Tagline(s):

You Can Swim, But You Can't Hide.

Nomination Year: 2024

SYNOPSIS: An oceanic research station has funding problems. While the commander prepares the station for shutdown, her husband goes ashore to beg for funding. Meanwhile, an alien ship crashes nearby, leaking glowing crystalline sludge which pisses off the local sharks, causing them to attack any divers who step outside. So everybody just stays in the sea base and the movie ends. Hahaha! No, of course not. So the filmmakers come up with ever more contrived reasons people for people to have to go outside, like the time the sharks sabotage the base's oxygen generator in a way that can only be fixed from outside. Irritated by this nonsense, the U.S. Navy sends Corbin Bernsen in a nuclear submarine to save the day. He doesn't. But the aliens come back and clean up their environmental disaster, the sharks calm down, and everybody lives happily ever after. Except the ones who got eaten.

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Science
Hydrogen Isotopes + Thermal Ions = Cold Fusion Hydrogen isotopes with thermal ions are cold fusion fuel. Is that even possible?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Best One-Liner
This Guy Speaks Whale You sure it wasn't whales? Whales can't spell...Sir.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Inane Dialogue
The Mark of a True Leader "We've got a problem." No shit. "There's a fire in the engine room." No shit again. "Put it out." Thank you for your helpful leadership, captain.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Whoops!"
Out to Sea Above an undersea base in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean...	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Danny Lerner	Prolific film producer of schlock. Directed only nine, a full third of which were Bad shark films.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Corin Nemec	Dr. Mike Olsen	Nicknamed "Corky," was Jonas Quinn on "Stargate SG-1," Donnie Taylor in I Feel Fine., and in a whole bunch of Smithee-worthy projects (Lake Placid vs. Anaconda, Robocroc, Dracano)...
Vanessa Angel	Linda Olsen	Supermodel who was on the covers of "Vogue" and "Cosmopolitan," she also did, Claudia in Kingpin, was Lisa on "Weird Science" (the TV show), Jean Bobbins in Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 and, uh, was a stewardess in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
Corbin Bernsen	Captain Riley	Blond and has many, many roles: Was Arnie Becker on "L.A. Law"; Roger Dorn in the Major League movies; John Durant on "General Hospital"; and Dr. Alan Feinstone in The Dentist movies...
Todd Jensen	Ben Stiles	Commissioner Morelli in Thick as Thieves and Det. Traxler in Ninja.
Elise Muller	Vera	Lynn in Dolls; President of the International Medical Association in Phat Girlz, Catherine in Baghead; and, uh...the "Waitress of Wisdom" in Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers.
Binky van Bilderbeek	Harvey	AKA "Bernard" (and really, who can blame him?), he was Rudy in Don't Look Back! and Angus Riley in Derailed.

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