Review – Jaws: The Revenge

I don’t know what I did to bring vengeance this harsh down on myself, but whatever it was I hope I’ve done sufficient penance now. On the other hand, after Jaws 3 “terrible” is a relative thing. This time around the shark is even more fake than ever, and at least in spots the editing appears to have been done by someone completely unfamiliar with the script. But the most serious problem here is the story itself. The shark (or perhaps “a shark” would be more appropriate, as the sharks died at the end of all three previous episodes) follows the last remaining members of the Brody family all the way down to the Bahamas – using its psychic shark powers, I guess – to finish off the last remaining characters from the series (particularly poor Lorraine Gary, the only cast member to last this long). See if desperate