Maidgethma Wonderfully offbeat film!

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

connorbbalboa 12 Days of Terror is a made-for-TV dramatic account of the 1916 Jersey Beach and Matawan Creek shark attacks that inspired both the novel and the movie Jaws. And that's what this basically is. The movie doesn't even try to hide that it's basically Jaws except being told through real historical events. People defend this movie by saying that because the events told here inspired Jaws, it shouldn't be criticized in this manner. But I'll say this (and this seems to be something I end up saying a lot now): write a script that doesn't make it seem so much like Jaws. I know it's possible. In the middle of the movie, we have a predictable romantic subplot with a nice guy who is too afraid to show his feelings for a pretty girl he once knew who is marrying this other guy who has a good standing in business and has a lot of money, blah blah blah. You gotta wonder, are these kind of movie girls really that heartless? The guy she's marrying isn't even a nice person, so you gotta wonder what she sees in him, other than being part of a business and having a lot of money. The nice guy, who is a lifeguard by the way, looks too good to be a 1916 type and I'm happy to find out I'm not the only one who thought the makers of this film tried to get someone who looks like Tom Cruise. The film repeats a lot of the plot elements from Jaws and you can tell which characters are copies of the ones from Jaws. A positive note is that the production design of the movie really makes it look like it is set in 1916. The shark looks o.k. too, when it's not a lame CG creature swimming in a river. A horrific chore and an insult to the film that inspired this. Will you shark movie filmmakers stop trying to remake Jaws? It's getting tiresome.

Nickolaus Pacione Also read the book this is based on as when you compare to two of them you might end up coming across a spoiler but I am going to be careful with this. They didn't film this in the actual location where the book mentioned so two points off for that one but you have to wonder what Redd calls Shark Creek. All in all this movie is very researched as the other reviewers pointed out as it's based on the book. (ISBN-13: 978-1585742974) and you can look this up for yourself. Those of you calling this homo erotic no it's not and this is an era film as you do have to look into that era a bit as this was during the events of World War One. This book been around for many years and when I was hanging out in video stores I had managed to get some renting this based upon my own insight about the film as the 1916 Shark attacks also worked into the framework of Jersey Shore Shark Attack as the character mentioned the shark attacks. I suggest you guys get the book of this then watch the movie and see what you conclusions you can draw from this. Though the director of Nightmare On Elm Street 2 was behind this so I am hoping he doesn't gay this up. I don't understand why they had a horror director doing though. Animal Planet hope you're reading this because I am hoping that the director read the book before he went into it because of what he did with A Nightmare On Elm Street 2. Okay I understand he wanted to do it because he was an educator and this doesn't fall too far from his educator roots. Why I am not giving a lot away with this because I read the book the movie was based on. Don't accuse this being a Jaws Ripoff like what others said because I am guessing the conclusion the other had said; it's based off a nonfiction work.

Chase_Witherspoon Recreation of the real-life events that unfolded over two weeks off the coast of New Jersey in 1916 when five people were attacked, four fatally by one or more sharks. Mostly faithful in its interpretation, dramatisation is understated and the sub-plots are inconspicuous which allows the film to focus on the extraordinary sequence of events. While "Jaws" may have drawn its inspiration from these events, it's surprising that it's taken almost ninety years to bring them more directly to celluloid. More sophisticated than its meagre TV budget, the attack scenes are well staged and photographed, and while the acting is sometimes stilted, the overall collective effort does make entertaining and compelling viewing.A script writer couldn't have conceived a better tale; one, perhaps two rogue, apparently territorial sharks claim the lives of four bathers within a fortnight, with a fifth victim narrowly escaping death. Following a brace of fatalities in the surf, crusty sea captain (played here by the durable John Rhys Davies) witnesses the migration of a shark up the Matawan creek, but his penchant for the drink has most skeptical when he attempts to raise the alarm. Three more bathers fall foul, before the film diverts to the hunt for the killer, including the imbibing sea captain and an equally corpulent and eccentric out-of-town lion tamer and apparent jack of all trades.Still an intensely curious case, "12 Days of Terror" builds the momentum effectively, with authentic looking location work and period set design. While the acting can seem forced at times, Rhys Davies and supporting actor Dexter (who bears more than a passing resemblance to Cary Elwes) restore some balance, giving measured performances, appropriate to the mood. Experienced director Jack Sholder has excelled with the limited resources at his disposal, and displays impressive regard for portraying fact and blended fiction to affect a motion picture, moreover than simply a docu-drama. Highly recommended.

wrlang 12 Days of Terror is a dramatization of real events during the 1916 oddity where a shark cruises the NJ shores and tributaries for 12 days apparently looking for people to munch on. Some say that the concept of Jaws was taken from this true story. Many of the same Jaws characters are there, the business people and authorities who won't listen because money is involved, the few who understand the seriousness of the problem, and the 'main course' public who rely on the authorities to keep them safe from something they don't understand. Some discussion over just how many sharks were involved was glossed over since humans are a large meal and sharks don't need to eat every day because of a slower metabolism. Good acting, relatively good camera work, interesting scenery, and a passable script.