Shark Night
Shark Night | |
---|---|
Directed by | David R. Ellis |
Written by | Will Hayes Jesse Studenberg |
Produced by | Chris Briggs Mike Fleiss Lynette Howell |
Starring | Sara Paxton Dustin Milligan Chris Carmack Katharine McPhee Donal Logue Joshua Leonard Joel David Moore |
Cinematography | Gary Capo |
Edited by | Dennis Virkler |
Music by | Graeme Revell |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Rogue |
Release date |
|
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25 million[1] |
Box office | $41.4 million[1] |
Shark Night (advertised as Shark Night 3D) is a 2011 American horror film directed by David R. Ellis and written by Will Hayes and Jesse Studenberg. It stars Sara Paxton, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Alyssa Diaz, Dustin Milligan, and Joel David Moore. The film, which was negatively received by critics and grossed $40 million worldwide, was released in Real D 3D and Digital 3D. This was Ellis's final film before his death.[citation needed]
Plot[]
The story begins with Jess (Christine Quinn) going for a swim in the lake her boyfriend (Tyler Bryan) scares her and takes her bra off. He leaves while she retrieves it where she is attacked and killed by a shark.
At Tulane University Gordon (Joel David Moore) and Nick (Dustin Milligan) are in their dorm when Malik (Sinqua Walla) busts in. He then explains he got a B+ on a exam and that they are going to Sara Palski’s house for the weekend to celebrate. As the three walk out Malik says he is going to marry his girlfriend Maya (Alyssa Diaz) as she pulls up in a car with Beth (Katherine Mcphee) Blake (Chris Zylka) also appears and Sara (Sara Paxton) shows up too. The kids drive towards the lake and stop at a bait shop they then meet Dennis Crim and Red (Chris Carmack and Joshua Leonard) The 7 college kids drive in a boat towards the lake until Sheriff Sabin (Donal Logue) appears
Malik, Maya, Nick and Blake take the boat out to go water ski until Malik is attacked and loses his arm from a shark
Maya, Nick and Sara take the boat to get to the hospital. Malik still bleeding bleeds into a hole in the boat that leads to the water. A shark bumps the boat and devours Maya. The three are forced to jump of the boat as the steering and brakes stop working.
By night, Red and Dennis appear and offer to take two people to the hospital Beth and Gordon decide to go. While on the boat Dennis explains that him and Red put the sharks in the lake and shoots Gordon in the arm. Gordon swims towards a tree and climbs it but is devoured by a shark. Beth gets thrown into a net and gets attacked and killed by a pack of cookie cutters.
Blake tells Malik that Maya is dead and in a burst of rage Malik tries to kill the shark responsible but fails miserably. Nick notices a camera attached to the shark (which is a hammerhead) Blake tells the others he is taking Malik to a hospital on Sarah’s waverunner. As they drive towards the hospital Malik sees a great white shark following them. He sacrifices himself and is killed. As Blake tries to escape the shark jumps out of the water and decapitates him pulling him into the water.
Meanwhile Sheriff Sabin arrives at the house where he notices the dead hammerhead on the shore. He radios for backup and Nick passes out knocking out a container that the Sheriff had which was Chicken Noodle Soup Sherman the dog eats it. Sara overhears on the radio about Beth’s death and is kidnapped by Dennis and the Sheriff along with Nick.
Nick wakes up tied to a chair he panics as the Sheriff explains the evil plan behind the sharks. Sabin, Red, Dennis, and a bait store clerk were heavily influenced by “shark week” they decided to record people getting brutally devoured by sharks. Sabin cuts Nick’s leg and he spill Gasoline Nick uses his lighter to burn the rope he then throws it at the sheriff who catches on fire. He falls in and gets devoured by a tiger shark.
On the boat Dennis chops up fish and dumps the blood and guys all over Sara who is in a shark cage. Nick jumps aboard with a dart gun aimed at red’s head as he demands Dennis to bring Sarah back up. Dennis agrees until he pulls out a knife and throws it hitting Red in the heart killing him Nick throws his body over and Dennis and Nick fight. Nick knocks Dennis into the water and bring Sarah up but Dennis grabs a lever and pulls it submerging the cage.
The two fight again and a Shark appears Dennis gets his leg tangled up in a rope attached to the cage and gets eaten. Nick dives down to retrieve a weapon from the ship and blows the sharks to bits.
The two make it back to the boat along with the dog as the two share a kiss they look over the horizon aware that more sharks lurk in the water as the movie ends with a shark leaping out of the water towards the screen. Sarah and Nick’s fate is unknown
Cast[]
- Sara Paxton as Sara Palski
- Dustin Milligan as Nick LaDuca
- Chris Carmack as Dennis Crim
- Katharine McPhee as Beth Mazza
- Joel David Moore as Gordon Guthrie
- Donal Logue as Sheriff Greg Sabin
- Joshua Leonard as Red
- Sinqua Walls as Malik Henry
- Alyssa Diaz as Maya Valdez
- Chris Zylka as Blake Hammond
- Jimmy Lee Jr. as Carl
- Damon Lipari as Keith
- Christine Quinn as Jess
- Kelly Sry as Wonsuk
- Tyler Bryan as Kyle
Production[]
Principal photography took place in the fall of 2010 in Louisiana around the Ark-La-Tex and at Caddo Lake in Uncertain, Texas.[2]
The sharks featured in the film were animatronic sharks built by Edge Innovations, who previously built sharks for movies such as Deep Blue Sea, Austin Powers in Goldmember, and even the Orca in Free Willy. According to Walt Conti, the head of Edge Innovations, two models for each shark were built, one "attacker" and one "swimmer", each of which required very different internal mechanisms. "Sharks are this total contrast of stealthy, cruising lurking and these intense bursts of power," Conti says. "We split those two behaviors into two different types of models, and optimized each to do one of those things best."[3]
Although the movie was always going to be titled "Shark Night 3D" overseas Ellis fought for a name change for the North American release, at one point wanting to release the film under the title "Untitled Shark Thriller 3D.[4] Bloody Disgusting would later compare the proposed title of the film to Ellis's previous film Snakes on a Plane (2006).[5]
Reception[]
This section needs expansion. You can help by . (June 2015) |
Shark Night 3D received negative reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 18% approval rating from 70 critics, with an average score of 3.42/10. The critics consensus reads, "A joyless excursion into the water that doesn't even produce good gore or nudity thanks to the neutered PG-13 rating."[6] The film has a normalized score of 22/100 on Metacritic, indicating generally unfavorable reviews.[7] The positive reviews praised the film for providing "dumb fun."[8]
See also[]
- List of killer shark films
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Shark Night 3D (2011)". Box Office Mojo. 2011-11-24. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ Roy, Carolyn (June 24, 2011). "Filmed in Hollywood South: Shark Night 3D trailer released". KSLA. Raycom Media. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/3d/shark-night-3ds-predators-blow-jaws-out-of-the-water
- ^ Broddeser-Akner, Claude. "Snakes on a Plane Director Fighting to Call His Next Film Untitled 3D Shark Thriller". Vulture. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "'Shark Night 3D' Could Be Titled 'Untitled 3D Shark Thriller'?!". Bloody Disgusting. February 8, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ "Shark Night 3D". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Shark Night 3D". Metacritic. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
- ^ "Shark Night 3D". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
External links[]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Shark Night |
- 2011 films
- English-language films
- 2011 3D films
- 2011 horror films
- American 3D films
- American films
- American natural horror films
- Films about sharks
- Films directed by David R. Ellis
- Films scored by Graeme Revell
- Films set in New Orleans
- Films shot in Louisiana
- Films shot in Texas
- Films about shark attacks
- Relativity Media films
- Snuff films in fiction