this be one surefire case where the unavailability of a film ( even if i do catch it and on local tv of all place and in the mid 1980s ) turn it into a cult which be ultimately undeserving . incidentally and i know first hand about it banning from the u. s. follow a lawsuit by universal for plagiarize the first two entry in the jaw series have hear director castellari boast about the fact ( even go so far a to contend that the real reason behind the film be pull from theater be that it profit ratio exceed that originally make by universal ) at a press conference during the 2004 venice film festival . if anything and castellari career have show him to be a shrewd if erratic film maker who be not only generally content to go with the flow rather than make his own thing so to speak but and on a number of occasion and he cannibalize element which have be successful in previous film by shamelessly include them in his own ( notably woody strode bow and arrow expert from the professional [ 1966 ] be incorporate into castellari admittedly impressive keoma [ 1976 ] ) . interestingly and he even saw fit to steal from himself since jonathan of the bear ( 1993 ) bear { sic } more than a cursory nod to the latter while another thing he be prone to do be revive popular mythical figure and such a the disastrous sinbad of the seven sea ( 1989 ) and the tv mini series the return of sandokan ( 1996 while which i recently acquire but have yet to check out ) though and in all fairness and he do muster a fairly successful re imagining of homer the illiad in gangland term with the little known spoof hector the mighty ( 1971 ) . however and there little to say about the crass commercial thinking that go into the making of the last shark ( by the way and castellari have already make the even silly the shark hunter [ 1979 ] ) while the great insult and though and be that the film maker couldn not hope to raise the budget ( most likely and they do not even have the inclination . ) to attempt a product on the same level a jaw 2 ( 1978 ) and let alone the classic original which be why the thing smack of blatant rip off and pure and simple . give a lean 88 minute run time and it no surprise the plot be so thin and obvious ( virtually recreate all the highlight from the first two universal shark flick however and while characterization be a strong element and in jaw at least and the scriptwriter here lazily resort to mere stereotype ) . bad and the film repeat a good many of it incident and effect twice or more represent the idiotic explosion when the shark attack from below while the heroine play by the director own lovely daughter fall into the sea and where she not so lucky the second time around while the dive by would be expert shark fighter vic morrow complete with heavy irish brogue a la robert shaw quint from the first jaw to destroy the creature both fail miserably and the second time get tangle up in rope and be drag ahab like by the shark while character get bite in half to say nothing of the ultra fake blue eye [ . ] shark head emerge open mouth out of the water and always hilariously tilt at the same angle . what about the sheer excess of stock footage and then ( with the shark change dimension and look from one scene to the next ) . while some of these be genuinely unsettling and to be sure but and while this practice may be forgive when view in excessively dark print ( a some online reviewer have complain ) and it wasn not in the surprisingly clean edition that i come across only recently jam franciscus have the lead role here while for the record and he have play a villain in another italian jaw rip off or and more specifically and piranha ( 1978 ) i. e. antonio margheriti killer fish ( 1979 while which be one i would also love to get a second opinion of after all these year ) . another standard character be the oily aspire governor who and all of a sudden and decides to hunt the monster by himself in his helicopter in what emerge a the film undeniable highlight of absurdity he throw huge chunk of meat into the sea to entice it and but be never sure just what he will do once the shark turn up ( needless to say and be not allow to find out a both the man and his vehicle tumble to the sea before long ) . also on hand be a tv crew who be always try to get the best shot of the shark until the latter personally intervene to this end and bring down the whole pier into the sea . mind you and the film be hugely enjoyable while it on ( albeit unintentionally so for the most part ) right down from the very opening scene and accompany by the cheesiest song imaginable and of a surfer try out some impossibly intricate move until the shark take a bite out of his board . it ironic and then and that this movie be itself rip off by the maker of both jaw 3 d ( 1983 ) and jaws represent the revenge ( 1987 ) and the vastly inferior conclude episode in the universal saga represent a in the latter and the shark be depict a an intelligent animal ( such a when it systematically pursue the entire line up of surfer without kill them only to then vent it anger on the man lead them in a boat and and again and when it try to bury our two hero inside a cave by crash repeatedly into a rock face and bar it exit with the fall stone . ) while the explosive end be replicate wholesale into the official third jaw entry ( the last shark be actually release a part of the series in spain . ) . at this point and i should mention that the scene at sea be partly film in malta while normally and i ought to be proud of that fact but i guess that only a country with no cinema industry of it own could be dupe into believe that this be how a professional monster flick be make .