Tension filled horror (with comedy)

Rating: 9/10 (22 December 2004)

The film as just a face value blockbuster is terrific but it has depths to it as well ,for a start it at times makes a bit of fun of the basic human fear of being eaten alive how it does that I don't know but because of this it makes it brilliant. But its not just about the shark its about 3 completely different men who don't particularly like one another having to work together as it is a basic theme of man vs nature and the terror that we as humans cant control everything . But I'm going to deep this movie is just great fun brilliant acting 3 very fine actors to my mind Robert Shaw is especially brilliant as the mad ex sailor who has a grudge against sharks ever since he was on the USS Indianapolis which was sunk and subsequently half the crew were eaten alive not surprising, and Brody as just a sheriff who has to come to terms with the fact that horrors like this do exist ,and finally Harper who has that typical Dreyfuss brash brat attitude about him who thinks that sharks are wonderful creatures and that is what makes the film so great 3 different men three different ideals one total horror linking them