The
first Ghost Shark was an uneven, stupid, but fun supernatural shark movie. I didn’t have high hopes for this one because
it looked a lot cheaper. If the original
was a SyFy Channel Original, Ghost Shark 2:
Urban Jaws looks like a no-budget DIY movie. Maybe my low expectations worked, because the
flick manages to be even more ludicrous and hilarious than its
predecessor.
Of
course, you all remember in the first Ghost Shark how the titular spectral
shark could kill its victims in the smallest drop of water? This time out, the ghost shark is in Auckland,
New Zealand killing people from a freshly mopped floor, out of steam released from
an iron, and even from inside of a popsicle!
Many
of the intentionally humorous interactions with the human characters fall flat,
but when the ghost shark is doing its thing, the movie is a lot of fun. You might think that for a film called Ghost Shark
2, it would just be a cheap, forgettable, throwaway affair with very limited craftsmanship,
but you’d be wrong. Take the Hitchcockian
scene of a couple having sex in the shower. Since they’re surrounded by water, you think
it’s going to be an obvious set-up for a shark attack. Then, in next room we see a roommate listening
to them making love. He gets so horny
that he grabs some lube and starts jerking off. Then, the ghost shark attacks from the lube in
his hand and bites his dick off. This sequence
is downright Spielbergian in that we never see the shark or the gore. Oh, and did I mention the Bergmanesque black
and white dream sequences?
Sure,
some of the kills are dumb (like when it arises out of a pan of spaghetti
sauce), but with so many ingenious deaths sprinkled throughout, you were bound
to get a few duds. Also, at 69 minutes, Ghost
Shark 2 knows exactly when to quit. That’s
more than I can say for a lot of these things.
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