A classic american thriller where the lines between man and beast blur and are questioned. Fiercely protective single-mom Meredith Hendricks happens to also be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint, is paroled from prison, something he let loose begins to make its presence known. Swimmers and land-lovers alike begin to become part of the food chain at an unbelievable rate. Meredith and the new man in her life, a biologist named Peter, begin to investigate these brutal attacks and discover that they're not just hunting one eating machine, but a whole family of them. After a documentary crew is devoured when they don't take the threat seriously, it's up to Meredith, Peter, and the unlikely hero, Clint, to stop the most dangerous thing on the planet: A mother protecting its young. Not everyone will make it out alive, but those who do will never forget this summer at Shark Lake. Panic spreads in a small town when a killer shark begins to attack natives and tourists. Now the authorities and a few local fisher mans must try to stop the beast from making any more victims.<br/><br/>This one can be categorized among a list of the worst movies from 2015. It fits perfectly. There is not too much shark action and when is, it's with low quality and unwatchable. <br/><br/>Dolph Lundgren's appearance is wasted, here he is like making more of his presence rather then play a part. I don't get why he even bother to appear. So in conclusion you will not see to much sharks in this one, like the title suggests, but these are the expectations from a bad movie. Skip it if you are sick with the same steps and clichés already seen in other movies and choose a better one following this idea but better made and with more action and actors who give their interest so the outcome is more pleasant for the viewer. Low budget shark films generally do not get a good reputation and one can see why. There are a few guilty pleasure ones, like the first two 'Sharknado' films while not considering them great by any stretch. Most are just painfully amateurish with very little to them to set them apart or make them different, other than the odd silly idea not well executed. <br/><br/>The good news is for 'Shark Lake' is that there are far worse shark films out there (those from SyFy and The Asylum are notorious in this regard) and at least there are redeeming values, even if not many. Something that cannot be said for too many other low-budget shark films, of the shark films seen recently 'Shark Lake' is actually one of the least bad. The not so good news is that 'Shark Lake' is still not a good film at all, with a lot wrong with it and the wrong elements are done poorly.<br/><br/>That 'Shark Lake' stars, or more like features, Dolph Lundgren is one of three reasons why people are likely to see it for, the others being if they are trying to see as many shark-attack films as possible (my main reason actually) or intrigued by the interesting idea the film had going for it. <br/><br/>Lundgren is the best thing about it, his character and presence do feel shoe-horned in and seemed to be mainly there for obligatory star power, but Lundgren does try hard and gives actually a pretty reasonable performance considering what he has to work with.<br/><br/>Did think that the scenery was fairly atmospheric, though wasted by how terrible the rest of the production values are and that the location didn't feel enough of its own character. The music is ok, not exactly memorable but gets the job done and there are far more ill-fitting scores in low-budget films.<br/><br/>However, everything else is bad. The shark effects look terrible, even for low budget, and there is not much menace, suspense or fun in the mostly under-utilised and under-characterised shark action. No menace or personality here from the threat, not even unintentional humour or weird goofiness.<br/><br/>'Shark Lake's' horror element is not scary or suspenseful enough and then there is a romance thrown in that is too bland to feeling anything for and too strange to take seriously. Pretty good idea but executed in a not too good way.<br/><br/>Rest of the acting is dreadful, especially from Sara Lane, and the characters are not worth investing in or interesting. The script is a shambles, how the actors said all that awkward and toe-curlingly cringe-worthy dialogue without falling about laughing in front of the camera is worth anyone's guess. The story has nothing to it and doesn't do enough or execute well its main selling point. The direction is flat. <br/><br/>Overall, there's worse but there's not much to this. 3/10 Bethany Cox
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