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Shark's Paradise

Shark's Paradise

  • Status: Released
  • 13-03-1986
  • Runtime: 88 min
  • Score: 7
  • Vote count: 1

A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the start of the tourist season, his price to hold off the sharks is $2 million. Our heroes do everything from escaping jail to risking death in a chemical factory, to stop him.

David Reyne

Rod Palmer

Ron Becks

Monty Stone

Sally Tayler

Billie Riley

Dennis Miller

Inspector Rossiter

John Amos

Taxi Driver

Ralph Cotterill

Dr. Baxter

Craig Cronin

Mr. Woods

Vincent Gil

Murphy

Sean Scully

Detective Charlie Kelly

Peter Sumner

Cooper

Peter Gwynne

Mayor

Sally Phillips

Mayor's Secretary

Jill Loof

Joanie

Lawrence Mah

Japanese Businessman

Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald

Fowler

John Paramor

Chief Inspector McGarry

Scott Rawlings

Drunk in Water

Fred Welsh

Poker Player

Mick Walker

Bodyguard

Kristoffer Greaves

Thug

Don Vaughn

Thug

Laurence Tyrrell

Constable

Tracey Tainsh

Lorraine

Charles Boyle

Herby Grune

Danny Baldwin

Club Guest

Joanne Corrigan

Prostitute

Adam Bowen

Bergen

Bob Barrett

Guard

Ollie Hall

Smith

Lynda Stoner

Mrs. Axelmere

Julianne Nugent

Tart

David Clendenning

Drunk

Veronique

Kate

Penny Jones

Miss Peabody

Kevin Hides

Boat Marina Manager

Scott Myers

Surfer

GrindhouseDJ70

"Get your damn hands off me or I'll give you a social disease you wouldn't believe...!" This is a pretty crazy Australian made for TV film. Throw in every film cliché you can mention, some extremely bad 80's fashion, hilariously bad dialogue, speed boats, car chases and you get the Aussie equivalent of Miami Vice with sharks... well almost. It's great fun and there's never a dull moment. Don't expect much shark action though. Apart from a couple of brief scenes at the beginning and the end the sharks are barely in it. Not that it really matters. The idea that a mad genius(?) is holding a city to ransom with the threat of sending 100's of sharks to their coastlines to decimate the public is fun but the loop hole is massive (erm... just stay out the bloody water!). When our leading lady is hanging off the feet of a helicopter it is so glaringly obvious it's a stunt double (twice the size of the actress and more 'blokey' looking). I laughed my ass off all the way through. An added bonus is the soundtrack, featuring the likes of Split Enz, INXS and The Hoodoo Gurus and The Church among others. Trashy fun. Neat...!