“Jaws: The Revenge” Podcast Movie Review

By Daniel Barnes on March 8, 2022

Jaws: The Revenge – Dare Daniel Podcast Episode 107

“It is a cool, calm, tickly day.”

Sea snail scientists Daniel Barnes and Corky McDonnell take their revenge against Joseph Sargent’s slapdash sequel Jaws: The Revenge. Located a million light-leagues away from the elegant terror of Spielberg’s 1975 classic, this fourth entry turns the shark into a standard-issue 1980s slasher villain.

Elsewhere, Daniel and Corky discuss all-time tomato thieves, science sticks, bleeding boats and Hoagie dinghys.

JAWS: THE REVENGE FACTS AND FIGURES

This week’s movie-themed cocktail: Hoagie’s Grog (2 oz. Mount Gay Eclipse rum; 0.25 oz. Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star; 0.5 oz. Coco Real Passionfruit syrup; 0.67 oz. lime juice; 1 tsp. orange juice; 1/2 tsp. cinnamon syrup; 2 dashes El Guapo Polynesian Kiss bitters; 1 dash Angostura bitters; shake over ice and strain, serve without ice)

U.S. theatrical release: July 17, 1987

Domestic box office: $20 million (production budget: $23 million)

Critics scores: 0 on Rotten Tomatoes; 15 on Metacritic

This week’s darer: Dean Longenecker

Dean’s dare: “Jaws 3D is happy this movie exists. God awful movie. I’m embarrassed that a Great White Shark can’t just enjoy the Bahamas without be accused of stalking. Can anyone say profiling? Allie, The Last Starfighter and the guy who directed New Jack City are there to help Ellen Brody kill the shark. Just watch Orca if you want a good fish revenge story.”

IMDB synopsis: “Chief Brody’s widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.”

This week’s referenced movies: Ghostbusters; Speed 2: Cruise Control; The Trip; The Italian Job (1969); Cosmic Sin; Megaforce; The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; Hannah and Her Sisters; 1941; Leonard Part 6; Moonrise Kingdom; The Princess Switch: Switched Again; The Great Waldo Pepper; The Wedding Planner; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; Fantastic Four (2015); Dangerous Men; Deadly Attraction; Dancin’: It’s On!