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Shark |
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Troma Studios' 35th anniversary reissue of the 1969 Samuel Fuller film Shark highlights the raw materials that made Burt Reynolds a movie star. This movie is a treasure hunt/double-cross/adventure story set in Northern Africa. The sharks are both real (a stunt man was killed filming one of the underwater scenes) and metaphorical as evidenced by the behavior of Reynolds's character and his co-stars, Arthur Kennedy and Sylvia Pinal. Reynolds stars as Kane, a gun smuggler who loses his stash and goes on the take for a quick buck. Kennedy and Pinal share Reynolds's desperation as they have trouble rounding up locals to help with Kennedy's "research" after a shark attacks and kills a young local diver. The double-crosses lead up to a climactic underwater crescendo. Overall, the film is a basic adventure story that will appeal to Reynolds's current camp appeal. The DVD print quality is poor in most of the land scenes, though the water scenes are quite good. This version of the film includes a number of Troma extras such as interviews and typical self-promotional Troma Studio videos. --Brian Saltzman
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