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“TREAT WILLIAMS BRINGS GENUINE STAR WATTAGE… Sharksploitation doesn’t often climax in an all-out jungle war, which makes this one that much more fun.” Flick Attack THE OFFICIAL NORTH AMERICAN DISC PREMIERE SCANNED FROM THE ONLY SURVIVING 35MM PRINT WITH BONUS SOUNDTRACK CD Three-time Golden Globe nominee Treat Williams of HAIR and PRINCE OF THE CITY fame took the Italian Sharksploitation plunge in this “insane and weirdly good-natured” (Oh, The Horror!) action thriller, now officially licensed on North American disc for the first time ever: Life in a quiet Mexican fishing village is ripped to pieces when a laidback guide (Williams) and his business partner (Blaxploitation legend Antonio Fargas) become entangled with international assassins, $2 million in diamonds and a local shark named Cyclops with an insatiable hunger for foolish divers. John Steiner (CALIGULA), Janet Agren (EATEN ALIVE) and Christopher Connelly (RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS) in his final film role co-star in this “unique and fun” (DTV Connoisseur) obscurity directed by Tonino Ricci (CAVE OF THE SHARKS) from a screenplay by Tito Carpi (TENTACLES) with jaw-dropping man vs. shark stunts by Ramón Bravo (ZOMBIE) and a deliriously ‘80s synth score by Stelvio Cipriani (THE GREAT ALLIGATOR), now scanned in 4K from the original camera negative and featuring a Bonus Soundtrack CD. Disc 1: Blu-ray (Film + Special Features) Trailer Disc 2: CD Stelvio Cipriani Soundtrack CD Disc Specs: Runtime: 94 mins Audio: English Mono, Italian Mono Closed Captions, English Subtitles Region Free Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 *All foreign-language featurettes are subtitled in English. Limited Edition Slipcover
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Night of the Sharks (1988)
85 min
David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark?