Jaws: The Revenge

Name: Jaws: The Revenge
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Horror
Released: July 17, 1987
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 15
Cast: Cedric Scott, Jay Mello, Judith Barsi, Karen Young, Lance Guest

1987

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Overwhelming dislike based on 15 Critic Reviews

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 17, 1987 | TV-14

Starring: Cedric Scott, Jay Mello, Judith Barsi, Karen Young, Lance Guest, Lorraine Gary, Lynn Whitfield, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Mitchell Anderson

Summary: Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.

Director: Joseph Sargent

Genre(s): Adventure, Thriller, Horror

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 89 min

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Thomas B. Harrison

This sequel has neither the tingling anticipation of Spielberg's '75 original, nor the excellent 3-D effects of the third film. [22 July 1987, p.2D]

Caryn James

Lorraine Gary has some affecting moments as Ellen, but Jaws the Revenge is mild and predictable, the very things an adventure movie should never be. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jaws the Revenge is not simply a bad movie, but also a stupid and incompetent one - a ripoff. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Pacing leaves a lot to be desired and the moment-of-attack sequences, full of jagged cuts and a great deal of noise, more closely resemble the view from inside a washing machine. Read full review

Time Out London Staff (Not Credited)

While it's mostly just a matter of waiting till feeding time, there is a hint that somebody was trying to foist some Symbolism onto the shark: as mother and son suffer an attack of the Oedipals, the creature keeps popping up grinning. Sadly, this attempt at a bit of Art (which could have had hilarious consequences) is ditched, and the film concludes with a few people getting chewed before a messy happy ending amid chunks of exploding shark. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Even the special effects are lame in this one, offering a latex shark that is about as realistic as a fake goldfish. Poorly directed by Joseph Sargent, who relies heavily on blood and fast editing to create tension since there certainly isn't any written into the script. Read full review

Desson Thomson

There's more suspense in On Golden Pond. And when the predictable ending comes, it has none of the titanic man-versus-beast struggle of the original. It all happens so quickly, you wonder if you've missed something. But, no you haven't, because there it is -- the familiar calm sea . . . of credits. Read full review

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Pitipat

Mar 18, 2021

I think it not bad it is good and the story is good too I think it is the fun movie.

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r96sk

Feb 19, 2022

Man, people really hate these last two sequels, eh?

I don't even think 'Jaws 3-D' is as awful as most fellow reviewers think and that's the case again with 'Jaws: The Revenge'. It's bad, but it's not *that* bad. It makes little sense, though to be fair it is from a franchise that is allMan, people really hate these last two sequels, eh?

I don't even think 'Jaws 3-D' is as awful as most fellow reviewers think and that's the case again with 'Jaws: The Revenge'. It's bad, but it's not *that* bad. It makes little sense, though to be fair it is from a franchise that is all about a huge human-killing shark; despite sharks, in fact, not actually being all that keen on our rotten flesh.

Michael Caine is somehow in this. Well, I say somehow... a trip to the Bahamas and a nice paycheck likely made it entirely logical from his view; as he reportedly stated himself. Lorraine Gary, meanwhile, spearheads an average support cast. Speaking of whom, I did find their dialogue and interactions to be very unnatural and forced.

5/10. There are many, many worse films out there though.… Expand

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alerikanderson

Apr 24, 2023

Jaws The Revenge is one of the most unwatchable pieces of garbage in my entire life.

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JPK

Dec 9, 2019

Horrid
Good lord this film was godawful, It’s so stupid that it makes Patrick Star look like a Harvard graduate.

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MovieReviewer80

Oct 24, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow. Wow! This movie is so horrible I am laughing in the stands watching the cut-rate action scenes, my God! The shark roars like a lion, somehow has a psychic relationship with the Brodys, survives out of water, and explodes like a balloon when poked with a mast! My God, they could not even use original footage! Razzie well-earned, my friend. The acting was also quite horrible too. Lorraine Gary had probably one of her worst, most annoying performance ever. It’s not her fault, though. It was Joseph Sargent’s. This is why everyone acted so horribly in this rubbish movie, maybe except for Michael Caine. However, this movie, in some respects, was better than Jaws 3-D, with some continuity picking up, with Lee Fierro coming back to reprise her role as Mrs. Kintner, the mother of Alex Kintner, who fell victim to a shark attack in the good “Jaws.” Oh, how far we have fallen from there.… Expand

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 11, 2021

one of the worst jaws movies ever! i hate this movie! but the first 2 movies are okay!

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Deanfm123456789

Mar 3, 2019

Now Let's get to Universal's Rock Bottom Movie, Jaws: The Revenge, Now this is Definitely the Worst Movie Ever Made, The Plot is Just the Shark going out for Revenge on the Brody Family, Sounds Stupid and Pointless, and there are some Really Bad Closeups on the Shark, which looks pretty Bad,Now Let's get to Universal's Rock Bottom Movie, Jaws: The Revenge, Now this is Definitely the Worst Movie Ever Made, The Plot is Just the Shark going out for Revenge on the Brody Family, Sounds Stupid and Pointless, and there are some Really Bad Closeups on the Shark, which looks pretty Bad, and the Shark looks Completely Fake compared to one in Jaws 3-D, This will forever be the worst movie ever made.… Expand

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