A Major Disappointment

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Shark Night 3D (2011) is a horror thriller film from the United States released on September 2, 2011. The film was directed by David R. Ellis .. Telling about 7 college students who went on holiday in a lake named: Lake Crosby, when they got there there was a horrible incident happened one of them died preyed by hundreds of sharks in the lake .. There is someone who deliberately put shark sharks in the lake. Can they make it out of the lake ??? Movies that lasted 90 minutes interesting enough ... a decent CGI ... Dialog super cheap dialogue .... But enjoy this movie .....

I work at a library (yes, it's awesome), and am in the cataloging department. This little gem may have slipped by getting added to our library's DVD section if I hadn't pulled it off the donation cart. How someone could give up this gem, I'm not sure, but I'm glad they did because I, and numerous library patrons, will now be able to enjoy it.Nerds, Jocks and Hot Girls all get along together, which is nice to see. Then you have the typical redneck, which of course you will find on the way to your giant lake house that has no neighbors close by. Once we get to the house, that's when the mangling and dismembering begins. What they think of as a freak thing, (the shark must have came through the levy after hurricane season), quickly turns into sharks everywhere. The sheriff (who plays Harvey on Gotham… love that crazy show), adds some comic relief as the bumbling country bumpkin. Very little nudity, and no sex, just lots and lots of blood. The final reason as to why this is happening makes sense in a twisted way. And honestly I'm surprised something like this hasn't happened in real life… or maybe it has. So next time you're near a saltwater lake, you might want to let your friends go for a swim while you stay on the beach.

I absolutely hate the typical Syfy sharkcrapolis movies with their garbage CG efx that make it impossible to suspend disbelief and lose yourself in the story, so I was pleasantly surprised when I DVR'ed this one and checked it out. It was produced by a different company than the cynical one that cranks out the usual Syfy grade D cable fodder and the director, with a solid background directing efx-laden features and second unit on big budget movies, took pains to ensure the sharks looked as close to realistic as modest budget CG allows. They actually look better than some CG in recent big budget movies.An attractive cast heads up the story, which is not nearly as far-fetched as most films in this sub-genre. It's played straight, no corny humor, and the actors are very believable. There's plenty of genuine suspense and real horror movie thrills.The photography is excellent, the location is sometimes stunningly beautiful. Overall the production values are topnotch.

Trying to have a relaxing weekend trip on a freshwater lake, a group of friends finds the festivities ruined by the repeated attacks by a group of sharks placed in the lake by exploitative fishermen and must try to get out alive.Frankly, this is one of the more disappointing and frustrating efforts to come along since there's so much here that could've been made great that instead turns this into a rather pedestrian affair. One of the biggest lapses of all is the complete and utter stupidity and lameness regarding the plot which has several humongous holes in it. Besides the fact that most of the species chosen pose no threat to man and don't eat meat in their diet yet do so here, one of the biggest is the fact that the sharks featured are all fresh-water creatures and can't survive in fresh-water, of which we're told repeatedly that it is, yet there's nothing that states why the sharks are able to thrive as long as this one states as the operation is evidently running smoothly for quite a while. As for why it's gone so long unnoticed manages to uncover it's biggest non-surprise plot-twist later on almost right from the beginning with the surprise helper in the operation uncovered right from the moment this is found out, and thereby forces the film to go on far longer than it should with scenes clearly shown simply to beef up the running time and keep the group in danger beyond all sense of realism since the first gimmick part to this clearly isn't strong enough to support a full-length film without a lot of extra help in order to keep them in the water, and because they're being forced into the water by others rather than faced with no alternative and must be there to begin with, it really takes the fear out of the sharks because they're only the lapdogs of someone else and don't have a mind of their own, making for a rather piddly sense of fear from them. On top of that, we're faced with utterly atrocious CGI for the sharks that don't in the slightest portray any sense of realism or hide this computerized nature, and the 3D effects are pretty much the same exact gag repeated over and over of the shark swimming open-mouthed at someone from out of nowhere which really wears thin after a while. While there's some fine attack scenes in here, including a marina explosion, a frantic race to get to a safety dock in the water and a water-ski chase through a lagoon providing both action and some suspense that proved it could've handled some fun scenes here and there, overall this one was a terrible disappointment.Rated PG-13: Graphic Violence, Language, Brief Nudity, drug use and animals-in-danger.