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A medical biologist (Saffron Burrows) is on a mission to
find a cure for Alzheimer's by conducting genetic experiments on sharks. The sharks
become smarter, but they also get more aggressive, eventually wreaking havoc on those at
the research facility. Also with Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Stellan
Skarsgard, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Jacqueline McKenzie, Wayne Knight, Daniel Rey and
Brent Roam. Directed by Renny Harlin. [1:45]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - A little sexual innuendo (including a reference to a
woman's vibrator). We see two couples kissing passionately on a boat; the women are
in minimalist bikinis and the men in swimming trunks. A woman strips from her wetsuit and
throughout the rest of the scene (a few minutes) she remains in her bra and panties. We
see a man look at a Playboy centerfold, but we don't see the picture nor do we see
nudity on the cover (only a woman's face and bare shoulders are visible).
VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - Several people die, most of whom are eaten alive by
sharks. A man on a stretcher is accidentally dropped from a helicopter, snatched up by a
shark and lodged into an underground glass window (he dies, with lots of blood visible). A
shark bites into a man, takes him for a vicious swim and then shares him with another
shark (we see the two sharks munching on him). A shark eats a man, leaving the lower half
of the man's body floating in the water, and a shark bites off a man's arm (we
see the extremely bloody stub). A woman is lifted out of the water by a shark (we see half
of her body in its mouth and she eventually dies). A man shoots a shark with a harpoon and
a man, being pulled through the water by a shark, pokes the shark's eye with a cross.
A woman slits her hand with a knife (the camera focuses on the blood oozing out) and gets
swallowed by a shark (we see the shark chomping on her for a few seconds). Sharks attack a
man in a cage and a shark attacks a boat (it knocks a hole in the boat, but no one is
injured). We see a shark swallow a live parrot. Two sharks attack another shark; we see
blood and body fragments of the victim shark). A man is underwater and encounters a corpse
floating by. A shark eats an electrical cord and dies, a shark explodes (the body
splatters to pieces and leaves a large pool of blood) and a room explodes with a shark
inside. A helicopter runs into a building, causing numerous explosions and fires. A few
people almost drown. A woman probes a shark with a large needle, extracting fluids (the
scene is a bit gross). Numerous scary "jump" scenes, most of which are surprise
shark attacks. From a distance, we see a man urinating into the water.
PROFANITY 5 -
4 F-words, several
anatomical and scatological references, many
mild obscenities and a few insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Gene
therapy, Alzheimer's disease, the power of prayer, lying, decision making,
self-sacrifice, obsessions.
MESSAGE - The hands of science should be cautious when they tinker with hungry
aquatic predators.
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