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I had such a good time watching this , best entertainment I've had in a while .

Where to start ?, Well Michael Madsen for one , what was with the birds nest on his head ?

And what was he staring at when he was on the phone ? I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head .

I was more scared of him than I was of the shark !

Next, the daughter , was she smoking something throughout ? , and you know what ? She probably could have caught the shark in her mouth eventually ,because she never closed it !

From terrible camerawork , to terrible acting , to terrible dialoge , this was one hell of a great watch !

Pour youself a large drink and enjoy !

This ranks alongside Snow Shark Ancient Snow Beast and House Sharks as the worst shark movies ever made.

I love shark films. Even the cheesy low budget ones. But this was garbage.

Michael Madsen literally phones his performance in. And in the most wooden way possible.

He has phone conversations with some random guy in a boat who has no relevance to the movie whatsoever. And most of the time you see this guy from his back. It was obvious that this guy was not an actor. The conversations he has with Michael Madsen are hilarious. Each conversation has them repeatedly say the same things over and over but with some dialogue changes. It is extremely bizzare.

Now to the blonde lead of the movie. You will see her space out of lot with some really strange facial expressions. You don't know if she is trying to look shocked, struggling to remember her lines or holding in a fart.

Not too mention the out of place 10 minute conversation she has with the other girl about love and drama while stuck on a rock escaping the shark. There are more important issues for them to be concerned about then that crap in their situation.

The shark is the typical z grade quality CGI. In some cases each time you see the shark you hear some weird wooshing/growling sound. And ironically, the shark is the best actor in the film.

The only good thing about this movie is that it's funny. And that was not the intention of this film.

Make sure to listen to Michael Madsens horrible phone message to his characters daughter 'This is me....calling you..... something along the lines like that. Awful

UPDATE - Changing the movie title to DEEP BLUE NIGHTMARE on Lifetime is not going to change how bad this movie is. I don't know why they bothered changing the name

This was very silly LMN movie - I felt sorry for the shark!!

Please note:

1. Michael Madsen needed a hair color touch up - his grey roots are clearly visible.

2. Michael madsen needed a cough lozenge - he sounded very horse.

3. Just a silly plot - sinking island?

4. This reminded me of JAWS in the 1970's (I saw it then) but that scared me - this one made me laugh.

Have many drinks before viewing - REQUIRED!!!

This is another really poor & extremely cheap killer shark Thriller about stranded youngsters being stalked by a great white & the real used footage of the shark looks great because it's Real but the c.g.i side of things is AWFUL!!!

The blonde chick also has some horrific Snot near the end....watch it gross

But the most disturbing thing about this cheap & tacky flick is that former "Reservoir Dogs" star Michael Madsen is in this playing one of the girls dad & he looks horrendous, he looks half dead & scarily frail & very old looking!!! It's a shame how he's turned out in his later years & he's now a horrendous actor!!!!

Film is crap.

There were some morbid moments. If you read the description of the movie, you can surmise what I'm referring to. It was hard to get past the bad acting in this movie. The man who plays Sarah's father is so creepy and beyond stupid. He keeps calling his daughter who obviously is stuck in the middle of nowhere with a dead phone, expecting her to call him back. Hard to watch without screaming at the TV. Lol

I love shark movies, and I especially love the ones with stalker sharks or silly-science. Unfortunately, everything in this movie and how it was made makes this a piece of garbage. The CGI is TERRIBLE. The writing is awful. I would generally say that the dialogue is awful, and it is. But in this movie, there is also quite a bit of narrating, as one of the characters leaves long, exposition voicemail messages to another character, despite knowing that their phone is dead. There are also many instances of just screaming at nothing, which make no sense. Why would you scream at a shark who just ate your friend "what do you want?" Did she think that the shark wanted her to cosign on a loan? Every spoken word i this movie is mind-numbingly bad. I've seen worse movies, but this one is quite stupid. Florida looks absolutely beautiful, and the shark does get a few people, so maybe watch it on mute? I will never see this one again. Too dumb.

Okay so I have 45 minutes left to go but if you need a great movie to make fun of with your boyfriend, this is it. Highly predictable, very contrary. The dads on the phone like "is there some other island you can swim to?" And the chicks like "dad no we're in the middle of nowhere" and then you'll see another island in the background. It's so bad it's awesome!

Were to start..bad cgi for the sharks, bad acting, and bad writing. when you see island near you you paddle to them. you can clearly see shore in the distance and land mass but maybe they think we didnt see them and this was in open water

The movie seemed like an earnest newcomer effort to create a suspenseful shark attack movie (not over-the-top silliness like Sharknado (2013)), but now I see that several cast and crew have a list of credits behind them. They couldn't do better? Several crew members are credited in both movies; both movies are from The Asylum.

The basic premise is straightforward: Three people get stranded in rising waters while a shark circles them. Will they survive? That's the story.

The writing was amateurish. At a few points, it seemed like the screenwriter was thinking, "I looked up some stuff for background, so dang it, I'm going to squeeze it into somebody's dialogue somewhere." For example, the distraught father is on the phone with his frightened daughter, who had just indicated that she and her cell phone might die at any moment. Did he really need to go into an extended explanation of king tides, instead of quickly telling her what to do before her phone shut down?

The characters repeated themselves a few times unnecessarily too, which felt like padding. They also flip-flopped a few times (for no apparent reason) about what they should or shouldn't do next.

There were a few disjointed topic changes in the dialogue, as if the screenwriter decided to shoehorn an arbitrary subplot or two into the script -- but only in the form of dialogue, not activity. Whether it was the writing, the direction, or the acting that was inadequate, they couldn't make up their minds about each character's attitudes toward the subplots.

The performances weren't great. Paige McGarvin had the least amateurish performance, although this included screaming "What do you want?" at the shark. Seemed to me that the shark was pretty clear about its intentions. Michael Madsen just phoned in his performance, literally. Almost all his screen time had him, by himself, on the phone.

One ludicrous bit was when the operators of a small boat told the girl treading water -- water that was entirely too deep for her to stand in -- that they couldn't come to her because the water was too shallow.

The title "Shark Season" seems pretty arbitrary. How was this shark season, really? I guess they were desperate to find a shark title that hadn't been used previously.

Unbelievably cheesy tale of three kayakers attacked by a great white shark off the Florida Keys. This is most definitely not a real-life story. BUT between the goofy father, ditzy girls, CGI shark and dense rescue workers it all worked for me. There's so much bullcrap in the world that a stupid, pointless movie like this is the only thing that makes me feel alive. Enjoy.

This movie did have some positives, upping the rating from a 1, and in this case even a 2. Now this movie isn't great, but their are some stuff in here to enjoy. The movies premise is actually quite good for a survival thriller and getting away from a Great white Shark. And it does add stakes and entertainment value.

The movies soundtrack is awesome, It's groovy and has some songs that makes you want to get up of your feet and even dance, and foreshadowing what the actual reality is and what it will become. But, I do enjoy the music and it doesn't overstate it's welcome. The water is absolutely stunning to look at, lots of cool camera shots to look at, and some great views on the island. And clever wide shots. Creating more of an atmosphere due to the characters surroundings. However that's where the positives end.

The acting for the most part was hammy and cheesy, and did feel phoned in. For example, the father doesn't really look all that interested in the movie role, heck I Don't really blame him, I'd rather play snooker. And talk to a wall. But, I Don't know maybe that's just me. Or he genuinely is phoning it in and doesn't want to be their. And the script is so poor, there is nothing worthy about it. Most of the characters Don't even look at each other even if their talking to each other half the time. And it wouldn't be a horror movie without the characters making dumb decisions, there's even an entire list of them on display here!

The man decides to go for a swim, despite the girls being suspicious of their being something in the water, it isn't dumb but it's slightly weird. As does the Blond chick. They all stay on an isolated island, where there's an even bigger one only a few meters away. And they kiyack 3 miles out, which is in no way safe or relatable to anyone.

Those are some of the dumbest decisions that take place in this movie, it does do one thing right in all of this. And builds the tension and stakes by having the tide come in at the 2 girls, and have them stranded in the middle of the ocean with a Shark on the wearabouts. Which does make for a fast paste swim when they do see someone's trying to rescue them from Sea. Now time for my overall thoughts.

Would I recommend this film?

Nope..., I suggest you do anything else and avoid it, I watched it so you don't have to. It's not the worst film though, 3/10, 2.66.

Horrible watch, most likely will not watch again, and do not recommend.

This is one of those 2019+ movies that looks like it was made in 2013. While a lot of the movie has some modern cinematography over the ocean, the cg shark alone looks like it is left over effects from another movie.

While I think the ladies actually did really well for what they were (clearly) given, but the script is so horribly structured and written that it literally doesn't make any sense at points, and really looks like 3-4 movies were cut together.

While Michael Madsen can act, he was very clearly given some weird direction. He seems more like a crazy villain explaining his mad plot rather than a concerned father. Literally the same voice for "I hope you, my daughter, are okay", and "you better save my daughter, or I'll kill you".

The guy on the boat alone doesn't make sense no matter how you cut it. He speaks in some other worldy alien affect. You could literally cut him from the movie entirely and it would make more sense, even if you didn't caption the responses over the phone.

What a lot of this comes down to is a lot of 2 hot girls in danger, either trying to avoid, outrun, or fight a shark.

I'm not saying some people aren't going to enjoy this, just know what you're getting into with this one: and I did my part to tell you not to watch it.

Wow just wow - how can the acting be so bad from everyone concerned in this? Surely there are some good actors in Hollywood who would act for peanuts or nothing just to get their names known? I surmise the actors; and I use the term loosely in this, have either given the producer a few... ahem... casting couch favours or are family members!

Michael Madsen - well what can we say but that syrup was just a laugh-a-minute especially when he is on the phone it literally starts moving back exposing his real grey hair underneath I couldn't stop laughing and sorry Mike but when you are past your best it is time to give it up and you are 10 years past your best but he was obviously thrown into this calamity just to add a name to the cast list! He actually looks like my gramps with a dodgy black syrup, some dreadfully bad blusher on his cheeks and the turkey neck of doom. Watch the end sequence closely - he is so frail he cannot put his sunglasses on with his hands shaking or was he inebriated? Either way what a poor old sod, i actually started to feel sorry for the old fella, how very, very embarrassing to go out in your career this way - better to grow old gracefully!

As for the movie? Well it is Asylum and a tv movie so you should really not expect much and try and review it in that context but even so the shark effects were pretty basic. The problem is the acting, it really takes away a lot from the movie and makes it hard to watch and just adds another Shark Turkey movie to the seemingly endless list!

I can appreciate the limits of a low budget movie. Cheap actors try, but you can still tell that they are cheap newbies. But Michael Manson? He's acting like a man recovering from a stroke, with a touch of asthma and Alzheimer's. He literally looks like a crazy old man who is having trouble reading his lines. And the whole plot is that they have to stay in their kayaks because some weather phenomena is flooding the islands. Yet in several of the close-up scenes, you can see large islands behind them. And we're supposed to believe that the shirt can leap over a JetSki and plug the rider off and eat him in one bite, but I can't seem to get to girls on a plastic kayak.

A photographer, model and makeup artist travel to a remote island in the middle of nowhere, unaware that a deadly white shark is stalking them.

Awful, worst than awful, this is one of the worst shark films I've seen to far, and I've seen Alien Shark. The script is truly atrocious, some of the dialogue will make you cringe.

You can play bad shark movie bingo, tick off the following as you go along...

CGI shark Psycho shark Over sentimental scenes Jumping shark Girls in bikinis Man with muscles Terrible script Bad wig

Although the last one is debatable, Michael Madsen deserves an award for one of the worst acting performances of all time, he's atrocious, he's so creepy, why did she phone him, she'd have been better phoning Jack the ripper. He didn't blink once.

I don't think the two girls did a bad job, just saying considering the script, they tried.

Sarah and Meghan, what a duo, a few lessons on sharks and dolphins wouldn't hurt. That scene where they talk about dying, I honestly thought Meghan was laughing for real about the script.

3/10.

This movie was awful. I wish I never saw this. Michael Madson was playing the dad on the phone-like seriously? They couldn't get a better role for him? Plus he sounds like he has a sore throat and I can't believe that the girl calls her dad instead of 911.

If anyone likes this movie im speechless. If you feel the need to murder some of your brain cells, then watch this movie. It's gonna be hard to watch the whole thing so I hope you make it through this awful trainwreck..

The movie itself wouldn't be so bad. But the acting was some of the worst I've ever seen. I do realize that it could just be me since we all have different taste. I just couldn't get past how both the girl and her dad always had that strange look in their eyes staring off into nowhere. The girls was the absolute worst. I had a really hard time finishing the show to see what happened. I have this issue about not finishing a movie once I start it. The dark haired girls acting was a bit better but still really horrible at times. I was very confused because I recognized the man playing the dad and had to look him up because I knew he had been a very good actor in other movies. I don't know why the acting was so terrible.

The movie is horrible, but the dad is so hilarious to watch. He made me laugh every time he opened his mouth to speak!

Seen a bunch of hilarious reviews I won't try and top those but the dialog in this movie is the worst I have ever seen. I don't believe the writer ever wrote a movie before. Do not waste your time.

Can anyone act on Lifetime?

Do any Lifetime movies have a decent plot?

I would rather watch CHUCKY--at least he can act?

I was rooting for the shark too.

Who curled Madsen's hair?

All around brutal to watch.

This is a below 1 movie and makes me curious if the acting performances are so terrible because they know this is a paycheck and the goofball on the other end of the camera is likely filming his/her one and only movie. Every scene is a game of 'what's wrong with this picture' aside from basically everything.

Everything about this movie is horrible. The acting is absolutely awful. The camera angles are confusing and awkward. The dialogue and emotion/lack of emotion is terrible. I cannot stress enough how bad this movie is... but I had to finish watching because it was hilariously stupid.