Not so Terrifying

I have been really busy lately, I am moving to a new apartment and now on a new domain for the blog!  I did manage to get a bit of time to kick back and relax with one of my favorite guilty pleasures: movies where sharkes eat people.  12 Days of Terror showed up in my mailbox so I decided to watch it.  Check out the trailer and my review below:

12 Days of Terror tell the “true” story of the shark attacks of 1916 off the Jersey shore.  The case is credited as being the inspiration for the best shark movie of all time, Jaws.  Produced in 2004 for The Discovery Channel the story follows what happens when a small town is overcome by a series of brutal and deadly shark attacks.  The story is rather simplistic, but the production is quite a bit better than your standard made for TV movie.
 

Colin Egglesfield, from the new Melrose Place reboot, stars as Alex a lifeguard who becomes immediately involved with the events from the first attack.  Egglesfield is effective as the earnest lifeguard who tries to prevent further tragedy by getting the locals to take the attacks seriously.   After several attacks Alex teams up with the de facto Quinn character, Captain played by the always enjoyable John Rhys-Davies (Gimli from Lord of the Rings).
 

The plot is a bit too straight forward, striving for historical accuracy to the detriment of intrigue.  Beginning by setting up a love triangle between Alex, his ex and her fiancé the moving seemingly forgets about that plot about halfway through.   There are some tense scenes later on, but as a whole the movie is not very thrilling.  The shark hunt at the end is probably the highlight of the film.  While Jaws knew to focus on the chase, 12 Days of Terror spends the majority of time waiting for it and it makes for a somewhat disappointing experience.