Rating: 
Summary: Watch It Only For Joel West
Review: Joel West is a great looking and funny guy. Look for him in this movie and that's about it. The scene with him and the girl in the pool was the only thing that caught my interest. (You get to see his rear and his hot body.) Overall a boring un-original movie, if that's what you call it. For us guys the girl Joel scores with is pretty hot too.
Rating: 
Summary: Flawed Fun
Review: My personal enjoyment rating: 6 out of 10My recommendation rating: 5.5 out of 10. Explanation of recommendation rating: "You'll probably enjoy this film only if you're a hardcore fan of the genre. More than its share of flaws. Serious genre fans should use caution and all others should stay away." The premise (modified from the box description): Follow an MTV style filmmaker as she and her crew shoot an expose of the latest, most dangerous craze in extreme sports-bloodsurfing, or surfing in shark infested waters while intentionally trying to attract the creatures. While trying to shoot in Australia, the crew encounters non-cooperative locals and various kinds of relationship problems. They also get more than they bargained for while bloodsurfing in an isolated location. Not only are the sharks putting them at risk, but there just may be a legendary monster in the water. "Mish-mash" describes this film better than such a non-technical term should. The premise is a mish-mash of Lake Placid, Anaconda, and tens of other monster films, with some touches of adventure and romance thrown in for (good?) measure. The quality of the film is a mish-mash of a too-confusing script with more than its share of holes, some pretty hokey dialogue, and some decent direction, editing and performances, with surprisingly good cinematography, occasional moments of tension, and the requisite beautiful actresses. The biggest problems seem to arise from the script, which isn't very straightforward about what bloodsurfing is, why it is popular, what the relationships are among the principle characters, who some later characters are and why they are taking the actions they're taking. Still, the premise is easy enough to figure out after a few minutes, and the potential of the story, if not quite its execution, is intriguing enough. Horror fans who don't mind films with fairly transparent influences and who are forgiving some fairly obvious mechanical beasts and miniatures should find enough redeeming aspects to keep them entertained for 87 minutes. The DVD released in 2001 by Trimark contains two special features--about six or seven minutes of raw footage, which is interesting if you are a intrigued with the mechanics of filmmaking, but which could benefit from some commentary, and storyboards for a few scenes that are accessible while the film is playing the relevant chapters.
Rating:
Summary: Flawed Fun
Review: My personal enjoyment rating: 6 out of 10 My recommendation rating: 5.5 out of 10. Explanation of recommendation rating: "You'll probably enjoy this film only if you're a hardcore fan of the genre. More than its share of flaws. Serious genre fans should use caution and all others should stay away." The premise (modified from the box description): Follow an MTV style filmmaker as she and her crew shoot an expose of the latest, most dangerous craze in extreme sports-bloodsurfing, or surfing in shark infested waters while intentionally trying to attract the creatures. While trying to shoot in Australia, the crew encounters non-cooperative locals and various kinds of relationship problems. They also get more than they bargained for while bloodsurfing in an isolated location. Not only are the sharks putting them at risk, but there just may be a legendary monster in the water. "Mish-mash" describes this film better than such a non-technical term should. The premise is a mish-mash of Lake Placid, Anaconda, and tens of other monster films, with some touches of adventure and romance thrown in for (good?) measure. The quality of the film is a mish-mash of a too-confusing script with more than its share of holes, some pretty hokey dialogue, and some decent direction, editing and performances, with surprisingly good cinematography, occasional moments of tension, and the requisite beautiful actresses. The biggest problems seem to arise from the script, which isn't very straightforward about what bloodsurfing is, why it is popular, what the relationships are among the principle characters, who some later characters are and why they are taking the actions they're taking. Still, the premise is easy enough to figure out after a few minutes, and the potential of the story, if not quite its execution, is intriguing enough. Horror fans who don't mind films with fairly transparent influences and who are forgiving some fairly obvious mechanical beasts and miniatures should find enough redeeming aspects to keep them entertained for 87 minutes. The DVD released in 2001 by Trimark contains two special features--about six or seven minutes of raw footage, which is interesting if you are a intrigued with the mechanics of filmmaking, but which could benefit from some commentary, and storyboards for a few scenes that are accessible while the film is playing the relevant chapters.
Rating:
Summary: Flawed Fun
Review: My personal enjoyment rating: 6 out of 10 My recommendation rating: 5.5 out of 10. Explanation of recommendation rating: "You'll probably enjoy this film only if you're a hardcore fan of the genre. More than its share of flaws. Serious genre fans should use caution and all others should stay away." The premise (modified from the box description): Follow an MTV style filmmaker as she and her crew shoot an expose of the latest, most dangerous craze in extreme sports-bloodsurfing, or surfing in shark infested waters while intentionally trying to attract the creatures. While trying to shoot in Australia, the crew encounters non-cooperative locals and various kinds of relationship problems. They also get more than they bargained for while bloodsurfing in an isolated location. Not only are the sharks putting them at risk, but there just may be a legendary monster in the water. "Mish-mash" describes this film better than such a non-technical term should. The premise is a mish-mash of Lake Placid, Anaconda, and tens of other monster films, with some touches of adventure and romance thrown in for (good?) measure. The quality of the film is a mish-mash of a too-confusing script with more than its share of holes, some pretty hokey dialogue, and some decent direction, editing and performances, with surprisingly good cinematography, occasional moments of tension, and the requisite beautiful actresses. The biggest problems seem to arise from the script, which isn't very straightforward about what bloodsurfing is, why it is popular, what the relationships are among the principle characters, who some later characters are and why they are taking the actions they're taking. Still, the premise is easy enough to figure out after a few minutes, and the potential of the story, if not quite its execution, is intriguing enough. Horror fans who don't mind films with fairly transparent influences and who are forgiving some fairly obvious mechanical beasts and miniatures should find enough redeeming aspects to keep them entertained for 87 minutes. The DVD released in 2001 by Trimark contains two special features--about six or seven minutes of raw footage, which is interesting if you are a intrigued with the mechanics of filmmaking, but which could benefit from some commentary, and storyboards for a few scenes that are accessible while the film is playing the relevant chapters.
Rating:
Summary: Couldn't be much worse...
Review: Oh no it's a soft porn! Nothing worse than a creature of nature movie gone wrong...Actually I rented the damn thing because I thought it was about sharks. Guess I should actually look at the box next time right? I saw Lake Placid so I figured"okay, no big deal..." well, it sucked anyways, so it wouldn't have mattered if there had been sharks. Good thing was the gators could chase the bad actors..hahaha. Skip this one. Even if you LOVE alligator/croc movies. Trust me. Try Komodo instead.
Rating:
Summary: WHERE'S BRIAN WILSON WHEN YOU NEED HIM
Review: The surf music in this film is such a ripoff of the Beach Boys and even the Batman theme. That should signal the realm of moviemaking you're in. Actually, BLOOD SURF, a movie from down under isn't all that bad. The crocodile effects are pretty pedestrian, but the director manages to create some suspense and most of the performances are at least adequate. Joel West (so smarmy in GLOBAL EFFECT) stands out as the ridiculously dudish Jeremy; with his blond spike and little goatee, he is your standard clownish clod, destined for croc consumption. Duncan Regehr who once played Zorro many years back is no Robert Shaw (Jaws), but he is a crusty old captain and smirks admirably. Katie Fleischer and Taryn Reif are lovely to look at, but Fleischer wins the acting honors; Reif is just not too believable. Add a too handsome Dax Miller (Convent) as the studly Bog and you have your movie. Blood surfing is not a sport I would consider, even if I could surf. The idea is to surf ahead of a school of sharks and hope they don't eat you. The script's switcheroo to the giant crocodile shows some spark of originality (duh?) and he does chomp up a few people. The movie's climax is rushed and not all that exciting. Still, BLOOD SURF has some beautiful scenery and should entertain those of us enamored with the giant sea creature anomaly.
Rating:
Summary: sucks
Review: This movie is about people who go to a trpoical island to film there two surfers but this movie has a bad plot and the salt water crocodile looks very fake and computer animized It is all true take my advice and dont buy this movie to watch bad characters and a really fake croc!!!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Fun
Review: This movie is not shakespear but it is alot of fun! Worth Renting. four stars.
Rating:
Summary: Ever wondered how bad a movie could get? Viola!
Review: This movie starts out in the opening like its going to have potential, but then you realize its just a soft-core porn flick disguised as a monster movie...and even as soft-core porn it really, really fails. Besides the bad dialogue and the inclusion of nude scenes for women I would never want to see nude let alone in sexual positions, the beginning is also plagued by its awful special affects. The scene where the two surfers do their thing with sharks in the water looks so bad your head will explode: it's basically a picture of sharks Photoshopped into the scene and moved from one point to another. I could do better special affects in After Affects 1.0 on a Windows 95. It gets worse. Sex is thrown in, characters are killed off and then forgotten by the other characters, really badly choreographed death scenes insue (the giant crocodile gets most of his victims by them running up to him and kicking his mouth...), and then to top it all off they add in the oldest cliche in the book: the animal hunter in this movie is an Australian. Don't worry, he gets his legs bitten off by the alligator, which prompted me to turn to my roommate and say: "Hey Dustin, one Australian - half off."
Rating: 
Summary: BLOOD SURF
Review: THIS MOVIES WAS OUT OF CONTROL FUNNY. I LIKED THE BLONDE DUDE WHENEVER HE WOULD SAY STUPID STUFF LIKE ABOUT THE BALOON. ALSO THE WAY THE ACTORS KIND OF BLEW OFF THE FACT THAT THE DUDE THAT FILMED ALL THE MOVIES THAT WAS DATING THE CHICK THAT LIKED THE ONLY MALE DUDE THAT SURVIVED IN THE END. WELL IT WAS FUNNY WHEN THAT DUDE FOUND THE SURF BOARD AND DIED. IT WAS COMEDY WHEN THEY JUST BLEW IT OFF, YEAH WELL HE DIED. IT TOTALLY BUMMED ME OUT WHEN THE BLONDE DUDE DIED. THAT SUCKED. I WAS HOPING THE ANNOYING MOVIE MAKER DUDE DIED. I'VE ONLY SEEN IT ONCE SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE CHARACTERS NAMES, I REALLY LIKE THE BLONDE DUDE THOUGH HE WAS COMEDY! I LOVED IT. HA HA!
| 
