Deep in the ice of the antarctic, a team of geologists uncover an old Nazi laboratory still intact where dark experiments had occurred. In order to conquer the world, the Nazis created modified sharks who were able to fly.
The blurb above doesn’t mention that the flying sharks were ridden by zombie Nazis. That gives the film nearly every grade-z movie theme rolled into one.
I started to write web pages full-time in 1997. The world has changed since then in dramatic ways, but one thing has remained constant. In 1997 Eva Habermann was getting naked in grade-Z projects, and a quarter of a century later, she is still at it.
The look of her grade-Z projects has improved, however, thanks to today’s computing power. The premise of this movie is as ridiculous as ever, as is the acting, which I would call third-rate to give it a several-rate upgrade, but those technical guys can work some wonders these days. Gone are the days of rubber monsters and cardboard sets. Both the 1940s scenes and the current shark battles look impressive in this film, and because the film was made in Germany, the Nazis look and sound like real Nazis. Of course the downside of that is that the Americans also sound kinda like kinder, gentler Nazis speaking English, but I’ll cut ’em a little slack.
There are also some nice comic touches. At one point in the 1940s, the high command is watching a “rah-rah, our sharks will rule the world” propaganda film that looks like this:
I don’t really agree with the 3.6 IMDb rating for this film. Sure, it’s just a dumb cartoon, but it’s a fun cartoon, and it’s supposed to be dumb.
And their techno nerds came through.
Am I embarrassed that I found many things in this cheesy film entertaining? You bet.
But that doesn’t change the fact that I did.
Celina Davis
Eva Habermann
Lucy Cat
Michaela Schafer
