Just like the underrated classic "Jurassic Shark", also by actor and director Brett Kelly, Raiders of the Lost Shark convinced me with fantastic effects, awesome acting and a story line that made the movie totally believable.Even dialogues in French, will you believe it, are included in this timeless classic.If ONLY we hadn't run out of beer while watching it, I would've given 10/10, but the remaining bit of sobriety stopped me from fully enjoying this masterpiece.

I like trash movies. I like shark movies. So, being really spoiled by Asylum, I thought: Aww, come on, for just 5.99€, this can't be bad. Or... Can it? Well... Yes, it can. This is an amateur movie released on DVD. And it's so incredibly DUMB on so many Levels... There's minor things (Why is he leaving his socks on as he wants to join the hottie in the water?) to really, really, REALLY stupid stuff (Whats a scientist doing all alone in the middle of the woods?) and some stuff which will make you just shake your head (no blood in a decapitation scene, but when there's a flesh explosion they just take a bucket of badly done fake blood and throw it into the actors face)... The acting isn't present, I haven't watched it in English, but the German dub, so I can't say anything about the original voices, but the facial expressions are just... Ugh! German sincere is on the Level of "let a bunch of drunk people yell into an iPhone". Not even the music is any good. Uhm, have I mentioned the Shark is just a still picture? It's a PICTURE in front of a moving background. Yes, the thing can fly. For whatever reasons.Don't buy this. Don't rent this. Don't even STEAL this, it's not even worth that. The only good thing about this movie is: It's only 60-some minutes, and at least the end credits song isn't THAT bad. Still bad, but it's the only light at the end of the tunnel.

I did my research on this film before watching it, I read lots of reviews across the internet and most of the ratings I have found give this film a generous 1/10. Most agree that this is a really really bad film and also agree that this film will rob you of your time which could have been used better on something else. Let's be clear this film is not a Hollywood epic or even a underground cult gem, it is not charming and it is not sexy.I have to be honest, I disagree with a lot of the reviews I've read, okay the film was pretty bad but it was not the worst film I have ever seen. I think other reviewers have missed the fact that this film doesn't take itself seriously at all, even the credits demonstrate this with the "only joking" statement after saying it's based on a real event. The film is supposed to be bad and at that it actually succeeds. Sure the acting was (very) bad, the direction and production could have been better, even the shark was embarrassing (not to mention the comical shark attacks) BUT it was supposed to be bad. As an ex-film studies student this is similar to a lot of the films produced by people in my class; harmless and cheap, a movie they made to pass the time and do something rather than sit around bored. In fact, as the film unfolded I found myself thinking if I was given a challenge to make a shark based film on the cheap and all I had was a small video camera and a laptop this would be seen as a good result.The line of the film for me which had me laughing out loud came towards the end when the 'sheriff' asked his assistant; "I wonder if that's the same flying shark that everyone is talking about?!"Take this film with a huge huge huuuge pinch of salt and you may also find yourself laughing out loud at randomly bad shark attacks and dire acting/narrative, much like I did.This film is NOT on par with films like "Sharknado" or £3 Headed Shark Attack" but it's also not to be taken seriously and is far from the worst film you will ever watch. Give it a go but remember that huge pinch of salt, leave expectations at the door, and just give it a go.

If you look at the artwork for this movie, you think it sounds bad but might be good for a laugh. If you watch the trailer, you will be convinced that this movie will be terrible but watching the movie itself takes terrible to a new level.The characters in the movie are not developed and are weak. The storyline is absolutely hopeless. The acting is horrible. There is no horror in this movie even though they claim there is, I couldn't help but laugh about how bad the effects are.When I started watching it, I thought that maybe it was an amateur 80's porn movie by the quality of the camera work and the bad acting but as I let the movie go on it never got any better, but there were no erotic scenes.At one point, the story has you "concerned" for the actors in a boat that has gone out to the island, but when they cut to scenes from the boat you can see other boats in the background but there is no concern for their safety as I am pretty sure they weren't supposed to be there or be noticed but I am assuming time is money and they didn't want to wait for the other boats to move for the take.The movie does have a couple of really bad digs at itself proving that they knew it would be made when they wrote/filmed it.I wouldn't recommend anyone ever watch this movie. It is truly a waste of time.