Genre: Action / Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Length: 2h 4m 0s
Director: Steven Spielberg
Tagline: The terrifying motion picture from the terrifying No. 1 best seller.
Plot outline: Martin Brody is the new police chief of Amity, an island resort town somewhere in New England. He has a wife named Ellen, and two sons named Michael and Sean. On a Summer morning, Brody is called to the beach, where the mangled body of Summer vacationer Chrissie Watkins has washed ashore. The medical examiner tells Brody that it could have been a shark that killed Watkins. Mayor Larry Vaughn, who is desperate to not lose the money that will be brought in by 4th of July tourists, wants Brody to say Watkins's death was caused by a motorboat propeller instead of a shark, because the thought of a shark in Amity's waters would drive tourists away from Amity. It looks like Vaughn is a mayor who puts money ahead of people's lives. Shark expert Matt Hooper believes Watkins was killed by a shark. Hooper is proven right a few days later, when Alex Kintner is killed by the shark that killed Watkins. Looking for the quickest solution, Vaughn tells all of the local fishermen to let him know if they see the shark. A shark hunter named Quint offers to find the shark and kill it, but Vaughn thinks Quint's price of $10,000 is too high. When a tiger shark is killed and hauled in by a couple of boaters, Vaughn hastily says that the shark crisis is over, but Hooper says the shark that's been killing people a huge great white shark is still in Amity's waters, but Vaughn leaves the beaches opened because all he cares about is the 4th of July tourist money. On the 4th of July, Vaughn encourages people to swim at the beach, and Hooper is proven right again when the shark kills a man, biting the man's leg off. Michael, who was in the water at the time of the attack, is taken to the hospital, where he's treated for shock after watching the shark kill the guy. Brody asks Vaughn to hire Quint to find the shark. Because his own kids were at that beach too, Vaughn agrees to hire Quint to find the shark. Quint, Hooper, and Brody are sent out to sea in Quint's boat, the Orca, ready to do whatever it takes to find the shark. Summary written by Todd Baldridge The peaceful community of Amity island is being terrorised. There is something in the sea that is attacking swimmers. They can no longer enjoy the sea and the sun as they used to, and the spreading fear is affecting the numbers of tourists that are normally attracted to this island. After many attempts the great white shark won't go away and sheriff Brody, with friends Hooper and Quint decide to go after the shark and kill it. Summary written by Sami Al-Taher {staher2000@yahoo.com} A Great White Shark decides to make the small beach resort town of Amity his private feeding grounds. This greatly frustrates the town police chief who wants to close the beaches to chase the shark away. He is thwarted in his efforts by the town's mayor who finally relents when nothing else seems to work and the chief, a scientist, and an old fisherman with revenge on his mind take to the sea to kill the beast. Summary written by {drewgrgich@netzone.com} The people of Amity Island used to live a peaceful and quiet life in the small summer resort town. But now the people of the small town have become victim to a man-eating Great White Shark. The town officials hesitate to warn people about the shark for fear of losing business during their busiest time of year, Fourth of July weekend. So the shark is kept quiet from almost all of the town until someone is attacked in broad daylight and killed. Martin Brody, the chief of police, takes it upon himself to kill the shark, with help from Matt Hooper, a young marine biologist, and Quint, a shark expert. They sail out to sea, hoping to catch the shark dead or alive. Of course it all depends on whether the shark gets them first. Summary written by Op_Prime
Comment: Peter Benchley's vision of his bestseller novel about what lurks beneath is a true masterpiece of cinema horror. Steven Spielberg was definately the best choice for this film (I feel this is the film that got Spielberg known as a director) because the best genre Spielberg is in is the action film. And this film looks at the dangerous world of sharks and how a small fishing village called Amity beach is terroroized by a great white (that is called by Robert Shaw's quint as a beast, who will swallow you whole). The first part looks at the village and how itr is oblivious to stop it until it has taken 4 lives. Only then do the town sherrif (Rob Schneider is great), a Icthyologist or fish major (Richard Dreyfuss is terrific as this guy), and the hunter (Shaw plays Quint in one of the most memorable roles in history) go to get the animal, which is the second part. Well constructed bubble gum thriller turns into a masterpiece of cinema that gives new word to "water". Favorite line: Quint- "You go in the cage, cage go in the water, shark in the water." Brilliant. A++
IMDB Rating: 8.2
Country: USA
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| Actors: | ||
| Roy Scheider | as | Chief Martin Brody |
| Robert Shaw | as | Quint |
| Richard Dreyfuss | as | Matt Hooper |
| Lorraine Gary | as | Ellen Brody |