The story begins with a shadow beneath the waves. A great white, pitiless and silent. Dorsal fin like a mean knife. Eyes dark and empty. The setting: a tight-knit coastal town where the locals are being picked off, one by one. They need a hero – a man with the audacity to challenge a legend. There’s blood in the water. The cameras are rolling. Movie history is being made.
Behind the scenes, it’s chaos. There’s a mechanical shark that barely resembles a living creature and is far more trouble than it’s worth. The production is beset by so many delays and accidents, it begins to feel cursed. But the crew push on. There’s a lot riding on this big fish film: fortunes, careers, legacies.
