Dinoshark

What's better than having a prehistoric shark being brought back to life?  No, seriously.  What is better?

 

On the Alaskan coast, a glacier calves and releases several tadpoles from the ice into the water.  Only they are not tadpoles, they are mini-sharks.  Hey, I don't write them, I just watch them.

 

Fast forward three years.  And change the scenery to Puerto Vallarta.

 

Trace, who grew up in the area, but hasn't lived there for a while, returns to find his old friends are still hanging out at the same bar.  They introduce Trace to a new member of the group, Carol, who is a teacher at the local international school.  She teaches environmental science with a focus on aquatic ecosystems.  Lucky for us.  If she wasn't conveniently plopped into the group, where would we get our insight from on the dinoshark?

 

Several people are eaten.  Several boats and kayaks are destroyed.  The kills by the dinoshark are pretty weak.  Although, there is one scene where the dinoshark munches on one couple and there is a splatter of blood that reaches the camera lens.  That was pretty cool.

 

When the first attempt to coral the dinoshark fails, the local sheriff declares, "Dinoshark season is officially open."  Big words, but the dinoshark breaches the water and takes down the force's helicopter.

 

Long story short, the only way to kill the creature is to shoot it in the eye and that happens.  But at the end of the movie, they show another glacier calving and more dinoshark tadpoles moving in the water.  So is this the end of dinoshark or not?

 

I think that someone lost a bet and wanted a vacation in Puerto Vallarta, if you ask me.

 

I give this movie 1/2 out of 5 water polo players.