Official Score = 2 1/2 Devils[/caption]Have you ever seen a movie that was so bad that it was good, and then begin to wonder if that had been the intention of the crew that produced said movie? I have… and you want to know what? If you have the right group of decent and crummy actors, a totally ridiculous plot that is both far-fetched but fun, and great special effects, then you got a truly amazing ‘As they say’ B-Movie!
And that is what Sand Sharks (2012) truly is!
Written by: Cameron Larson (Xtinction: Predator X), Joe Benkis (Grizzly Flats) and Directed by: Mark Atkins (Princess Of Mars). Starring: Corrin Nemic (The Stand), Brooke Hogan (Brooke Knows Best), Veronica Lee Evigan (Holiday In Handcuffs), Eric Scott Woods (Jonah Hex), Edgar Allan Poe (Cape Fear), Robert Pike Daniel (Half-Caste), Delpaneaux Wills (Dark Tower), Jack Kennedy (The Last Vital), and Andrea Pineda (Guns, Girls And Gambling).
Now what I mean by the above, is that you take a group of actors and actresses, and then you throw them in a movie that could be said to be based on Tremors (1990), and Jaws (1975), and you throw in some pretty mediocre, but still better then to be expected special effects and you got some real gold… And that is pretty much what this movie is all about!
You see this movie tells the story of Jimmy Green (Nemec) whom after arriving back on the island that he grew up on, to start a festival that will catapult him to the financial top, a scourge comes to that small island!
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Jimmy Green (Corin Nemec) with his assistant, is about to regret trying to produce a show on his home Island![/caption]What is this scourge? Well it is, a Shark that can swim in the sand! Now at first no one believes it, (I mean Sharks don’t swim in the sand), but as the death toll begins to mount, a group of people finally end up accidentally taking out this menace when it kills its final victim, it ends up getting electrocuted to death!
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These are some unhappy party goers[/caption]Now with the Shark dead, the show can go on… and Jimmy throws the bash of the century! But is that the last this small community will ever hear from these dreaded Sand Sharks? Or is it just a blood bath waiting to happen?
Ultimately this movie is so awesomely bad, and such a close remake to Jaws (1975), that this movie has its own version of Jaws’ Sheriff Brody, Hooper and even Captain Quint!
Another thing that I thought that I would mention (and this one is a rare treat when you get to see it,) but sometimes in B Movies, the B Actors or Actresses who are either the children of A list talent (as is the case with Renee Estevez (Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers) who is an amazing B Movie starlet, and daughter of legendary actor Martin Sheen (Firestarter),) or the B Movie Actor or Actress who is the sibling of an A list actor (as is the case with Sylvester Stallone’s B Movie brother, ‘Frank’) come together to do something truly spectacularly cheesy! (as is the case with Brooke Hogan (Hulk Hogan’s daughter), and Vanessa Lee Evigan (Greg Evigan’s daughter) who both star in this movie together!
In the end though I am going to be honest and say that if you’re looking for more than just a pretty amusingly, ‘B’ Horror movie spoof, then this movie is probably not the movie for you, but if you like B Movies, and are not expecting anything more than pure cheesy brilliance , then you might like this one!
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