| Shark Swarm | |
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| Genre | Horror, Thriller |
| Written by | Matthew Chernov David Rosiak |
| Directed by | James A. Contner |
| Starring | Daryl Hannah John Schneider Armand Assante |
| Theme music composer | Nathan Furst |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kyle Clark Patsy Fitzgerald Stephen Niver |
| Cinematography | Dane Peterson |
| Editor | Craig Bassett |
| Running time | 164 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syfy |
| Release | May 25, 2008 (2008-05-25) |
Shark Swarm is an American film created by RHI Entertainment. It premiered on Syfy on May 25, 2008. Directed by James A. Contner and written by Matthew Chernov and David Rosiak, the film stars Daryl Hannah, John Schneider and Armand Assante. It was released to generally unfavorable reviews. It is the 11th film in the Maneater Series.
Plot
Corporate real estate tycoon Hamilton Lux (Armand Assante) sets his sights on developing the quaint seaside town of Full Moon Bay, California into a prime getaway for the wealthy, but runs into some unexpected problems. Lifelong fisherman Daniel Wilder (John Schneider) and wife Brooke (Daryl Hannah) own property exactly where Lux wants to build high-priced condos, and are not planning to sell. Lux secretly laces the local waters with a toxin deadly to marine life, devastating the local fishing industry in an attempt to starve Daniel out. Alas, the toxin has a different effect on the area's sharks, drastically increasing their aggression and causing them to move in coordinated swarms. Without fish for them to feed on, shark attacks on humans rapidly increase. Lux uses media contacts to paint the attacks as random incidents. Daniel, his marine biologist brother, and a concerned E.P.A. agent must expose Lux's plan and rid the area of the chemically-altered sharks before the town's entire population is devoured by hungry sharks.
Cast
- Daryl Hannah as Brook Wilder
- John Schneider as Daniel Wilder
- Armand Assante as Hamilton Lux
- F. Murray Abraham as Professor Bill Girdler
- Roark Critchlow as Professor Phillip Wilder
- Heather McComb as Amy Zuckerman
- John Enos III as Kane Markus
- Tiffany Hines as Michelle
- Alan Fudge as Pastor Herman
- Gene Davis as Sheriff Dexter Murray (as Eugene Davis)
- Brent King as Clint Duran
- June Squibb as Bess Wilder
- Mimi Michaels as Kim Wilder
- Elisa Donovan as Brenda
- Jacleen Haber as Tia
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Heather
Critical reception
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Shark Swarm has been widely panned.
See also
References
- "Shark Swarm". RHI Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- Shark Swarm: DVD Talk Review "...this made for TV stinker..."
- Shark Swarm: DVD review "......a silly movie that could have been more humorous and energetic" Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today
- DVD Review: Shark Swarm "...dull acting... unable to step up to the challenge..." Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official RHI Entertainment Shark Swarm website
- Official Genius Entertainment Shark Swarm site
- Shark Swarm at IMDb
- Shark Swarm at Rotten Tomatoes
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- 2008 films
- 2008 television films
- 2008 horror films
- Canadian horror television films
- 2000s English-language films
- Maneater (film series)
- Canadian natural horror films
- Syfy original films
- Films about shark attacks
- Films set in California
- American horror television films
- Films directed by James A. Contner
- Films scored by Nathan Furst
- 2000s American films
- 2000s Canadian films
- English-language horror films