It is a very very bad movie, and that's coming from someone who also enjoys the odd B-movie every now and then.
As bad as Jaws 3-D was, it at least had a certain degree of self-awareness to it, like it was aware that it's a B-movie and wasn't trying to be anything more than that. Jaws: The Revenge seemed to be taking itself way too seriously for the most part and constantly plays homage to the original Jaws (via sepia toned flashbacks, references and recreated scenes) which only serves to remind viewers of how inferior this film is to it.
On top of the concept being downright ridiculous (Jaws 3-D at least tried, and didn't resort to supernatural elements) the movie itself is a complete bore, the shark has very little screen time (probably 15 minutes at most) and for the rest of the time we're subjected to our rather uninteresting main characters who are either being melodramatic, wallowing in gloom or making small talk. Jaws 3-D has pointless filler too but not quite as much as in this movie, and I found Lea Thompson in a bikini and frequent shots of water skiers more interesting than Michael Caine making small talk about how he can't handle winter (he's a good actor but his talent was wasted here on a dull script) or Mike Brody being jealous of his mother's blossoming relationship with Caine (what is he 12?).
If the shark had more screen time and less filler, this movie might be able to pass for being 'so bad it's good', like it's predecessor, but instead it's just plain bad.
While you're wondering why this has an unfairly a low score, here I am thinking 2.8 was too high.
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