Michael Ledo
While transporting an iceberg to Alexandria, Egypt another Mega-Shark becomes thawed, alive and dangerous. The recently thawed creature is able to sling the tug boat through the air and knock off the head of the Sphinx 112+ miles away. They managed to create a Mecha-Shark to combat the creature because Mark 48 torpedoes always miss the mark and come back to sink the launching ship. Pony tailed Rosie (Elisabeth Röhm) is the pilot of the battery operated mechanical shark even though it has a computer that can do it. They create a second mechanical shark just because. After they tag the Mega-Shark with a GPS device, they still need Debbie Gibson to tell them where the shark is headed, because she adds a name to the DVD cover. Eat your heart out Danny Trejo. Rosie has an awkward flashback to a child that died, which really didn't work well in the film.Asylum continues its Navy insignia guessing game. In this film the admiral wore two "surface warfare specialist" breast pins on his lapels (no rank insignia) while a captain wears the breast pin on his shirt pocket (close but no cigar).The ending of the film was a big "huh?" Mild cheese factor. Bad dialog, and they had a great opportunity with a talking computer. The admiral knew someone who died on every boat, and made sure we knew too. Not the best Asylum Mega film out there. Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.
Jackson Booth-Millard
The first film in the series, Giant Octopus, was rubbish, as was the sequel, Crocosaurus, the low-budget Mega Shark movie franchise, made before the awful Sharknado series, continued with this third instalment of nonsense. Basically a tugboat pulling a huge iceberg arrives at a port in Alexandria, Egypt, but the iceberg shatters and releases a megalodon from suspended animation, it begins to reign terror, flipping the tugboat, launching it miles away to Giza and decapacitating the head of the Sphinx. Countries worldwide put their ports on lockdown, and the United Nations propose to develop a weapon to combat the shark. At Pearl Harbor, Jack Turner (Stargate SG-1's Christopher Judge) and Rosie Gray (Elisabeth Röhm) will pilot Mecha Shark, a new untested prototype submarine that resembles the megalodon. The megalodon is confirmed to be in the South China Sea, battleships the USS Charles and the USS Charles Davis rendezvous with the Mecha Shark to attack the mega shark, torpedoes are launched, but the Virginia is inadvertently sunk. Following the failed operation, Jack installs special A.I. named "Nero" (Paul Anderson) into Mecha Shark's computer system, while the megalodon strikes the AR Event Horizon oil platform off the coast of Australia, triggering an oil spill. While Rosie takes Mecha Shark back into the water to engage with the giant shark, Jack and Admiral Engleberg (Matt Lagan) have a heated argument about whether to seal the oil pipeline or continue the pursuit of the shark, Rosie uses the submarine to seal the leak. Mecha Shark and mega shark then engage in battle, the megalodon is able to swerve a launched torpedo, which ends up hitting and sinking a ship, then another failed torpedo launch causes a landslide, which sends the submarine offline, and knocks Rosie unconscious. The Nero system notifies Jack of the situation, but the submarine manages to blast its way out of the debris, while the shark attacks another of the attack ships and destroys it. With Rosie unconscious, it is suggested that the Nero system can control the Mecha Shark by itself, but when it returns to sea, it is badly damaged by the megalodon. Rosie wakes up, and Dr. Emma MacNeil (singer Debbie Gibson) warns that the shark is heading to Sydney, Australia, Nero goes back online following a malfunction, and heads there to engage with the giant creature. But Nero malfunctions again, this time, the Mecha Shark enters Drone Mode, a fail-safe system programmed to complete its task without the safety protocols, after another attack from the megalodon, the robotic submarine goes back online and determines all humans in sight as a threat. The Mecha Shark goes on a rampage through the city, Emma calls Rosie and suggests luring the malfunctioned submarine back to the ocean, where the mega shark will attack it, the megalodon meanwhile sinks the Charles Davis, killing Admiral Engleberg and everyone aboard. The Mecha Shark is blasted back into the water by a squadron of fighter planes, Jack boards a second shark submarine to help, the shark triggers a dislodged torpedo, destroying both the creature and the Mecha Shark, and Jack reveals to Rosie that he copied Nero's system into a flash drive. Also starring Beejan Land as Roy, Kate Avery as Sergeant Brooks, Hannah Levien as Sandy and Emma Rose Maloney as Stacy. I may have recognised a face or two in the cast, but it doesn't matter, and the special effects are only the tiniest bit improved, but they are wasted, a giant shark versus a robotic shark sub with the personality of KITT from Knight Rider is ridiculous, as before it is awful, a stupid story, and a waste of time science-fiction horror. Poor!
suite92
Jack Turner and Rosie Gray are a couple who are proofing a submarine/AI system that is shaped like a shark. That is the Mecha Shark. The AI is 'Nemo,' a voice-only character.The world is a tizzy about rampant megalodons; those would be the Mega Sharks. So, there is at least one Mega Shark that is headed to Australia, to an ancestral mating ground. Great.In the midst of all this macro-disaster, there is a little girl looking to stay hidden from her mother. This is some joke that the screenwriter apparently thought was funny. Guess again. That somehow snags Rosie's efforts.The Mecha Shark has an amphibious mode. Nero gets lost in cyberspace, and the shark becomes just as big a problem as Mega Shark.Will Mecha Shark stop reaping destruction in Australia? Will the Mega Shark get put down? Will Elisabeth and Christopher get into some better movies and stay out of this sort of nonsense? -----Scores-----Cinematography: 5/10 There are some nice aerials and shots of US naval vessels. The CGI is hit or miss, mostly miss.Sound: 2/10 Mostly not a factor, but the background music is truly poor.Acting: 4/10 I liked Elisabeth Roehm in American Hustle and Law and Order. I liked Christopher Judge in Stargate SG1. Debbie Gibson was her usual bubbly self. Past those three, we had performances that are beneath amateurish. Even the veterans must have had a tough time not barfing at the bad dialog.Screenplay: 2/10 Poor dialog. The script has about 15 minutes of story spread over 85 minutes.
