Shark Night 3D is a horror movie directed by David R. Ellis, and written by Will Hayes and Jesse Studenburg. Sara Paxton as Sara, Dustin Milligan as Nick, and Chris Carmack as Dennis are the main characters. These are very different roles for the main characters. Sara Paxton is known for the children’s show Darcy’s Wildlife, starring as Darcy Fields. Dustin Milligan is known for playing Ethan Ward in the remake of 90210. Chris Carmack is most well known for playing Luke Ward on The OC. The movie is rated PG-13 for violence.
When college friends go to Paxton’s lake house the the weekend, they experience something they never could have imagined. While water skiing, Sinqua Walls, as Malik, falls into the water, where he dissapears for a while, then re-emerges with a missing arm. The friends find out there is a shark in the water, and immediately call for help. When their next friend gets eaten by a different shark, they start to think there is something suspicious going on. After discovering an enemy of Sara’s is trying to kill and film them getting eaten by sharks for Shark Week, they try to get away from the island.
The acting was mostly believable, but the ever changing plot did not help the actors realistically act like they were actually getting eaten by sharks.
Music is horror movies is crucial to letting the audience know when something scary is going to happen, and the music did just that.
The special effects were terrible. The sharks were made from plastic, which anyone could easily tell. If the sharks weren’t made from plastic, they were CGI from a computer, but this looked just as fake as the plastic sharks. It was very easy to tell the actors never actually dealt with sharks. On the other hand, the blood in the water did look very real.
Shark Night has not won any awards, but I am seeing Razzie’s in it’s future.
Shark Night was very unbelievable. A new category, Comedy/Horror, should be created just for this movie. I would give this movie a 4 out of 10 for the simple fact that the movie provided me with some good laughs.
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