A
young comic book artist named Cody (Reid Miller) receives a magic pen for
Christmas. He uses it to draw his latest
creation, Santa Jaws, and naturally, the shark (who of course wears a Santa
hat) comes to life. Before long, the
shark begins eating his friends and family one by one. It’s then up to Cody to save Christmas.
Santa
Jaws could’ve easily been another dumb SyFy Channel Original, and well… it
is. However, it’s a little bit funnier
than you’d expect. There are enough
clever and a few downright inspired moments here to make it worth a look. Some of the funniest scenes come after the
revelation that the shark can only be harmed by Christmas-themed weapons as it
gets stabbed with a candy cane in its glowing eyes (which are red, like Rudolph’s
nose).
Let’s
be real here. Santa Jaws is still a SyFy
Channel movie. As such, for every legitimately
funny bit, there’s at least one or two cheesy groan-inducing moments. You also have to put up with a couple of
useless subplots that get in the way of fun.
The most egregious being the scenes of the doofus comic book store owner
using the pen to make himself a hot girlfriend and cool car.
I
can’t help but think that Santa Jaws would’ve been a better fake trailer than
an actual movie. Still, I couldn’t help
but chuckle when Santa Jaws grew a sharpened candy cane horn to impale its
victims. I mean the elf kill alone
guaranteed it an extra Half-Star. As far
as revenge-themed Christmastime shark movies go, it’s better than Jaws the
Revenge.
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