Sorry, this movie sucks

I'll tell you why so serious

hyped garbage

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

12 Days of Terror is a made-for-TV dramatic account of the 1916 Jersey Beach and Matawan Creek shark attacks that inspired both the novel and the movie Jaws. And that's what this basically is. The movie doesn't even try to hide that it's basically Jaws except being told through real historical events. People defend this movie by saying that because the events told here inspired Jaws, it shouldn't be criticized in this manner. But I'll say this (and this seems to be something I end up saying a lot now): write a script that doesn't make it seem so much like Jaws. I know it's possible. In the middle of the movie, we have a predictable romantic subplot with a nice guy who is too afraid to show his feelings for a pretty girl he once knew who is marrying this other guy who has a good standing in business and has a lot of money, blah blah blah. You gotta wonder, are these kind of movie girls really that heartless? The guy she's marrying isn't even a nice person, so you gotta wonder what she sees in him, other than being part of a business and having a lot of money. The nice guy, who is a lifeguard by the way, looks too good to be a 1916 type and I'm happy to find out I'm not the only one who thought the makers of this film tried to get someone who looks like Tom Cruise. The film repeats a lot of the plot elements from Jaws and you can tell which characters are copies of the ones from Jaws. A positive note is that the production design of the movie really makes it look like it is set in 1916. The shark looks o.k. too, when it's not a lame CG creature swimming in a river. A horrific chore and an insult to the film that inspired this. Will you shark movie filmmakers stop trying to remake Jaws? It's getting tiresome.

Also read the book this is based on as when you compare to two of them you might end up coming across a spoiler but I am going to be careful with this. They didn't film this in the actual location where the book mentioned so two points off for that one but you have to wonder what Redd calls Shark Creek. All in all this movie is very researched as the other reviewers pointed out as it's based on the book. (ISBN-13: 978-1585742974) and you can look this up for yourself. Those of you calling this homo erotic no it's not and this is an era film as you do have to look into that era a bit as this was during the events of World War One. This book been around for many years and when I was hanging out in video stores I had managed to get some renting this based upon my own insight about the film as the 1916 Shark attacks also worked into the framework of Jersey Shore Shark Attack as the character mentioned the shark attacks. I suggest you guys get the book of this then watch the movie and see what you conclusions you can draw from this. Though the director of Nightmare On Elm Street 2 was behind this so I am hoping he doesn't gay this up. I don't understand why they had a horror director doing though. Animal Planet hope you're reading this because I am hoping that the director read the book before he went into it because of what he did with A Nightmare On Elm Street 2. Okay I understand he wanted to do it because he was an educator and this doesn't fall too far from his educator roots. Why I am not giving a lot away with this because I read the book the movie was based on. Don't accuse this being a Jaws Ripoff like what others said because I am guessing the conclusion the other had said; it's based off a nonfiction work.

12 Days of Terror: 5 out of 10: This is one strange film. A period piece Jaws taking place in Matawan NJ in 1916. (They actually do a nice job recreating the early nineteenth century Jersey shore line, except the boats are too modern.) I always have enjoyed a good (or even bad) shark attack movie. I always figured it was because of the fun munch the swimmer action. I never really thought about the T and A part of it. You know all those nice girls running around in their string bikinis or even less. Since 1916 female swimwear was apparently designed by the Taliban there is barely an ankle visible in the whole film. Funny how you don't miss the little things till they are gone.Creating an even bigger quandary is the surprising over the top homoerotic overtones throughout the entire film. Seriously not since Jeepers Creepers 2 have I seen more shirtless boys making googly eyes at each other. The two leads Colin Egglesfield and Mark Dexter are supposed to be in a love triangle with Jenna Harrison but the way these two carry on with each other that poor girl doesn't have a chance no matter whom she chooses. It's like Brokeback Beach Bingo.That aside this is Jaws by the numbers throwing out the actual historical facts and having our hero along with John Rhys-Davies (who apparently still will appear in any movie offered him.) go shark hunting with barrels and a crazy naturalist. (This along with the rundown ship having an inboard gasoline motor is needless to say ahistorical.) So if you like your Jaws slow paced, with a made for TV Merchant and Ivory feel and you prefer the first victim be a hunky guy in wet clingy cotton one-piece rather than a naked blonde girl. I have got your movie. I on the other hand am going to go watch a Ginger film to help clean my palate.

While I thought the movie was good. In the fact that it was filmed well and had good acting in it. I still felt it was a "Jaws" rip-off. The movie had great references to actual true life accounts of the incidents. Because of the way the story was played out I felt some what cheated out of a movie that could have captured the events of that era more accurately.I'd recommend seeing it as its not a bad movie at all. Just don't expect to see much more than a Jaws remake as far as the story line goes. To give it a little more credit than Jaws though I'd have to say the special effects were awesome. The action scenes of the attacks were totally believable. Over all I'd say if you are into sharks and action flicks this one is well worth seeing.