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Shark in Venice.
Danny Lerner is living the dream. My dream. He churns out bargain basement shark movies, which all seem to do well enough in DVD sales that he can continue to churn them out. Shark in Venice, much like Danny and Avi Lerners other Bulgarian shark classics (Sharkzone, the Shark Attack2, 3 and Raging sharks) has ropey effects, terrible dialogue and a nonsense script. This DVD also comes with a making of, which is in many ways more entertaining than the movie.
Set in Venice, we are treated to a Dolmio puppet villain, some mafia nonsense, and some plot about the Medici treasure (throwing around such precise dates as the ’ Medieval period’, although we are assured in the making of that the history has been well researched.) A Baldwin is called in to find his missing Dad, which starts out a bit like Last Crusade, but not good, and then it all goes downhill from there. The sharks keep growling, which seems to be a Lerner trademark, and they are accompanied by a choral score along the lines of the Omen. Due to some vague directing it’s hard to tell where abouts the sharks are in relation to anyone or which direction they are travelling in. I’m also pretty sure that footage from Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, was reused in a dream sequence. On the plus side, the colour of the water is quite well matched, which is usually the worst tell tale sign of file footage.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

The main story is that Mr.Dolmio wants a Baldwin to go and get this treasure, but Baldwin won’t because he has something against the mafia or Italians or hates pasta or something. He is, however, quite happy to steal bits of the treasure for his girlfriend who is an expert in the ‘Medieval’. The treasure is hard to get at because the canals are full of sharks! Why are the canals full of sharks? Because Mr. Dolmio lured them in there when they were Bambinos and has been feeding them up ever since to be killer sharks (a frequently used term in these movies, used as though it is a species of shark). Wait! Doesn’t he want the treasure from the canal that he has filled with killer sharks (Carcharodon Killerodon)? D’oh!
The sharks kill a few people, in broad daylight with a lot of witnesses even though the authorities keep denying the existence of these so called ‘sharks’. One shark even has the audacity to violently attack a Baldwin, but he somehow survives with only a slight cut to the shoulder, which makes me think that these sharks aren’t so tough after all. The whole thing ends with a big gun fight (because killer sharks just aren’t enough these days) and Venice is still full of sharks, so maybe there’ll be a sequel.