng the shark.

The novelisation of the film suggests that the shark may be acting under the influence of a vengeful voodoo witch doctor (who has a feud with the Brody family), and the shark's apparent revenge has magical implications, ergo the witch doctor is the 'revenge' and the shark is his tool. Lorraine Gary later said she regretted reprising her role as Ellen Brody and wished that this film had never been made. It was widely ridiculed at the time for the scene at the end that showed the shark "roaring". The films also contains many mistakes. For example, there is one scene where Michael Caine's character jumps into the ocean from a crashing helicopter and swims onto Ellen's boat. When he comes aboard, his shirt is as dry as if freshly washed!

External links

• jawsmovie.com
• Jaws: The Revenge - Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension Extended review