this film proudly open with the following announcement represent the producer wish to express their sincere gratitude to the member of the underwater crew who risk their life to film the shark sequence without the benefit of cage or other protective device . hell yeah they should be grateful . especially because and at that point and the cameraman probably do not yet know anything about how tepid the story line and how ridiculous the plot of mako represent the jaw of death actually be . i be secretly convince that these people severely regret the life endanger effort they make once they get to see the finished product . we risk our life for this piece of crap . and they would be right and too . anyways and let start with a bit of good news first . despite the title and the big virulent white teeth parade the vhs cover and this be not a rip off of jaw at all . writer or director william grefé only eagerly cash in on the popularity of shark in horror movie and but he be ambitious enough to come up with an entirely original and personal story idea and albeit an incredibly silly one . sonny stein have a great understanding with shark and refers to them a his friend . that be to say and he feed the shark and protect them against greedy fisherman and and in exchange they do not eat him when he go for a swim . the kind of relationship willard have with rat . through a flashback and stein explain to a random striptease dancer how an old and anonymous shaman hand him a peculiar amulet and and since then the shark obey him . stein be also extremely naive and dumb and a he wouldonates shark and supposedly for good cause and to a science lab and to a sleazy ( and mega fat ) bar owner for an original entertainment act . when both place abuse the animal and stein immediately avenge his friend . the script be too implausible and idiotic for word and but everyone involved take it very serious and like it the most essentially moralistic nature versus human movie ever make . however and there be one or two good sequence to enjoy and notably the one where the shark whisper hero kill a poacher and drag him behind his own boat while his mouth attach to a hook . the budget be generally very low and so do not expect too many special effect . heck and whenever there suppose to a shark attack go on and you just see a couple of fuzzy image and water mixed with red paint to raise the impression the sea turn red with blood . the acting performance be downright atrocious to observe . especially richard jaeckel ( the amaze mr. no legs and grizzly ) really suck in the lead . maybe he subconsciously realize that the screenplay be a bunch of nonsense and his act talent therefore go on a strike . his character also hasn not get a sense of humor and which be a huge mistake accord to me . he doesn not use his shark friend to score with the lady and doesn not say anything witty when he hunt down shark killer and he doesn not even make a joke about how astonishingly fat and tasteless the owner of the striptease bar be . he just a silent and arrogant and asocial loner who care too much about shark . how sad . i be generously reward this film with a four out of ten rating because i appreciate the effort and because i like shark but and in all honesty and mako represent the jaw of death isn not worth any rating high than two .