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I once heard (or read) Jennifer Lawrence make a snide remark about actors in true crime dramas like this one. It instantly caught my attention and told me that Ms. Lawrence isn't the down-to earth-indie girl she pretends to be.

This episode is a perfect example of the hidden gems that can be found among the hard working men and women who appear in these re-enactments. The lead actress -- Hope Jordan -- is phenomenal in this. I didn't care that much for the story, which was even creepier than most, but I kept watching to see more of Ms. Jordan's performance. She was convincing, genuine, and willing to go way over the top to portray the desperation and terror of a victim of kidnapping and torture.

No, I have never met Ms. Jordan, nor do I have any connection to her, to this show, or even to the entertainment industry. Check my profile, and you will see I have been a member of this site for decades and have written a handful of reviews, good and bad, for movies that have caught my attention. I just took the time to review Ms. Jordan and her terrific portrayal. I appreciated it very much.

While it's difficult to find anything useful to add to the many insighful reviews of this "movie," there is at least one performance I think deserves special mention. Shark Attack 3: Megalodon offers one of the best examples of "method acting" I've ever seen. Leading man John Barrowman so immerses himself in his character that his single-minded approach dominates every scene. Unfortunately, the character he assumes for this movie was not that of Ben the glorified lifeguard who appears in the script, but the character of Tom Cruise playing Ben the lifeguard. In almost every shot, Barrowman can be seen ripping off a Cruise smile, a Cruise laugh, a Cruise pose, a Cruise expression, a Cruise anything he can get his hands on. And all this is completely independent of whatever Ben the Lifeguard is supposed to be doing in the scene other than being a Tom Cruise impersonator. I've seen some other actors attempt similar feats (Skeet Ulrich as Johnny Depp comes to mind), but none has taken on this particular role with such scrupulous dedication and total disregard of its effect on the actual movie.