Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady (Susan George) while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.
I know what you are thinking. A shark movie in 1977... it has to be a ripoff of "Jaws", right? I would have to say no. While we could surely accuse them of cashing in on the success of "Jaws" and riding on the coattails of shark fever, there is really nothing plot-wise that can compare the two. Heck, they do not even use the same species of shark as their "villain".
But most odd, the focus here is not so much a shark, its victims, or a scared populace. No closing down a beach. No oceanography students. What we have are two guys who make a deal with a woman to have an ongoing three-way sexual relationship. We do not see them in the act, so it is not exactly smutty or even really exploitation, but it sure is scandalous...
I know what you are thinking. A shark movie in 1977... it has to be a ripoff of "Jaws", right? I would have to say no. While we could surely accuse them of cashing in on the success of "Jaws" and riding on the coattails of shark fever, there is really nothing plot-wise that can compare the two. Heck, they do not even use the same species of shark as their "villain".
But most odd, the focus here is not so much a shark, its victims, or a scared populace. No closing down a beach. No oceanography students. What we have are two guys who make a deal with a woman to have an ongoing three-way sexual relationship. We do not see them in the act, so it is not exactly smutty or even really exploitation, but it sure is scandalous...