Shark's Paradise (1986)

★ 7.0 1h 28m IMDb
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A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the start of the tourist season, his price to hold off the sharks is $2 million. Our heroes do everything from escaping jail to risking death in a chemical factory, to stop him.

Shark's Paradise

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Cast

David Reyne
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Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller as Inspector Rossiter Age 89 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Dennis Miller (born 1937) is an Australian former stage, television and film actor, best known for roles in TV movies and series. He was previous married to Australian actress Elspeth Ballantyne from...
John Amos
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Ralph Cotterill
Ralph Cotterill as Dr. Baxter Died 2023 Ralph Cotterill (March 26, 1932 - May 7, 2023) was a British-born Australian character actor. He arrived in Australia in 1973 while touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He went on to have a lon...
Vincent Gil
Vincent Gil as Murphy Died 2022 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Vincent Gil (1939 – 22 August 2022) was an Australian film and television actor best known for his portrayal of the character Nightrider in the 1979 film Mad Max, and Stone. Gil had also starred in ma...
Sean Scully
Sean Scully as Detective Charlie Kelly Age 78 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sean Scully (born 28 September 1947) is an Australian actor, active in film and television, most especially serials. Scully was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He began his acting career at the age...

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GrindhouseDJ70 7/10 Apr 17, 2018
"Get your damn hands off me or I'll give you a social disease you wouldn't believe...!"

This is a pretty crazy Australian made for TV film. Throw in every film cliché you can mention, some extremely bad 80's fashion, hilariously bad dialogue, speed boats, car chases and you get the Aussie equivalent of Miami Vice with sharks... well almost. It's great fun and there's never a dull moment. Don't expect much shark action though. Apart from a couple of brief scenes at the beginning and the end the sharks are barely in it. Not that it really matters. The idea that a mad genius(?) is holding a city to ransom with the threat of sending 100's of sharks to their coastlines to decimate the public is fun but the loop hole is massive (erm... just stay out the bloody water!). When our leading lady is hanging off the feet of a helicopter it is so glaringly obvious it's a stunt double (twice the size of the actress and more 'blokey' looking). I laughed my ass off all the way through. An added bonus is the soundtrack, featuring the likes of Split Enz, INXS and The Hoodoo Gurus and The Church among others. Trashy fun. Neat...!

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