Jaws: The Revenge is a 1987 horror film produced and directed by Joseph Sargent. The fourth and final film in the franchise, it stars Lorraine Gary, who came out of retirement to reprise her role from the first two films, along with new cast members Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young and Michael Caine.
Sadly, Martin Brody didn't get the hero's death he probably earned. In fact, he didn't even get to meet his maker onscreen. To be fair, that's because actor Roy Scheider refused to return to his role for Jaws: The Revenge, although considering how terrible the final film ended up being, he made the right call.
Cruel Jaws was released on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. While marketed in many areas as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws, it does not have any official or narrative connections to the Jaws franchise.
Unfortunately, the building costs ended up being way more than anticipated, and Caine was experiencing a bit of a dry spell acting-wise, so things were getting worrisome. Then, Caine was offered what he calls a "tremendous free" to appear in Jaws 4, reportedly around $1.5 million dollars for a week's work.
Martha's Vineyard, and specifically Edgartown, are 'Amity Island' again, but when Chief Brody's widow (Lorraine Gary) hops off to the Bahamas, the great white shark follows – on a personal vendetta.
In the 30th anniversary DVD edition of the film, all the movie remains the same except for Brody's final encounter with the shark. His famous line is cut, thus, only letting him says, "Smile, you son of a..." before he fires the gun.
Sean Brody is the son of Martin Brody. He appears in the novel and was the only one to appear in the movie. He was killed when his arm is bitten off and is soon dragged under water to his death by Vengeance the shark in Jaws: The Revenge.
Richard Dreyfuss has shared a rare post to explain why he initially turned down Jaws. The actor appeared in the 1975 blockbuster alongside Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw.
Roy Schneider Didn't Want To Return in Jaws 3 As Chief Brody
Perhaps he had a similar view on the sequel that Steven Spielberg did at the time, saying they had already made the definitive shark movie, and doing another was just a cheap trick. Either way, Scheider wasn't interested in returning.
The role of Brody was offered to Robert Duvall, but the actor was interested only in portraying Quint. Charlton Heston expressed a desire for the role but Spielberg felt that Heston would bring a screen persona too grand for the part of a police chief of a modest community.
In 2012, the attraction was removed from the Florida theme park to make room for the second phase of expansion for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Diane, the motorboat driver, is attacked by the shark and tries to defend herself with gasoline and a flare gun, but the fuel ignites and she perishes when the motorboat explodes. The shark survives, but is badly burned on the right side of its head.
Dreyfuss was not saddled to this sequel as Scheider was, and he certainly didn't need to reprise his role; he had become an in-demand star and was busy leading other films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Goodbye Girl, in which he won a Best Actor Oscar.
Jaws: The Revenge is the fourth and final installment in the Jaws film series and is highly regarded as one of the worst films ever made. Here are 10 things that are bad about Jaws: The Revenge: Poor acting – The acting in the movie is often over-the-top and wooden, with no real chemistry between the actors.
Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge. Chief Brody's widow believes that her family is deliberately being targeted by another shark in search of revenge.
The three sequels focused far too much on the shark. The shark was the main character just like Michael Myers became the main character in the later, weaker Halloween movies. This simple fact is why these films came nowhere near the level of success of the original.
Soon after, he kills Sean Brody and follows the family to the Bahamas to avenge his father (Bruce), his mother (Brucette), his daughter (Brucetta) and his grandson (Baby Shark). Shortly after being shocked by the device Jake put down his gullet, Vengeance Roared, something sharks are not supposed to do.
When the shark attacks the man in the estuary, the man is barefoot. However, when the severed leg sinks to the bottom, there is a shoe on the foot. During the scene when Brody is typing up a report about the first shark attack victim, he spells "coroner", "corner".
Richard Dreyfuss didn't really want a part in "Jaws" at first. He was convinced that his latest picture, "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," would be a big success, and turned Spielberg down for the role of Matt Hooper.
Who did the director originally want for Quint in Jaws?
Like a zealous sailor scouring the seas for the catch of a lifetime, the director hoped to net Academy Award-winner Lee Marvin (The Dirty Dozen) as Quint. The only problem? "He wasn't interested," Spielberg said. "What I heard was that he wanted to go fishing for real!
Former Police Chief Martin Brody died of a heart attack in the beginning of Jaws: The Revenge. He was not seen, but his death was revealed to the audience in the beginning.
Still, the producers hoped they could lure him back to the franchise with the promise that Chief Brody would be killed by the shark in the opening attack. This didn't sway Scheider though, and so the scene was changed to have Chief Brody's grown-up son, Sean (now a police deputy) be the unfortunate victim.
