Cruel Jaws

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Cruel Jaws
Directed byBruno Mattei
Screenplay byRobert Feen
Linda Morrison
Bruno Mattei
Story byRobert Feen
Bruno Mattei
Linda Morrison
Produced byJohn Kent
StarringDavid Luther
George Barnes, Jr.
Scott Silveria
Kristen Urso
Richard Dew
Sky Palma
CinematographyLuigi Ciccarese
Ben Jackson
Edited byBruno Mattei
Music byMichael Morahan
Distributed byVPS Video
Beam Entertainment
Teliwa
DMEG
Severin Films
Release date
  • September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26)
Running time
93 minutes (USA)
96 minutes (Japan)
LanguageEnglish

Cruel Jaws, also known as The Beast, is a 1995 direct-to-video Italian horror thriller film shot in Florida including the Theater of the Sea.[1] The film stars Richard Dew and David Luther and was directed by Bruno Mattei (under the name of William Snyder).[2] It was released on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. While marketed in many areas as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws, it actually doesn't have any connections to the Jaws franchise.[3]

Plot[]

When a crashed military ship, "Cleveland" is rumored to be holding a top-secret Navy material, 3 friends named, "Paco, José and Ramone" board their boat and investigate the area where the ship sank, intending to sell the Navy material and become rich. Paco and Josè head down to search it, leaving Ramone to guard. While searching, the pair becomes trapped after a huge tiger shark knocks a bunch of rocks off a cliff, blocking the exit. One of the divers, Paco, uses a bomb to blow up the exit. The explosion is loud enough to attract the tiger shark back onto their location and it manages to kill the divers. Ramone is confused by the explosion, but also gets killed by the shark after it has attacked their boat.

Meanwhile in Hampton Bay, Florida, Dag Soerensen’s aquarium is being shut down by bigwig Samuel Lewis. On the beach, a body of a diver is discovered and Police Chief Francis Berger, and Fish Expert Bill Morrison bring it into autopsy, figuring out that it was indeed, a tiger shark.

Although Samuel and the Mayor, Godfrey, disagree on the shark theory, they don’t bother to postpone the upcoming Regatta. At Old Beach, a couple goes swimming and one of them is killed by the shark. Meanwhile, Dag is doing everything he can to stop Lewis from taking down his aquarium. Berger tries to reason with the Mayor, who refuses. A few shark-proof gates are placed and apparently the shark is killed, but Bill doesn’t agree. Even when Ramone’s broken boat shows up, they still go on with the Regatta. The shark breaks through the Gates and kills many of the surfers. When it breaks the pier, this causes Dag’s wheelchair-bound daughter, Susy, to fall in. So, Bill’s girlfriend, Vanessa, jumps in to save her and is killed.

Lewis offers up a reward and is revealed to be working with the mafia. His son, Ronnie, goes out and tries to kill it with his friends, but fear causes him to fall and be attacked. His friends die after accidentally blowing up the boat. Berger goes out to kill the shark in a helicopter, but the shark is over 8 meters long, and is strong enough to bump into the helicopter so that Berger falls into the water and dies. The mafia boss sends 2 thugs out to kill the shark. They explore the "Cleveland" wreck, and are also killed by the shark. Apparently, the shark was the top-secret navy material.

When the thugs are eaten, Dag, Billy, Dag’s sons, Bob and Larry go out to kill the shark by blowing up the "Cleveland". This works and Dag’s aquarium reopens.

Production[]

The film utilizes footage from the Jaws film series, as well as the Italian films Deep Blood and Great White.[3]

Cast[]

  • Richard Dew as Dag Soerensen
  • David Luther as Francis Berger
  • George Barnes, Jr. as Samuel Lewis
  • Scott Silveria as Bob Soerensen
  • Kristen Urso as Susy Soerensen
  • Sky Palma as Glenda
  • Norma J. Nesheim as Vanessa
  • Gregg Hood as Bill Morrison
  • Carter Collins as Ronnie Lewis
  • Natasha Etzer as Gloria Lewis
  • Larry Zience as Larry
  • Jay Colligan as Tommy

Home media[]

The film was released on DVD in Europe in 2009.[4] A Blu-ray release from Scream Factory was planned (packaged as a double feature with Exterminators of the Year 3000), but ultimately cancelled due to the film's unauthorized use of footage from the Jaws franchise and other shark movies.[5] The film was officially released on Blu-ray and DVD in the US on September 29, 2020 by Severin Films.

See also[]

  • List of killer shark films

References[]

  1. ^ "An interview with Jay Colligan, star of Cruel Jaws". Mondo Exploito. 2015-05-15. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  2. ^ "Cruel Jaws (1995) reviews and Severin Blu-ray and DVD news". Movies and Mania. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Begg, Ken (2012-08-27). "Cruel Jaws (1995)". Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  4. ^ "Fauci crudeli - Cruel jaws: Amazon.it: David Luther, Scott Silveria, Kirsten Urso, George Barnes Jr., Richard Dew, Sky Palma, Norma J. Nesheim, Bruno Mattei: Film e TV". Amazon.it. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
  5. ^ Gerald Wurm. "Cruel Jaws - Blu-ray Release Cancelled - Legal Problems Hinder Scream Factory's Plans". Movie-Censorship.com. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

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