Jaws: The Revenge
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Jaws The Revenge (or Jaws: The Revenge) (1987) is the third and final sequel to Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie Jaws. The events of Jaws 3-D are not mentioned, and the story is more a continuation from Jaws 2.
It was nominated for Worst Picture in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards.
The story returns to the Brody family in Amity Island. Martin Brody has since died of a heart attack, although his wife, Ellen (Gary), claims that "it was the fear [of the shark] that killed him." Sean (Mitchell Anderson), the youngest son, works as a police deputy in Amity: whilst on an assignment to clear a log from a buoy, he is attacked and killed by a shark.
Ellen visits her eldest son, Michael (Guest), in the Bahamas. He now works as a marine biologist. She meets Hoagie (Caine), and they begin dating. After a series of nightmares and shark attacks, including one upon her granddaughter (Barsi), Ellen becomes convinced that the shark has tracked her family to the Bahamas. She takes a boat out to sea on her own, intent on confrontng the shark.
The novelisation of the film suggests that the shark may be acting under the influence of a vengeful voodoo witch doctor (who has a feud with the Brody family), and the shark's apparent revenge has magical implications, ergo the witch doctor is the 'revenge' and the shark is his tool.
External link
- jawsmovie.com (http://www.jawsmovie.com/4/default.asp)
- Jaws: The Revenge - Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension (http://www.jabootu.com/jawstr.htm) Extended review