Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Genre

action film, horror film, adventure film, thriller film, mystery film, suspense film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 1,186 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The fourth film in the Jaws series. A widowed Ellen Brody believes a great white shark is hunting her family for revenge after it kills her son. She goes to the Bahamas to protect her remaining family.

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What happens

Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 American thriller film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent. The fourth and final film in the Jaws franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise her role from the first two films, along with new cast members Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young and Michael Caine. Acting as a direct sequel to Jaws 2 (retroactively ignoring the events of Jaws 3-D), the film focuses on a now-widowed Ellen Brody (Gary) and her conviction that a great white shark is seeking revenge on her family, particularly when it kills her younger son Sean, and follows her to the Bahamas. The film was made in less than nine months, with production commencing in September 1986 so that the film could be released the following summer. The film was shot on location in New England and in the Bahamas and completed on the Universal lot. As with the first two films, Martha's Vineyard was the location of the fictional Amity Island for the opening scenes. Delays caused by the mechanical sharks and the weather led to concerns about whether the release date would be met. Many critics suggested that the rushed production compromised the quality of the film. The film was marketed with the now infamous tagline "This time, it's personal." Jaws: The Revenge was the lowest-grossing film of the franchise, with $51.9 million total gross on a $23 million budget barely breaking even. It received largely negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, who felt that the franchise had run its course, and some called it one of the worst films of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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