During WWII, a mad scientist following in the footsteps of Frankenstein tries to create his own creature. The Nazis interfere with his experiment, kill him, and steal the monster’s heart and brain. Flash forward to the present day where a giant shark under the control of a mad scientist is eating swimmers and fishermen in a small resort town. Three friends wind up being pawns in his elaborate scheme and have to band together to stop the evil Sharkenstein.
Ah yes, it’s Mark Polonia once again at the helm of another crappy CGI shark movie. This time though, the shark is kind of amusing and not without charm. It has a bunch of surgical scars and stitching, looks fake as hell, and has a fin laced with oversized staples. Whenever it rises out of the water in pursuit of dinner, it definitely cuts a memorable image. The shark is also good for a laugh any time it leaps out of the ocean to eat someone.
Sure, Sharkenstein is not great, but there was a minute-long stretch there where the shark jumped out of the water, got struck by lightning, and turned into what looked like a dime store version of a King Shark action figure from Suicide Squad that had me howling with laughter. Folks, these are the kind of moments I live for.
The acting has never been a strong suit in a Polonia movie, but I found Greta Volkova to be pretty good as the sexy nerdy leading lady. I haven’t seen her in anything else but since she’s apparently in a lot of Polonia flicks, I’m sure I’ll see her again soon. Polonia, naturally, gave himself a small role as a mute boat captain.
Also, since I watched this back-to-back with Shark Encounters of the Third Kind, I got a kick out of seeing how the ever-thrifty Polonia stole lots of the beach, boating, and swimming footage from this film.
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