The low-budget Mega Shark series has been terrible so far, with Giant Octopus, Crocosaurus, and Mecha being utter wastes of time, both for me and anyone involved with it, and here was hoping that this fourth instalment would be the last. Basically, sometime after the destruction of Mecha Shark, the world's governments institute have planned in case another Mega Shark appears. Sure enough, another shark is awakened by Russian miners drilling underwater for red mercury. Meanwhile, a man named Benedict (Bryan Hanna) leads a team of prospectors searching for red mercury for an unknown sponsor; entering a mine in Russia, they discover a secret stock of the substance. American agent Moira King (Amy Rider), a member of Benedict's team, gets into a standoff with the Russians, when a giant robot hidden beneath the mine reawakens, the Kolossus. King barely escapes while the mine is destroyed by the robot. Dr. Alison Gray (Illeana Douglas) believes the shark's behaviour could be influenced with the use of her newly developed sonic transmitters, but the military reject her proposal, following instead the aggressive plan of her colleague Dr. John Bullock (Jeff Hatch). Grey is then summoned by tech mogul and environmentalist Joshua Dane (Brody Hutzler), CEO of DaneTech Industries, who has been infiltrating the communications of the government and their plans, he distrusts their intentions. Dane suggests that they work together to stop the shark in a more humane way and protect the environment. Elsewhere, King recruits desk worker Spencer (Edward DeRuiter) to help her to stop Kolossus. The robot is discovered to be a mobile weapon of mass destruction created by the Russians during the Cold War, powered by red mercury and capable of multiple detonations. Admiral Titus Jackson (Ernest Thomas) leads a fleet to carry out an attack on the shark, but the weapons are useless, and Dr. Bullock is thrown overboard. Dane and Alison approach on Dane's hydrofoil and offer to assist using Alison's transmitter, but the pod malfunctions and the shark escapes. King and Spencer come across the battle and join forces with Dane and Alison to find the creator of Kolossus creator, Dr. Sergei Abramov (Patrick Bauchau). When Abramov is located, he gives them a compass and clues to where the technology to control Kolossus can be found. Kolossus arrives and detonates, killing Abramov while the others escape. The group follow Abramov's clues and locate the laboratory where he created Kolossus, which is now underwater. The shark is nearby and goes on another rampage, causing Admiral Jackson to suffer a breakdown and initiates a nuclear launch before committing suicide. Lieutenant Commander Elisha Parker (Tara Price) manages to override the order, aborting the strike, and King draws the shark, using an American flag, into the inlet where the laboratory is, trapping it. While King, Spencer, Alison, and Dane search the laboratory for the control device for Kolossus, the robot appears and begins fighting with the shark. They find the device and escape the lab just before it is destroyed during the battle. Kolossus approaches Dane's ship, but they manage to connect the controller to Dane's computer system in time to stop it. Kollosus is now under Dane's control, but he betrays the others, revealing that he was Benedict's sponsor and sabotaged Alison's transmitter to prevent the government from killing the shark before he could find red mercury. As he collects the red mercury from Kolossus, the shark attacks again, but he uses Kolossus to attach a transmitter to the shark, so he has it under his control as well. Dane broadcasts a message to the world, announcing that he has control of both Mega Shark and Kolossus and plans to destroy the cities that produce the most pollution, killing millions in the name of saving the environment. Several governments send out fighter jets against him, but Dane uses Mega Shark and Kolossus to eliminate them. He then sends a worldwide declaration that he expects a nuclear strike to come, warning that if he is killed, it will trigger the release of red mercury into the atmosphere, rendering Earth inhospitable for centuries. The Strategic Defense Initiative satellite is activated to combat Dane, but he uses Kolossus throw the shark into space, knocking the satellite's laser off target, which hits the moon instead. Dane is unaware that, landing back in the ocean, the transmitter has fallen off the shark. The shark attacks Kolossus, causing Dane's control system to crash. Kolossus targets the ship, while Alison, King and Spencer have escaped their bonds and flee. Dane runs onto the beach and is crushed under the foot of Kolossus. Mega Shark and Kolossus engage in a vicious final battle, with Alison, King and Spencer watching from the shore. Kolossus finally drags the shark down deep underwater, wrapping itself around it and detonating its entire remaining supply of red mercury, destroying both creatures. With the crisis over, the three survivors await rescue. Deep underwater, another egg hatches, giving birth to a new Mega Shark. Dr. Bullock, who survived being thrown overboard, is later killed by the new shark, and the screen reads "Mega Shark Will Return". Also starring Rileah Vanderbilt as Rileah and Tim Abell as Ivan. Unlike the previous films, I didn't recognise anybody in the case, but it doesn't matter, the special effects are silly and wasted, the giant robot looks ridiculous, like a cross between the human muscle system and the Terminator, the shark looks equally daft in moments, and it is just generally awful, hopefully there won't be another one as suggested at the end, a stupid and pointless science-fiction horror. Poor!
Review of Mega Shark vs. Kolossus
