Shark Zone (2003), dir. Danny Lerner, Martien Holdings A.V.V./Millenium Films
And thus we end Shark Week 2022.
A group of divers goes exploring a shipwreck off the coast. Pity a group of great whites decides to use the same said ship as a hangout. Only diver survives.
Ten years later, Jimmy (Dean Cochran) is doing better. He's married, has a son, and a crippling fear of sharks. That last one might be a problem for Mr. Volkoff (Velizar Binev), who wishes to hire Jimmy to go diving around that shipwreck from earlier, as he is convinced there is gold hidden in the ship.
Jimmy turns him down. Mayor Cortell (Alan Austin) has a better job for Jimmy through. He wants him to patrol the beaches and keep an eye out for sharks. Jimmy does that but seems the mayor should have been more specific. Jimmy watches as the sharks swarm the beach and eat quite a few beachgoers.
The mayor then has another job for Jimmy. Get some pals together and kill every shark they can. Jimmy agrees. The sharks, however, are a bit more on the ball than Jimmy and soon Jimmy is once again the sole survivor.
Mr. Volkoff asks Jimmy a second time to dive for him. Jimmy refuses a second time. More shark attacks happen, and Volkoff asks a third time. He also kidnaps Jimmy's son, just to make Jimmy doesn't turn him down a third time.
So now we're in a caper film with sharks. Will Jimmy save his son? Will Volkoff have some sort of karmic comeuppance? Will the film stop lifting footage from Shark Attack 3?
Bottom of the barrel really, but there plenty of shark attacks, so the title isn't a lie.
