Toxic Shark

Pretty much a zombie angle on a shark movie - I appreciate the creativity but not the execution. The movie knew it was garbage bud didn't have much fun with it. The shark had some sort of mutation allowing it to spray acid when it attacked people, but it always immediately ate them, so we never really saw what that extra element could do. The zombie horde (like 15 people) was a fun added danger in this shark movie, but not much ever really came of it all. As expected, the acting was pretty dreadful, but not in a fun, ironic way. Toxic Shark tried to innovate, but its poor writing kept any of those ideas from being entertaining.

Chances are if you're watching a SyFy shark week show you already pretty much know what you're getting so I'll just briefly sum up:

The Good: The main cast is a little better than average. Personally, I like my schmaltz better when the cast attempts to play it straight than the more campy Sharknado fare. Kabby Borders in a bikini is worth braving the endless adverts. The shark eating effects are the usual video game violence level so, you can just smile and guess who will be next.

The Bad: The peripheral cast of screamers is not so good. The "Toxic" in Toxic Shark involves injuries to cast members that are more of the gratuitous blood bath genre which for which I do not find myself smiling.

Conclusion: I'll have this one on again while I'm doing the dishes.

The Scyfy channel love their shark movies. From ghost sharks to zombie sharks to multiple headed ones to ones crossed with other creatures.

Here we see a toxic shark, a hybrid capable of firing green toxic gunk and infecting people with a rabies like virus.

This is certainly one of those "Once you've seen one you've seen them all" deals.

Scyfy's usual inability to maintain any kind of consistency, character development or originality is showcased once again.

I've seen them create worse, but want to acknowledge that the shark thing is badly overplayed now and needs putting on the back burner.

The Good:

One decent comic relief character

The Bad:

Generic Scyfy trash

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Scyfy Channel still hasn't figured out that a huge shark cannot sneak up on people in 2ft of water!

The black guy doesn't HAVE To die first in every movie

You know what you are getting before you watch this so it doesnt need much explanation - The usual Scifi channel malarky with questionable CGI , plot, story and acting.

Surprisingly the black guy or fat guy DOESN'T GET IT FIRST!

1 extra star for adding in the zombie subplot. And another for some rather witty dialogue in particular the line "Social Media Spirituality" - that one had my sides aching and the crash and over the handlebars accident at the start of the movie propelled us into the abyss quite admirably!

Pity the scantily clad ladees were not that attractive; obviously the budget went on the shark and its unfeasibly large zombie juice spouting snorkel.

Quite funny in bits , watch it with the lads , a few beers and a few bifders and you will be smokin!

If this were a comedy, the rating would be a bit higher. My family enjoyed this movie very much, only because we could laugh at the awkward transitions, the uncomfortably inaccurate conversation, and...well, everything about the toxic shark.