Shark Swarm

American TV series or program

Shark Swarm
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Genre	Horror, Thriller
Written by	Matthew Chernov David Rosiak
Directed by	James A. Contner
Starring	Daryl Hannah John Schneider Armand Assante
Theme music composer	Nathan Furst
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Kyle Clark Patsy Fitzgerald Stephen Niver
Cinematography	Dane Peterson
Editor	Craig Bassett
Running time	164 minutes
Original release
Network	Syfy
Release	May 25, 2008 (2008-05-25)

Shark Swarm is an American film created by RHI Entertainment. It premiered on Syfy on May 25, 2008.^[1] Directed by James A. Contner and written by Matthew Chernov and David Rosiak, the film stars Daryl Hannah, John Schneider and Armand Assante. It was released to generally unfavorable reviews.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is the 11th film in the Maneater Series.

Plot

Corporate real estate tycoon Hamilton Lux (Armand Assante) sets his sights on developing the quaint seaside town of Full Moon Bay, California into a prime getaway for the wealthy, but runs into some unexpected problems. Lifelong fisherman Daniel Wilder (John Schneider) and wife Brooke (Daryl Hannah) own property exactly where Lux wants to build high-priced condos, and isn't planning to sell. Lux secretly laces the local waters with a toxin deadly to marine life, decimating the fishing industry in an attempt to starve Daniel out. Alas, the chemical react differently on the area's sharks, drastically increasing their aggressive tendencies and transforming them into engines of pure destruction moving in coordinated swarms. Without fish to feed on, shark attacks on humans rapidly increase. Lux uses media contacts to paint the attacks as random incidents. Daniel, his marine biologist brother and a concerned E.P.A. agent must expose Lux's plan and rid the area of the chemically-altered sharks before the town's entire population is devoured by hungry sharks.

Cast

Daryl Hannah as Brook Wilder
John Schneider as Daniel Wilder
Armand Assante as Hamilton Lux
F. Murray Abraham as Professor Bill Girdler
Roark Critchlow as Professor Phillip Wilder
Heather McComb as Amy Zuckerman
John Enos III as Kane Markus
Tiffany Hines as Michelle
Alan Fudge as Pastor Herman
Gene Davis as Sheriff Dexter Murray (as Eugene Davis)
Brent King as Clint Duran
June Squibb as Bess Wilder
Mimi Michaels as Kim Wilder
Elisa Donovan as Brenda
Jacleen Haber as Tia
Darcy Rose Byrnes as Heather

Critical reception

Shark Swarm has been widely panned.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Shark Swarm". RHI Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
^ Shark Swarm: DVD Talk Review "...this made for TV stinker..."
^ Shark Swarm: DVD review "......a silly movie that could have been more humorous and energetic" Archived 2013-01-21 at archive.today
^ DVD Review: Shark Swarm "...dull acting... unable to step up to the challenge..." Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine