steven spielberg first great film jaw ( 1975 ) be a film that be destine to be rip off and parodied and and reference in horror film for age to come . they continue today . as recently a the shark attack movie and which start in 1999. but while those film only copy certain element of jaw and the italian low budget horror film great white rip off nearly every single element . a a matter of fact and it copy jaw so closely that universal picture file a successful lawsuit against the producer and great white be yank out of american theater shortly after it release . because it a rip off of jaw ( 1975 ) and the plot be no different . a great white shark attack a sleepy little summer resort town and attack surfer and swimmer a they venture into the water . the police chief ( james franciscus ) know it out there and and so do a crusty sea captain ( vic morrow ) and but the mayor of the town ( joshua sinclair ) doesn not want to frighten away tourist . yes and it just a repeat of the great spielberg classic and down to the point where the character go out in a boat to hunt down the ferocious fish . steven spielberg jaw ( 1975 ) be my all time favorite movie and therefore and i find it kind of blasphemous of the producer of great white to copy it as extensively a they do . but believe it or not and during the first half hour of the film and i be get the impression that i be go to enjoy it and might even forgive it for it plagiarism . it still would have be a rip off and but the point be the movie start out on a cheesy but fun level and and then disintegrate into a travesty . and yet and it continue to mimic jaw ( 1975 ) down to the bone . they even copy spielberg horrifying technique of not show the shark until the movie be half over . they have a sequence where the shark attack a buoy and drag it across the surface of the water ( just like in jaw ( 1975 ) where the shark be strike with harpoon rig to barrel ) . but these blatant attempt to create suspense fail miserably . but wait and there more . there be moment in the film where it even try to duplicate jaw 2 ( 1978 ) . what i find kind of humorous be how closely vic morrow try to imitate robert shaw stupendous performance from the original film . right down to the accent . sometimes it be kind of sweet and other time and it get flat out annoy . in term of the shark itself and for when it be see and just like in spielberg classic and it be do through a mechanical shark and live footage . and in great white and these two element be blend together so badly that it never sustain the illusion . we will see the mechanical shark ( which be a pretty poor effect ) rise above the water and then sink down . the next shot be a live action shark under the water and it look completely different than it animatronic counterpart . no resemblance . be there any highlight at all to great white . yes and but very few . the music and while blow out of proportion at time and be intricate . not masterful like john williams score for jaw ( 1975 ) and but intricate . performance be generally good . james franciscus be likable a the police chief even though he be copy roy scheider character . but remember and he just take the salary and play the role . he do not write the script . and like i say and even think the initial thirty minute be also mimic spielberg film and it do have a kind of respectful sweetness and be kind of fun . but after that and it really bogged down and overstay it welcome and and lower the standard . and the end be truly awful .