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{{Short description|2005 South African-American thriller film}}

{{Infobox film

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| name = Spring Break Shark Attack

{{Infobox filmtelevision

| image = Spring Break Shark Attack premiere poster.jpg

| captionimage = Spring Break Shark Attack premiere poster.jpg

| imagecaption = Spring Break Shark Attack = premiere poster.jpg

| director = [[Paul Shapiro (director)|Paul Shapiro]]

| producer = {{ubl|[[Leslie Belzberg]]|Ted Babcock|J.J. Jamieson|Peter Sadowski}}

| writer = James LaRosa

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on = story by J.J. Jamieson

| based on =

| starring = {{ubl|[[Shannon Lucio]]|[[Riley Smith]]|[[Justin Baldoni]]|[[Kathy Baker]]|[[Bryan Brown]]}}

| music = [[Danny Lux]]

| cinematography = Michael Brierley

| editingeditor = Micky Blythe

| productioncompany companies = {{ubl|[[Von Zerneck Sertner Films]]|Film Afrika Worldwide}}

| distributorsnetwork = [[CBS Television Network]]

| released = {{filmStart date |df=y|2005|303|20|United States}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = {{ubl|United States|South Africa}}

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'''''Spring Break Shark Attack''''' is a 2005 joint South African/American [[made-for-TV]] [[thriller film]]. It was the brainchild of executive producer J.J. Jamieson, who wrote the initial story and sold it to CBS. The teleplay was written by James LaRosa and directed by [[Paul Shapiro (director)|Paul Shapiro]],. andThe film stars [[Shannon Lucio]], [[Riley Smith]], and [[Justin Baldoni]], with [[Kathy Baker]] and [[Bryan Brown]].<ref name="Washington Post"/><ref name="DVD Talk"/><ref name="Dread Central"/> After television release in the [[United States]],<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|last1=Oldenburg|first1=Ann|title=After 'The O.C.,' is it safe to get back in the water?|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/2005-03-03-coming-attractions_x.htm|accessdate=17 February 2015|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=3 March 2005}}</ref> the film had a limited non-US theatrical release, before going to DVD.

==Plot==

During spring break, when a pack of [[tiger sharksshark]]s begins a feeding frenzy on partying teen-aged bathers, the only safe place is up on the beach far from the water. Fighting for survival, a group of coedsyoung people must attempt to outsmart nature's perfect predator.

Danielle ([[Shannon Lucio]]) is a teen-aged girl who, against her father's wishes, heads to Florida for spring break. Rather than the truth, she tells her parents that she is going to spend the time working with [[Habitat For Humanity]], but she instead meets up with two girlfriends who have rented a beach house at Seagull Beach, Florida, for a week, fully intent on having a good time. As she explores the beach area, she meets the creepy J.T. ([[Justin Baldoni]]), who sees her as only a spring break sexual conquest. She also meets local [[charter boat]] owner Shane Jones ([[Riley Smith]]), and decides she likes him. J.T. is willing to do anything to achieve his goal of sex with Danielle, and so charters the boat that Shane and his mother ([[Kathy Baker]]) have been hiring out to tourists. When everyone is out at sea they learn that the waters are becoming infested with an increasing number of [[tiger shark]]s. Danielle's marine biologist brother, Charlie (Wayne Thornley) just happens to also be doing research on an artificial reef in the same ___location, and must determine how best to save his sister and warn others.

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==Critical response==

''[[The Washington Post]]'' offered that ''Spring Break Shark Attack'' was "a true dream title" for something viewers might expect to watch on late night [[Cinemax]] or on [[USA Network]] in [[prime time]], or find in a list of [[direct-to-video]] losers. They also offered that even with the ridiculous title, the film's "scary parts really are scary, enough so that little kids should be sent to their rooms."<ref name="Washington Post"/> Visual effects were approved, in that when a partly chewed victim washes up on the beach, it actually looked like a partially eaten shark victim, rather than something sanitized for television. They felt the film "works on its own frankly silly, fitfully gripping level" if one has "two hours to kill and a harmless lust for artificial blood."<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|last1=[[Tom Shales]] |title=Cue the Shark Music and Prepare to Be Scared|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48632-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_style/columns/shalestom|accessdate=16 February 2015|publisherwork=[[Washington Post]]|date=19 March 2005|author1-link=Tom Shales}}</ref>

''[[DVD Talk]]'' spoke toward the film being a drama about teens who look older than they're supposed to who have "to deal with their relationships and romantic encounters and all the melodrama that accompanies that type of material" and described it as "basically ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'' with sharks."<ref name="DVD Talk"/> They felt the film had an issue with the sharks themselves being used at first so infrequently that the final 20 minutes of the film become makes "up for lost time by throwing in sharks by the hundreds."<ref name="DVD Talk"/> While the anticipated underwater photography is limited, there "are a couple of decent shark/kill scenes and a corpse or two that washes up on the beach, but nothing interesting enough to really stand out or make the film more any more enjoyable."<ref name="DVD Talk"/> The film's cinematography is decent and the film looks nice, and while no performance is particularly bad, no one stands out either. The film thus becomes the "very embodiment of mediocrity, resulting in boredom – the biggest sinflaw a moviethat can commitbe committed."<ref name="DVD Talk"/> The film's very few appreciated moments do not act to save the film.<ref name="DVD Talk">{{cite news|last1=Jane|first1=Ian|title=DVD review: Spring Break Shark Attack|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/20395/spring-break-shark-attack/|accessdate=15 February 2015|publisher=[[DVD Talk]]|date=27 February 2006}}</ref>

''[[Dread Central]]'' found the film to be "two hours of mildly laughable, suspense-free entertainment,"<ref name="Dread Central"/> where CBS's attempt to create a nature gone amok genre failed in its purpose.<ref name="Dread Central">{{cite news|last1=Condit|first1=Jon|title=Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3655/spring-break-shark-attack-2005/|accessdate=15 February 2015|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|date=22 March 2006}}</ref>

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==References==

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==External links==

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* {{IMDb title|0450326|Spring Break Shark Attack}}

* {{tcmdb title|id=643537}}

* [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/spring-break-shark-attack-v340565/ ''Spring Break Shark Attack''] at [[All Movie Guide]]

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