BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Sean Jump Yes this is a b-movie, but it's a fun b-movie! Jeffrey Combs is perfectly cast as a crazy scientist who tries to save his son from terminal cancer by introducing shark DNA into the young man's body. The result, of course, is a shark-man hybrid with some very big teeth and an appetite to match. The ensuing monster madness is highly entertaining with a good combination of action and suspense in a nicely utilized island setting. The cast is excellent as well, as not only does the great Jeffrey Combs do a terrific job of chewing the scenery as the requisite mad scientist, but the wonderful Hunter Tylo steals the show as the beautiful and appealing heroine. William Forsythe does a good turn as well, and he and Tylo make for a great team as they try to lead the other people on the island to safety as the man-shark ruthlessly hunts them down. Special effects aren't top of the line, of course, as this is obviously a low-budget production, but they are adequate and the director does a good job of managing his resources so that everything looks fine. No, this is not Jaws or the Curse of Frankenstein, but as a sort of combination of both it makes a surprisingly effective sci-fi thriller.

kiawa77 This type of plot really does have a lot of potential, but it was butchered here. Honestly, I sensed the cheese element in the beginning, but I thought it would get better after the grotesque birthing. Whoa, I was wrong! So mad scientist makes a monster, wants to brag to his old cronies before he kills them, but of course they escape. After that, it's really bad. I should've counted the times the rubber shark mask peeked out from behind some foliage, but I most likely would have lost count.Pan down to the blood-dripping-from-severed-leg to show us how the shark-man finds the folks. I hate being spoon-fed every aspect of a horror film.Oh, and after being nearly killed by a mutated shark-man and trudging around a jungle-esqe island, there's nothing more cheerful than a middle-aged man reciting Shakespeare...This is one where you'll find yourself rooting for the monster... if you can bear to watch this poor excuse for a flick.

rixrex I would have given this a 2 or 3 except that it is great fun to watch Jeffrey Combs reprise a wacky scientist/doctor reminiscent of Herbert West. Plus there's the added bonus of William Forsythe, that ordinary looking, chubby, everyday man who gets the girl, and whose talent is better than this type of material. The effects are also above average for this type of low-budget material. Combs shows here how great he could have been as a horror icon had he been backed by somebody like Roger Corman, or a Hammer studio, or if he'd been at Universal in the 30s and 40s. It's easy to see him reciting the Colin Clive quote, "It's alive...alive!", or as a Peter Cushing type of character, or as Professor Quatermass. He's just not quite as good as a hero, take a look at Dr. Mordrid and you'll see why.

ainsleytrout This is a sad movie about this woman who thought her ex who she loved so much was probably dead, but really his scientist dad had just put a spell on him to turn him into this really cute shark-guy. Kind of like in Beauty and the Beast. It could probably use a ballroom dance scene and maybe some singing candlesticks, but there are some pretty gross plants instead. They make this one girl really itchy, so she lets herself get eaten by the shark-guy instead of scratching through the whole movie. The scientist guy is a good dad who tries to reunite his fishy shark son with the woman he was engaged to, he even arranges for them to have private time for s-e-x, but the woman in this is a really shallow snob and thinks the shark-guy is an ugly, icky monster and wants nothing to do with him. She gave up on love! Just because he was a shark! I thought it was pretty sad how all she had to do was kiss him and he'd turn back to normal and they'd live happily ever after, but it's not that kind of movie.