25 Worst Movies Ever
19. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Sure, a man-eating shark was a bit unnerving in 1975, and the original “Jaws” probably put a big dent in the beachwear industry in the late 1970s.
But rather than let the original stand on its own, Hollywood decided to capitalize on the film’s success by cranking out three sequels, including a yawn-inducing 3-D version.
In this final installment, Lorraine Gary plays Ellen Brody, a woman convinced that the shark is stalking her family. Her suspicion turns to full-blown paranoia when she deduced that a great white shark has “followed” her family to the Bahamas.
Not realizing that sharks aren’t equipped with GPS or that danger could altogether be avoided by staying out of the water, she obsesses about the shark that killed her husband, claiming to have psychic “feelings” when the giant fish is near. The film alludes to a strong but completely unexplained connection between the shark and Brody.
Even if you can get past the obviously rubbery replica great white and the boneheaded storyline, the action scenes are so implausible that you’ll feel seriously insulted. When Jaws eats an airplane, well… it’s time to turn off this stinker and watch something more intellectually stimulating, like “Bridezillas Bootcamp.”
