A school of ravenous tiger sharks turn a spring break celebration into a frenzied bloodbath, and the only way to survive is to stay away from the beach in a sun-soaked tale of iron-jawed terror starring Shannon Lucio, Kathy Baker, Riley Smith, and Bryan Brown. The hard-partying college coeds aren't the only ones hitting the Florida beach this spring break, and as the keg gets tapped and the beer begins to flow, a school of hungry tiger sharks prepares to move in for the kill. With a virtual buffet of tasty teenage flesh to satisfy their bottomless appetites, the crafty, water-bound killers soon commence to turning the blue waters of the beach blood red. Now forced to fight for their lives against an unrelenting onslaught of unimaginable horror, a group of desperate coeds attempts to put their higher education to the test and outsmart nature's perfect predator. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Review
Leave it to CBS to deliver such an ingenious idea of pitting spring-break teens against sharks to form this desperate stab at movie-of-the-week entertainment. To its credit, there's plenty of fun to be had with Spring Break Shark Attack -- unfortunately, most of it comes at the end of the flick. The majority of this TV movie is filled with teen dramatics that span from roofies to no-good, cheating mates who'd rather film Girls Gone Wild videos than hit the party town with their bikini-clad lovey-dovey from back home. By the time the sharks show up in full, the flick kicks into welcoming overdriven stupidity as the fin population explodes while the teen populace tail-dives into the bloody ocean. Thankfully, the filmmakers were able to spring for at least one fake shark that is used for all the money shots, including the windsurfer dude who skis directly into an open-mouthed killer-shark dummy. Hilarious simply to see the multitudes of fins that couldn't possibly be passing each other that closely, Spring Break Shark Attack is escapist fun that would have benefited from a bit more sex and blood, though it deserves kudos for even being greenlit to show on network TV in the first place. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Bianca Lishansky - Karen; Genevieve Howard - Alicia; Wayne Thornley - Charlie; Mehboob Bawa - Prof. Wellington; Wayne Harrison - Peter; Miguel Borges - Beach Patrol Captain
Credit
Susan Glicksman - Casting, Ted Babcock - Co-producer, Paul W. Shapiro - Director, Micky Blythe - Editor, Robert Sertner - Executive Producer, Frank Von Zerneck - Executive Producer, David Wicht - Executive Producer, J.J. Jamieson - Executive Producer, Danny Lux - Composer (Music Score), Birrie Le Roux - Production Designer, Michael Brierley - Cinematographer, Michael Brierly - Cinematographer, Leslie Belzberg - Producer, Peter Sadowski - Producer, James LaRosa - Screenwriter, Randy Sutter - Co-Executive Producer
