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Protein Smoothies - smoothies & shakes for healthy living

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Sky Sharks (2020) in Movies

Aug 29, 2020

Sky Sharks (2020)

2020 | Comedy, Horror

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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Fright Fest kicked off with a film that I absolutely had to see... Nazi zombies and flying sharks? No brainer.

A team of arctic explorers uncover an old Nazi lab that was developing ways to help them conquer the world. The team unwittingly let loose their two most powerful experiments that unleashes a swarm of flying sharks flown by unstoppable pilots.

Despite this having the word "sharks" in the title (and my love of shark films) I do have to be a buzzkill and say that this is not a shark film. I'd happily categorise it in zombie film territory, but the quality is way too good for this to be classified as a shark film. I don't want to take away from these fantastic flying finned devils though, they're brilliant and super happy looking.

It has the ridiculous ideas that make for an entertaining watch. but I can't help but think that a good budget actually had a negative effect. Once you get to a certain level of production value it goes against the nature of the story and "traditions".

With sky based villains you would obviously get something involving airplanes, but from the early action sequence I got heavy Sharknado 2 vibes. I don't want to ruin this bit for you so I'll just say that it's got the requisite amount of scientific impossibilities and graphic violence.

The CGI is a little hit and miss, the sharks are pretty good and I'm convinced have sneaky smiles on their faces, but the zombie aspects are a little ropey whenever they pop up.

When it comes to acting the cast deliver exactly what you'd expect from this sort of film, over the top when needed, dramatic in both serious and ridiculous ways, and I really hope that some of the female cast were appropriately compensated from some of their truly over the top scenes. You expect nudity because that's what these things do, but my goodness did they go to town with it.

Nazi scientists with extraordinary plans is a great storyline, you can take it in so many directions. I can't help but feel that Sky Sharks suffers from over complications. Discovery, accidental release followed by solution... that simple formula is cluttered with a lot of back story that could easily be cut back and made easier to follow, a fair amount seemed to have no purpose.

Even with all of this it's still something daft to enjoy, probably when drunk. I'm not sure if it's for zombie fans or shark fans, it doesn't quite fit in either classification properly but for those who want to free their brains from thinking then it's probably going to work for that.

Originally posted on: https://emmaatthemovies.blogspot.com/2020/08/sky-sharks-movie-review.html

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated The Bad Beat (Burn Notice #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

What Sam and Michael think is a simple job of helping out a guy hounded by loan sharks becomes much more complex when they find Russian mobsters are also after the guy. While the climax felt weak, overall the book was still good.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-burn-notice-bad-beat-by-tod.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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The Craggus (360 KP) rated Deep Blue Sea (1999) in Movies

Aug 11, 2018

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

1999 | Action, Drama, Horror

7.0

(23 Ratings)

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Shark Weak 2 has only just begun but I've already had it with these motherf***in' sharks on this motherf***in' blog. Deep Blue Sea (1999) #SharkWeak2 #Review

Fittingly, we open #SharkWeak2 not with a terrible shark movie, but with a surprisingly seminal one with many of the modern sharksploitation tropes finding their roots in this turn of the millennium action adventure.

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusDeepBlueSea

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Tina (8 KP) rated The Meg (2018) in Movies

Aug 28, 2018

The Meg (2018)

2018 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

6.6

(128 Ratings)

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The Meg was a long awaited movie for myself. I am a shark enthusiast and seeing a shark that introduced me to the love I have for sharks was phenomenal. Although I wish there had been more shark scenes with more gore. I was very pleased with The Meg despite its few flaws. I feel it was one of the best movies since Jaws.