Review of 3-Headed Shark Attack

The Three-Headed Shark Attack is an entertainingly bad film, and as it's title is a thematic/quality giveaway no one is going to be expecting Citizen Kane 2 (Rosebud's Revenge). On the plus side, the shark is an effective CGI creation and there is enough chomping to keep the pizza-movie viewer happy. But, the film is often slack in terms of narrative with some padding in the first section. For example, one sequence has three characters slowly take turns swimming out to a boat with the same outcome each time, plus, there is an odd 'rescue' bit in which a group seek out the hapless Howard and save him from being buried alive under some chairs. More shark action would have been good in lieu of such time-wasting. However, there are also many marvellous plots turns and visual points that compensate and which will amaze viewers, like: a victim taken by the shark even though he is only in ankle-deep water; a bullet-proof shark; a group who reason that staying on an island is much riskier then setting back out onto the high seas in rickety boats; angst about reaching land when land is clearly visible on either side of a boat and looks about a mile away in either direction; machinegun-toting fishermen; a nice Danny Trejo self-film reference; shark-skiing, an ending that is pretty much the same as Mega Piranha (and equally illogical); many characters obsessed with engaging in swimming races with the titular multi-noggined beast, and, best of all, Rob Van Dam rocking the socks with sandals look.