Well, here's a shark flick that's somethin' -- it really doesn't go out of its way to rip off Jaws? Does that make it any better? No, not really. It's still a piece of junk, but in the proverbial sea of shark rip-offs, you need to respect one that plays it a little differently. Sadly, as with most low-budget animals-that-attack movies, there's far too much going on in the plot for one story to take on. With side plots here, there, and everywhere guiding the action away from the juicy shark attacks, this sucker begins to take on water and sink real fast. The animatronic shark is actually pretty good, especially for a TV movie. Beware, however, of the maddening gaps where there used be commercial breaks when you view it on DVD -- its episodic cliffhanger fades get old really fast.