Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (TV Movie 2015)

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre: Directed by Jim Wynorski. With Dominique Swain, Traci Lords, Christine Nguyen, Cindy Lucas. When a fracking environmental accident rips apart the earth’s crust, the resulting hole lets out prehistoric sharks from underground. The sharks target a group of women and trap them in a cabin.

“When a fracking environmental accident rips apart the earthu0026#39;s crust, the resulting hole lets out prehistoric sharks from underground. The sharks target a group of women and trap them in a cabin.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, what is there to be said about this film? Jim Wynorski filmed in Florida, primarily because of the need for a cave, but also because his investors were Florida-based Cubans. He brought along actress Amy Holt, who has worked with Wynorski a few times, and included Traci Lords, who went mainstream thanks to Wynorski. Lords gives possibly her worst performance ever, and is cast in a role that really has nothing to do with the primary story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was not expecting much going into this film. I knew it was made-for-TV, and Iu0026#39;ve seen enough of Wynorskiu0026#39;s work to know that his best years are long, long behind him. I had a little bit of hope because Tony Randel was attached as an editor and producer, and his name still carries weight. Randel brought along his daughter, Sofia Randel, who designed the main title sequence. That was canceled out by Traci Lords, who is grossly overrated and still somehow skirting by on her notoriety.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs cheesy as the CGI might be, allegedly it had even worse CGI the first time around and they had to call a second company in to redo it. Even the second company seemed to have a problem with continuity — ground displaced by sharks in one moment is back in place the next. There were also legal complications, thanks to a meth-smoking production assistant. Never mind some of the plot nonsense, like the forced romantic moments and the so-called u0026quot;first editionu0026quot; of Charles Dickensu0026#39; u0026quot;A Tale of Two Citiesu0026quot; (which adds nothing to the story).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film has a few nods or homages, such as to u0026quot;Journey to the Center of the Earthu0026quot;. Also, Wynorski has always loved u0026quot;Attack of the Crab Monstersu0026quot; and wanted to remake it. He has said a script was written, but Roger Corman u0026quot;didnu0026#39;t want to do it — he thinks too much of the original film to do a remake.u0026quot; Wynorski was able to sneak in a reference or two to u0026quot;Crab Monstersu0026quot; here.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe best anyone can hope for with these sorts of movies is that they are so bad they cross back over into good again, because we can laugh at how stupid they are. Iu0026#39;m afraid to say this one never crosses over. It tries, and the Asian jokes are funny… but it seems to expect to be carried by trashy women with big breasts. I suppose for some people thatu0026#39;s all you need.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWynorskiu0026#39;s next film, u0026quot;Cobragatoru0026quot;, was also filmed in the same Florida town, though financially backed by different producers. So look forward to seeing some of the same sets when that hits your screen in the summer of 2016.”