Having just sat through the God awful 2024 movie "Mummy Shark", I would venture on into ridiculous shark territory, and this time it would be "Mountain Shark" from director Greg AK. Yeah, needless to say that I had neither heard about this movie prior to watching it, nor did I harbor any expectations to the movie. So in a sense, director Greg AK had every opportunity to impress and entertain me.
Right, just over 4 minutes into the movie and it becomes apparent what kind of movie this was, as the CGI animated shark that emerged from the mountainous soil was hilariously bad to look at.
Writer Ben Daly put together a rather generic script, even for a strange shark movie such as this was. Sure, it was watchable, but it sort of makes for a background movie, something you put on and listen to with half an ear while you are doing something else.
Needless to say that I was not familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list. The acting in the movie was adequate for the most parts. Though I have to say I am beyond comprehension of how actor Stephen Staley made it through casting screen, as his performance was insanely wooden and devoid of conviction.
Visually then you're not in for anything grand. But at least it was better than the shark movies you get from Mark Polonia.
The best part about "Mountain Shark" was the tag on the front of the cover, which reads "The hills are alive with the sound of screaming". A nice twist on the phrase from "Sound of Music". And while we are on the topic of the movie's cover, let's just be clear that the cover over-sells the movie by a landslide, no doubt about that, because the shark in the movie looks nowhere as great as it does on the cover.
My rating of director Greg AK 2024 movie "Mountain Shark" lands on a most generous three out of ten stars.
