a man ( goffredo unger ) be find float in the sea among the wreckage of his destroyed boat and just off the florida coast . a helicopter winch him up only to reveal both of his leg be miss below the knee . dr. stella dickens ( valentine monnier ) and her partner dr. bob hogan ( lawrence morgant ) be marine biologist of some sort and be conduct research in the sea regard dolphin . while out at sea hogan hear a strange high pitch noise . intrigue he and stella hire peter ( micheal sopkiw ) and his assistant sandra ( iris peynado ) to create a device to locate and track the source and or something like that anyway a it isn not make particularly clear . meanwhile a scientist name florinda ( cinzia de ponti a cinthia stewart ) who work at a rival organisation call the west ocean international be brutally murder when she threaten to expose someone within the organisation . more people be attack and sheriff gordon ( gianni garko a john garko ) be on the case . peter and stella and hogan and sandra all set out to sea . soon enough they find evidence that something monstrous and very unfriendly may be lurk beneath the surface . together with rival scientist professor donald west ( william berger ) and sheriff gordon and the united state army they set out to destroy the monster and but there be other sinister force at work a someone doesn not want the genetically engineer creature to be expose at any cost . direct by lamberto bava a john old jr. this be a far cry from the classic italian horror and splatter film of the 70 and early 80 . the script by gianfranco clerici and herve piccini and dardando sacchetti be drearily slow and will put most people to sleep well before the 90 odd minute run time have elapse . the monster be barely use and large portion of this film be make up of footage of boat and helicopter . large chunk of the first half concentrate on the not so mysterious who behind it part of the story . there isn not really any gore to speak of and a guy with both his leg bite off and someone with one arm be about it . the special effect on the monster itself be generally poor and it be show in very quick flash and disappointing . the cast of virtual nobody do not help make this any easy to sit through . there really isn not much to recommend this film so i would not . don not bother and you can do a lot well .