The Shark Film Office

Shark Lake   (2015) Dir.:  Jerry Dugan Cinema 4 Rating:  3/9 Shark species:  Bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas) Hero species:  Dolph Lundgren ( Wearius longindatoothinas ) I suppose that if one were to assign a particular shark species to the actor Dolph Lundgren, a bull shark might be a fairly decent choice. Known for their tenacity and aggressive behavior, the bull shark with its tough guy physique and unstoppable bite force seems to be a perfect parallel to action star Lundgren, now pushing sixty and hanging by his fingertips onto whatever he has left of a Hollywood career. This struggle seems to include appearing in films of the caliber of  Shark Lake , where Dolph crosses paths -- in Lake Tahoe, of all places -- with that very same bull shark. That's right... Lake Tahoe. One might at first do an extremely comedic double-take upon hearing that this alpine-style lake on the California-Nevada border is being mentioned in connection with a film about bull shark attacks. But o

It would be nice if we had a world where people would simply be happy in going to the movies to see beautiful sharks gliding smoothly and expertly through the water, content in seeing these glorious creatures interacting in their natural environment while  spending their lives as a vital cog in the ecological cycle of our planet. It would be nice, but it's not realistic. Sure, you can put out a documentary now and again, such as  Disney's Oceans , and have some marvelous footage of sharks included in the mix, and you will get a certain audience. Or you can put out, on a much more limited level, a doc like  Sharkwater  to bring in more specialized crowds that, like me, believe in saving sharks for the good of the oceans, the world, and mankind in turn. But you will probably get even smaller audience for something like that, or you will have to tour with such a film to build those crowds. Or you can stick to television docs like Sir David Attenborough and give us BBC series af