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An ocean-themed Florida amusement park comes under attack from an angry Great White shark in this third installment of the horror series. The film maintains only a loose relationship to the original S... read more read more...teven Spielberg hit, centering on Mike (Dennis Quaid) and Sean (John Putch), the sons of police chief Martin Brody (originally played by Roy Scheider). Mike works at Sea World, where a baby Great White shark has accidentially been let into the park. Soon, the baby's vicious and extremely powerful mother comes in search of her child. The film focuses most of its attention on the series of tense shark attacks that follow, as tourists run for their lives while the park workers struggle to destroy the sharp-toothed beast. The suspense sequences were made somewhat more memorable during the film's original release with 3-D photography, an attribute lost on video, thereby removing the most distinctive element of an otherwise run-of-the-mill sequel. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Joe Alves

Release Date: July 22, 1983

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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003

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  • aquateen2
    October 30, 2011
    aquateen2
    Jaws was a good blockbuster, Jaws 2 was an Ok blockbuster. This is an excuse to cash in on the first one. The 3D in the cinema was as bad as this movie overall.
  • spielberg00
    July 31, 2011
    spielberg00
    It's not terribly awful, but through about 80% of the film, we are mentally shrieking, "Why didn't they keep it in Amity!? And it would have looked a lot more organized if they had just done a little more work to keep the 3D effect!!!"
  • fb100001493964409
    April 27, 2011
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    Holy mother of god, this is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Every single aspect of it (editing, acting, special effects) is completely botched to the point of accidental comedy. This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen, but for all the wrong reasons (and I mean... read more all of them). Highly recommended if you have friends over and want to make fun of a movie, but if you are looking for serious entertainment, don't even think about watching it.
  • puffchunk
    February 24, 2011
    puffchunk
    Better than Jaws 2, but it has the annoying hallmarks of a 3D movie. Also the kill count is ridiculouly low...so many missed opportunities for Sea World guests to get eaten. At least it tried a fresh start, instead of just rehashing the original Jaws like number 2 did.
  • ajv2688
    January 14, 2011
    ajv2688
    This "Jaws" movie is so bad it's good. I caught it on TV last summer for their Jaws marathon or whatever it was, and I just thought it was hilarious.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    June 9, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Wow, This film is yet another Cash cow from Universal. The only thats good about this film was the concept of the amusement, I thought it was fairly original, but really I wasn't impressed halfway through watching this. Of all the Jaws this is the most violent one, and somewhat t... read morehe film feels like it lost all credibility and became a tongue in cheek film. It's not a film to terrify, this film is a total joke, and in my opinion it shouldn't have never been made. Maybe some die-hard fans will disagree with me, but considering the first film by Steven Spielberg's is now considered as one of the greatest Horror films ever filmed, you'll see this one as a travesty of the genre. Hopefully most die-hard fans of the first like me, will see it as a mockery, and a total waste of celluloid.
  • stormyweather980
    September 11, 2009
    stormyweather980
    I never thought I'd see the day when I would see a Jaws movie that I wasn't that crazy about. Well, "Jaws 3" did just that. This third time around, the ferocious great white shark that has earned a fearsome name called Jaws, is terroizing workers and visitors alike at Sea World, ... read morea popular aquatic park.
    As big of a fan as I am of "Jaws" and "Jaws 2," I couldn't even make myself like "Jaws 3" all that much. You might be asking why I think it's so bad, right? Well, really it's not THAT bad, but it's not that good either. I didn't like it much cause it doesn't seem to be related to the first two movies, the special effects are at their worst, and the kills aren't half as exciting or suspenseful as they were in the first two movies.

    Oh yeah, there's even different people this time around. Instead of it having Roy Scheider again, it has Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., and several other newbies to the series.

    I recommend anybody who wants to own all the movies in the Jaws series to go ahead and get "Jaws 3," but for anybody else that just wants the best, get "Jaws" and/or "Jaws 2" and skip this third one. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2001. Jaws loses some of his bite, or actually a lot of it.
  • SirPant
    September 7, 2009
    SirPant
    Jaws 3-D is a guilty pleasure, it's got a really solid story but its execution lets it down. Watching it without the 3-D effects is hilarious, it's really a so bad its good kinda film. I like it.
  • phubbs1
    May 6, 2009
    phubbs1
    Terrible effects and a rather silly plot make this a film to forget and when I say terrible effects I mean really bad :(
    The cast became more star studded or mainstream but its just a complete rerun of the first two (cant really go anywhere with this plot idea though) except its... read more set inside a Seaworld type marine park, which isnt a bad idea, but this needed better backup.

    Its a typical cheesey 80's horror slasher flick but with a shark as the boogeyman.
  • FireStormStudios
    August 2, 2008
    FireStormStudios
    It was a neat idea to bring Jaws into 3D (Jaws 3D), but I was too young to see it in the theatre, so it's just more of the same type of thing.

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Critic Reviews

Variety Staff
December 10, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety

Surprisingly tepid. Full Review

Janet Maslin
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times

It's harmless but unsurprising. Full Review

Tim Brayton
January 12, 2012
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

So hokey and so incredibly incompetent in execution that it feels less wicked in its ignorance and more like a comic relief hillbilly, of the sort seen in this very movie's water-skiing interludes. Full Review

December 10, 2007
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Since the wholly unimaginative series needed a gimmick at this point to stay afloat, the new but short-lived 3-D craze came along just in time. Full Review

Steve Crum
June 1, 2007
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

Enough is too much...even in 3-D. The franchise sinks.

Derek Adams
June 24, 2006
Derek Adams, Time Out

Put in a baking tray, gas mark 7, and enjoy a turkey. Full Review

Alex Sandell
March 4, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

The best sequel in the series, if you're ranking it on cheese factor, alone.

Bob Bloom
November 3, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Where's the three strikes and you're out rule for cinema when you need it. This bites!

Clint Morris
September 18, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole

Jaws must have ate the script too

James Sanford
July 29, 2002
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

"the highlight is the puffer fish that floats into the opening credits -- the rest is like week-old sushi"

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