Surprisingly tepid.
Jaws 3 (1983)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:3
Rotten:22
Average Rating:3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with a taste for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new... The third film in the successful JAWS franchise follows yet another great white shark with a taste for humans, this time invading the opening ceremonies of a marine park in Florida. The brand new complex offers visitors the chance to view the undersea kingdom from the safety of glass tunnels on the seabed. When a 35-foot great white breaks into the structure--seemingly in revenge for the death of its progeny--a group of marine biologists must do battle with the mighty mother beast. [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Lea Thompson
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Louis Gossett, Lea Thompson, Simon MacCorkindale, John Putch, P.H. Moriarty, Dan Blasko, Liz Morris, Lisa Maurer, Harry Grant, Andy Hansen, P.T. Horn, John Edson, Kaye Stevens, Archie Valliere, Alonzo Ward, Cathy Cervenka, Steve Mellor
Director: Joe Alves
Director: Joe Alves
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson, Carl Gottlieb
Producer: Rupert Hitzig
Composer: John Williams, Alan Parker
Reviews for Jaws 3
Since the wholly unimaginative series needed a gimmick at this point to stay afloat, the new but short-lived 3-D craze came along just in time.
Where's the three strikes and you're out rule for cinema when you need it. This bites!
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