Megalodon

Video
2002
PG-13
1h 30m

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A deep-sea drilling operation goes horribly wrong, releasing the deadliest ocean predator that has ever roamed the seas since prehistoric times-Carcharodon Megalodon...sixty feet of prehisto... Read allA deep-sea drilling operation goes horribly wrong, releasing the deadliest ocean predator that has ever roamed the seas since prehistoric times-Carcharodon Megalodon...sixty feet of prehistoric terror.A deep-sea drilling operation goes horribly wrong, releasing the deadliest ocean predator that has ever roamed the seas since prehistoric times-Carcharodon Megalodon...sixty feet of prehistoric terror.

Director
- Pat Corbitt
Writers
- Gary J. Tunnicliffe
- Stanley Isaacs
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2.9/10

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Director
- Pat Corbitt
Writers
- Gary J. Tunnicliffe
- Stanley Isaacs
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Filmed in 2001, Megalodon was originally intended to have a worldwide theatrical release sometime in late 2002, but the studio failed to find a distributor who was willing to buy the film. After searching and failing to find a worldwide theatrical distributor for almost two years, the film was finally bought by Monarch Home Video in early 2004. The movie, however, still managed to receive limited theatrical releases in Germany and Japan.

Goofs
Ross recounts the rediscovery mistakenly classified extinct coelacanth fish, "...until one turned up a few years ago off the coast of Madagascar." The living coelacanth was found off the coast of South Africa in 1938. This is over 1,000 miles away from this island of Madagascar and 1938 is hardly a "few years ago."

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Featured in Top 40 Shitty Shark Movies (2013)

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"B-and-a-half" movie--plus sharks

At only an hour and a half, it's not a bad little flick. The acting is satisfying, there's a few good one-liners, the visual effects (all CGI, and well done considering the tiny team that did them) aren't distracting enough to detract from things, and the story was plotted and played out decently. Obviously could have been more with a bigger budget, but that's a truism for all indie productions. The small handful of makeup effects were especially well done.

The only nitpick I have is with the sound mix. In some places the dialoge can be difficult to make out, but nothing a quick rewind-replay and a closer listen won't clear up.

6 1/2 or 7 out of 10, considering it does better than some Hollywood efforts (Deep Blue Sea, anybody?).