La mort au large

Original title: L'ultimo squalo

1981
12
1h 28m

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4.3/10

3.3K

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James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.

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James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.James Franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a Great White Shark starts terrorizing the area.

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IMDb RATING

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3.3K

YOUR RATING

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Peter Benton
(as James Francicus)

Vic Morrow

Ron Hamer

Micaela Pignatelli

Gloria Benton
(as Micky Pignatelli)

Joshua Sinclair

Mayor William Wells

Giancarlo Prete

Bob Martin
(as Timothy Brent)

Stefania Girolami Goodwin

Jenny Benton
(as Stefania Girolami)

Gian Marco Lari

William 'Billy Joe' Wells Jr.

Chuck Kaufman

Dave

Gail Moore

Secretary

Joyce Lee

Kelly Michaels

Don Devendorf

Bill Eudaly

Chris Olsen

Bill Starks

Cameraman

Rita Martin

Lance Hilliard

Massimo Vanni

Jimmy
(as Max Vanders)

Ennio Girolami

Matt Rosen
(as Thomas Moore)

Alessandro Maspes

Helicopter Pilot
(as Alex Maspes)

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Trivia
Shortly before the film's release, "Universal Pictures" sued the producers, claiming it plagiarized "Les Dents de la mer (1975)," and the Australian distributors, for breach of copyright regarding Peter Benchley's book "Jaws." "Universal" won an injunction, and the film was pulled from theaters.

Goofs
James Franciscus' trouser keeps changing from light blue to dark red in the same scene.

Quotes
Peter Benton: [looking at a chewed up surf board] One thing's for sure, it wasn't a floatin chainsaw.

Connections
Edited into Double target - Cibles à abattre (1987)

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Featured review

4/10

L'ultimo squalo: Oh come on, it's not that bad

The Last Shark otherwise known as Great White was quite a controversial movie around the time of it's release.

Considered a Jaws (1975) ripoff and even released as a faux Jaws sequel in Japan (Complete with Jaws in the title) a lawsuit unsurprisingly hindered it.

Ranked in many worst movies ever made lists I expected something a lot worse than this. In fact truth be told it looks about on par with Jaws itself and almost managed to spawn a sequel.

Telling the story of a coastal resort that comes under attack from a great white shark during a wind surfing contest it's pretty generic stuff but not all that awful.

The effects are considerably better than I expected, the performances are okay and if it weren't for the fact it was so unoriginal it might be considered a passable film.

In a world awash with terrible shark movies, this isn't actually one of them.

The Good:

SFX are great for its time

The Bad:

No originality

Soundtrack keeps sounding like Dolly Parton is about to regale us with 9 to 5

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

The confederates were big wind surfing enthusiasts

By walk out of the hospital I'm pretty sure he meant that she'd hop

Helicopters can't land on water