Richard Harris,
Charlotte Rampling,
Will Sampson,
Bo Derek,
Keenan Wynn
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Another big-budget monster movie from producer Dino de Laurentiis, Orca concerns the mutual revenge pact between an obsessive whaler (Richard Harris) and an angry killer whale, whose pregnant mate Har... read more
DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004
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June 10, 2011Unforgettable and shocking. Orca's problem is, that, the movie looks a weak try to be similiar to Jaws, and sometimes be too silly. Rotten.
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September 19, 2010On the surface, this film could be a tacky rip off from Jaws. Both contain sea creatures that causes havoc to small communities and are killers. But the stories are very very different. Orca is by no means as good as Jaws, but if Jaws had never been made, or if it had been releas... read more
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May 7, 2007This utterly absurd Jaws rip off is amusingly laughable (although the scene with the still born whale calf is actually rather grotesque and unsettling), and kept watchable by reliable old veteran Richard Harris' salty sea dog on the run from a killer whale with a grudge. The usua... read more
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July 31, 2010fb20312798Take a cliche movie where a man's entire family is killed and then he goes on a muderous and destructive path of vengeance, now replace that man with an Orca, and you get this. Its hysterical, but the fact that it was made to be taken seriously is shocking.
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May 12, 2009i never realized they were so specific in this title...i thought it was just "orca".
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January 5, 2009You have to be in a very specific mood to watch this one. It is very graphic for it's time, and very dark.
You're never really sure who to cheer for and who to boo.
It does teach a tough life lesson, that in some conflicts NOBODY WINS. -
February 16, 2008if you love Jaws movie, you will love Orca, this is one of my favorite movies, of course Richard Harris is the lead in this movie.
Critic Reviews
January 15, 2012
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
April 3, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Corny, derivative, and frequently quite silly ... and yet I've always liked it. Weird.
November 8, 2004
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
dodgy but great fun
September 14, 2004
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
A bald rehash of Jaws, only with the Moby Dick elements played up even further. Full Review
November 29, 2003
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
The whale should have sunk every reel of this silliness in the deepest part of the ocean.
September 2, 2002
Gerry Shamray, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
One of the first and worst of the Jaws rip-offs.
October 10, 2007
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
No review available.
August 9, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
No review available.
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