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Creature

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give this movie its dues, for the price alone is worth the creature design, a were-shark you can't beat that..cattrall in some sexy shorts, stupid teens cliff diving
and an intelligent govt. mutant having at em.. spells fun to me
sorry fellas, I enjoyed it, for the price, well worth it.

CREATURE is a network TV mini-series from 1998. As such, it is far better than most of the junk on television! The story is interesting, the characters are fleshed out well, and the monster is incredibly realistic (thanks to Stan Winston) and menacing! Craig T. Nelson (POLTERGEIST) and Kim Cattrall (!!) are great as the scientists out to solve a series of mysterious deaths. The epic running time (3 hrs.) does tend to lag a bit, w/ sub-plots that meander along, but the core idea of a military cover-up / killer-monster is solid and downright fun to watch! Buy immediately...

This was a made for TV mini-series based on the Benchley book "GREAT WHITE"... The book was MUCH better but the movie is still "good junk"... Entertaining and just fun to watch... I liked it then when it first debuted and still like it now for fun... Glad it was finally released...

I remember when this aired on network T.V in the late 90's as a mini-series, I was ready to tape it and while doing so a large thunder storm blew threw the Twin Cities and we had all these weather scrolls going across the screen, and then in the middle on night one we lost power...poof, so I had to wait until years later to see a blurry video copy a friend had just to catch the end so thanks MGM for the release on DVD so that takes care of that. This is an overly long film at almost 3 hours but I still love it, I mean it has it all, secret military research base, man-shark hybrid, sexy Kim Cattrall... Craig T. Nelson. Peter Benchley had great success with Jaws and this book came after the also popular " The Beast " and it is probably the weakest movie adaption out of the three, having said that I am still glad to own it finally as it is very entertaining. It is a little to preachy in the beginnig with the " save the great white shark" bit, and some of the early cheap military set ups don't look convincing ( The navy uniforms look thrown together from a thift shop) but the few good glimpses we see of the shark are very good, so although it has flaws it's worth a look, and if your like it check out Jeffery Combs in " Hammerhead " for a double feature.

Based on White Shark by Peter Benchley (sort of) this movie is a throw-back to the creature feature type movies. If you like improbable "science" and cool looking monsters then you'll probably enjoy this, I did. Special effect are handled by Stan Winston's team.

First off "Creature" was not produced or made with any affiliation
to the Sci-fi channel kiddies, it was originally aired on one
of the big three networks (don't remember which one). Give credit
where credit is due not to some one that just reruns the mini series. The reason that this has become a cult classic is the shark man design rocks!, and I have to agree in part with another
reviewer Kim Cattrall is just sooo fine to look at in this flick.

False start number 1: a strange mishmash of things to come, viewed behind the opening credits.

False start number 2: a flashback to the 70s and a ginormous underground 10 million dollar Naval complex where they are.....experimenting. Of course, there are the experiments they want the Project Oversight Officer (Colm Feore) to see and one they do not. That one (the BIG secret) escapes confinement, to be rescued by Lt. Thomas Peniston Werewolf (Giancarlo Esposito), who traps it in a cage that he then sinks into the ocean.

Actual start number 3: the present day, whatever that is, but figuring it's 25 years later, that creature must be at least a geezer and yet it's not, it's fresh as a daisy and raring to go.
Now comes the long part, as stories go, this one seems to go on forever. The main character is Dr. Simon Chase (Craig T. Nelson), a single-minded researcher for a cure to cancer. His excess baggage: an ex-wife, Dr. Amanda Macy (Kim Cattrall), and a son he rarely sees. There's also the specter of a dead brother that spurs him onto finding a cure for cancer, no matter what the cost. This makes him either heroic or incredible stupid. What's the point in having a family if it's considered a distraction? He is also a bit of a know-it-all and an insufferable crusader, not to mention a bit of a bully who always wants things his way. The character is very easy to dislike. Actually, there are a lot of characters designed that way: the spooky Admiral (Colm Feore), the local cop (Blu Makuma), the local poacher (Michael Reilly Burke), a nasty fisherman (John Aylward). At times it's difficult getting past these irritants, to just take the story as it is. When it's all about the CREATURE, it's fun and exciting. When it's about sour people bitching and moaning, it turns into a bit of a drag. One obstacle to combat would be reasonable, when they come at you from every quarter it feels contrived and manipulative. If this was intended to make us feel sorry for the poor Chicken Little doctor, it failed miserably. He fits right in with this group of malcontents, enough so to be their leader! A more sympathetic actor might have made this work better. Even so, the shark/creature is what makes this watchable. That, and some of the sillier scenes, like the Spaghetti Western moment when they show close-ups of Craig T. Nelson's eyes then Sharky's eyes then his then Sharky.... All that was lacking, a harmonica and Jack Elam!

I'm keeping this one to watch again.

I liked this movie because it is so entertaining and does pay off if you stick with it, it also has a good cast.
Why Doesn't Universal buy this off MGM and destroy the jaws 4 The Revenge negative and call this movie Jaws 4, because this is what Jaws 4 should have been.

was thrilled to find dvd of a made for tv movie, one of my favorite thrillers

I saw this movie on "Sci Fi" channel a few years ago. It's based on a novel called "White Shark" by Peter Benchley (of "Jaws" fame) but the movie wasn't as close to the book as I thought it would be. Still, the effects and story were very well done and the movie was interesting. There were moments that had me jumping and I would have chewed my nails down to the nubs if I still bit them. The creature in question is a genetic experiment (a hybrid of shark and human) and the design was very well done. You could believe that this was something you might run into. The acting was well done and I think this movie is a good addition to anyone's collection. (then again, I'm a horror film fanatic so I'm a little biased! ;)