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Omoo Omoo, The Shark God
Omoo Omoo The Shark God
Actor: George Meeker Trevor Bardette
Director: Leon Leonard
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
NR     2007     1hr 30min

No Description Available. Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure Rating: NR Release Date: 27-MAR-2007 Media Type: DVD

     
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Actor: George Meeker Trevor Bardette
Director: Leon Leonard
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Sub-Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
Studio: Alpha Home Entertainment
Format: DVD - Black and White
DVD Release Date: 03/27/2007
Original Release Date: 03/27/2007
Theatrical Release Date: 03/27/2007
Release Year: 2007
Run Time: 1hr 30min
Screens: Black and White
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English

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Movie Reviews

(Actually 2 Stars But I Couldn't Hate This Terrible Film) Cu
Tsuyoshi | Kyoto, Japan | 08/12/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Low-budget action thriller "Omoo-Omoo the Shark God" (1949) is about the voyage led by ailing Captain Guy and the adventures on the island in the South Seas. The film's opening credits cite the name of Herman Melville, writer of classic novel "Moby Dick," but this B action film's story has virtually nothing to do with the original book "Omoo" Melville's second book.

The film opens with a schooner Julia heading for Tahiti. Feverish Captain Guy lies in bed, nursed by his daughter Julie. You will soon learn that Captain's illness has something to do with the "native curses and the native tabu (sic)" and precious black pearls that were stolen and hidden somewhere in the island. Knowing this, two thieving sailors plan to steal the treasure while one heroic sailor stands in their way.

This cult film, which has little to show in the course of its 58 minute running time, looks drawn out, but is sort of entertaining as some "so-bad-so-good" films can do. There is no sense of thrills or danger as the film was obviously shot in a small studio and the "nature" (like a roaring tiger) is just a concoction of badly edited stock footage. The film even includes a lengthy underwater nature documentary-like sequence where the fate of an unfortunate octopus is shown. Seriously. The strange scenes where our hero and heroine actually "watch" the show from on board remind me of Ed Wood cult films like "Glen or Glenda" where things just don't make sense.

You don't need to know the rest of the story because it is easy to guess. Another merit of the film is acting of the leading lady Devera Burton. There are several close-up scenes of her face apparently possessed by something and you should not miss that part. Virtually this is the only film Ms. Devera Burton made and her terrified facial expression tells you why.

Interestingly the film's opening has a prologue written by "Herman Melville," which says this is an adventure "in the summer of 1874." You don't find any of these words in Melville's book which was published in 1847."