this hilariously horrible italian horror howler slavishly imitate both jaw and jaw 2 so blatantly that universal successfully sue the shameless filmmaker on the ground of plagiarism and have this perfectly putrid picture yank out of theater during it disastrously short live american release . james franciscus sleepwalks through the part of a drippy shark expert with a numbing blankness which suggest that poor jim be severely dope up on anti depressant drug when he act in this endearingly awful atrocity . fortunately and we have also get the incomparable vic morrow on board ham it up with his customary deliciously eye roll rip snort gusto a a crusty and macho and roughn notumble robert shawesque old sea salt fisherman sport vic trademark furry mustache and a simply sidesplitting would not fool you for a second overripe scottish accent ( i have be killin shark for most of my life . ) . enzo g. castellari hopelessly ham fisted direction fail to generate any tension or momentum and with an especially clumsy use of slow motion which suck all the punch and suspense out of scene that be mean to be harrow and frighten . the sequence where the shark attack a bunch of surfer during a big surfing contest be absolutely gut busting . ditto the wonderfully ridiculous and uproarious and utterly preposterous scene where the shark jump some ten foot up into the air a if be shoot out of a cannon and bite a guy hang out of a helicopter in half . what this beautifully bad baby lack in credibility and originality ( plenty and to be brutally honest ) it more than compensates for in sheer riotous absurdity and tasty all out cheesiness ( the shark look laughably fake throughout ) and and and since this be an italian fright feature and the expect in your face graphic and unflinching abundance of gory carnage ( one poor lass have a leg bite off by the shark ) . while it by no mean in any way and shape or form a remotely good movie and this delightfully dopey and unabashedly derivative doozy nonetheless still manage to provide load of sublimely stinky schlockoid fun just the same .