Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		2.0
Video		1.5
Audio		2.0
Extras		0.0
Overall		1.5

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman June 17, 2019

'Shark Attack 3' is currently only available as part of a two-disc, eight-film 'Meg-A-Shark' collection from Echo Bridge. The set also includes 'Toxic Shark,' 'Shark in Venice,' 'Malibu Shark Attack,' 'Hammerhead,' 'Shark Attack,' 'Shark Attack 2,' and 'Shark Zone.'

Six months ago, a shark existing deep under the water’s surface killed a man. Now, in the waters off an idyllic Mexican coastal escape, it’s poised to strike again. One of the resort’s patrol guards, Ben Carpenter (John Barrowman), discovers a massive shark’s tooth in the cabling supporting a new trans-pacific cable. Cataline Stone (Jennifer McShane) confirms the shark's presence. Soon, the pair find themselves facing off against a mammoth, long-thought-extinct species of killer shark.

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

There's a good bit of wobble and macroblocking over the opening titles, the latter appearing both at surface level and more notably in the rough underwater scenes that are also full of jagged edges. Such issues does not hold steady throughout, but there are regular bursts of macroblocking in practically every scene. A scene in a museum in chapter two is particularly egregious and there are many more for the duration. There's also some rough stock-type footage in the mix, but the picture proper beyond can be passably decent for steady, film-sourced details and fairly neutral color reproduction. But the unsightly macroblocking is certainly the primary bugaboo interfering, steadily and sometimes egregiously, within an otherwise sure-handed presentation.

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The included DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack offers a satisfactory listening experience at a very base level. A brief audio dropout occurs at the 1:29 mark. There's another at 8:39 and another at 21:41. These are similar to the video stutters in Shark Attack 2, but occur less frequently. It's not worth listing timestamps for each one; suffice it to say they pop up here and there for the duration. There also appears to be some lip sync issues. Otherwise the base sound elements are passable, including musical spread and clarity, surround implementation, and the like. Viocal clarity is fine and generally well prioritized. It's grounded in the front-center channel.

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

No supplements are included.

Shark Attack 3: Megalodon Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Like it predecessors, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon isn't a horrible genre movie by any stretch of the imagination (that doesn't mean it's good, either). It's quite serviceable as genre fodder, but Echo Bridge's Blu-ray is not. Borderline bad video and flawed audio define the featureless release. For genre fans only.