History Film / JawsTheRevenge

* DidIMentionItsChristmas

Ignoring the events of [[Film/Jaws3D the third film]], ''The Revenge'' follows Ellen Brody, who finds out that there's [[ThreateningShark a shark attacking people]], and shockingly, [[VoodooShark it]] seems to be specifically targeting the members of her family.

* AndStarring: MichaelCaine gets the "and..." credit.

* FocusGroupEnding: [[spoiler:The original theatrical ending had Jake be eaten by the shark and the shark killed by impalement on the boat's prow. However, test audiences were very disturbed by Jake's death, so he (somehow) survives. They also changed the shark's death to [[MadeOfExplodium massively exploding for no reason whatsoever when it's impaled.]] The former is ridiculous, but WordOfGod has it that while the studio demanded changes, they didn't give production appropriate money to re-shoot. (The original intent was the shark to be impaled, die and sink -- taking much of the boat with it. FWIW, that's the ending that appeared on video.)]]

[[caption-width-right:345:The [[{{Sequelitis}} unnecessary sequel]] to the [[Film/Jaws3D unnecessary sequel]] of the [[{{Film/Jaws2}} unnecessary sequel]].]]

* IdiotBall: A great white shows up in the Bahamas and Michael (a) doesn't report it to the proper authorities, thus endangering God knows how many people, including his own daughter and (b) doesn't even consider that his mother's crazy theory might actually be true, especially considering that great whites are very rare in the Bahamas, and thus think to keep ''himself'' safe by staying out of the water?

** Nor do they take revenge on a whole family just because its members blew up three fellow sharks.
*** Although the novelization of the movie [[VoodooShark provided a passable reason.]]
** Sharks ''also'' don't follow people from a very, ''very'' far distance (in this case, from New England to the Bahamas).

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sharks. Don't. Roar. [[note]]Why is that? Sharks do not have vocal chords, or even ''lungs'', for that matter.[[/note]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sharks. Don't. Roar.

* SuperPersistentPredator: The shark somehow follows Ellen from New England to the Bahamas - in a matter of days. It practically stalks Michael, almost getting him, and when that doesn't work, it goes after Thea.

* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: We're in the Bahamas, so of course, Hoagie takes Ellen to a Junkanoo festival. As it turns out, this tropes is justified as it ''is'' the time of the year--the Christmas/New Years--when this festival is held.

* SuperPersistentPredator: The shark somehow follows Ellen from New England to the Bahamas - in a matter of days.

* NightmareFuel: Come on guys, let's face it. Even this piece of sh*t of a film has it's moments. For example, just forgive how Mitchell Anderson is [[SpecialEffectFailure embarrassingly obviously hiding his arm under his jacket]] and think about his character Sean Brody's situation.
** [[spoiler:Just on your boat, doing your job, when suddenly [[ThreateningShark some unknown menace]] emerges from the depths, latches onto you, and starts violently pulling your arm. For some reason, it's [[SpecialEffectFailure bloody even before it happens]] but who cares!? You manage to stay on the boat, but realize your flippin' arm is gone! [[AndIMustScream You try to scream for help]], but unfortunately your very far out and everyone is busy [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday Christmas caroling]] so no one can hear you. So the beast returns, and your efforts to keep yourself in the safety of your boat are futile as it effortlessly drags you into the water. Keep screaming all you want for the remainder of your time above water, because it proceeds to pull you down and finish you off.]]

!!This time, it's personal:

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Sharks. Do. Not. Roar.

* FocusGroupEnding: [[spoiler:The original theatrical ending had Jake be eaten by the shark and the shark killed by impalement on the boat's prow. However, test audiences were very disturbed by Jake's death, so he (somehow) survives. They also changed the shark's death to [[MadeOfExplodium massively exploding for no reason whatsoever when it's impaled.]] The former is ridiculous, but WordOfGod has it that while the studio demanded changes, they didn't give production appropriate money to re-shoot. (The original intent was the shark to be impaled, die and sink - taking much of the boat with it.)]]

* {{Callback}}:
** Thea mimicking her pondering father's gestures is a callback to a similar moment in the first film.
** One of Brody's sons became a marine biologist while the other became Amity's Chief of Police.

* {{Flashback}}: While battling the shark, Ellen Brody has flashbacks of events of the first movie that she wasn't even present to.

->''"I've never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, [[MoneyDearBoy I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!]]"''
-->-- '''MichaelCaine''' on his role on the film

->''"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theater..."''
-->-- '''Roger Ebert,''' opening the ''Siskel & Ebert'' review of the film.

The third and the last sequel to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', released in the year 1987.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: ''Revenge'' makes it perfectly clear that the shark is out for - well - revenge.

* InfantImmortality: Averted with that poor 'tweenage girl.

Ignoring the events of [[Film/Jaws3D the third film]], ''The Revenge'' follows Ellen Brody, who finds out that there's a shark attacking people, and shockingly, [[VoodooShark it]] seems to be specifically targeting the members of her family.

* {{Callback}}: Thea mimicking her pondering father's gestures is a callback to a similar moment in the first film.

* FranchiseKiller: One of the most infamous examples, and one of the few films on Rotten Tomatoes to have a 0% approval rating.

** Lee Fierro (Mrs Kintner) and Fritzi Jane Courtney (Mrs Taft) make cameo appearances. In the original script, Hooper made an appearance too.

* ThreateningShark

** Most egregiously, Ellen has brown-tinted flashbacks of events from ''Jaws'', including one of Brody killing the first shark (which she did not even witness). While at the dinner table, Michael's daughter Thea mimics his hand gestures, identical to a scene between Martin and Sean in the original movie, complete with a flashback to said scene.

** Lee Fierro (Mrs Kintner) and Fritzi Jane Courtney (Mrs Taft) make cameo appearances.