The military recruits Emma, her college professor Lamar Sandors and Japanese scientist Dr. Seiji Shimada to help out with this catastrophic situation. Emma not only likes the sea, she also has a taste for sea men, which she shows by falling for Shimada. The attraction between the two of them allows Emma to come up with idea of attracting the two animals to each other using pheromones. Their efforts up to that point have not met with much success, so she figures they should just let the two creatures destroy one another in the ultimate rumble in the North Pacific Ocean.

I think it is truly a shame that this film was not released years earlier, during George W. Bush’s presidential run. If it had been, I’m sure he would have used the film’s plot to formulate a plan that involved the evil forces of Iran and Afghanistan taking each other out. They could have each been lured to another location, such as Yemen, and killed each other off. Then it would truly be time to hang the “Mission Accomplished” banner.

The whole cast shines in this one, but no one was any shinier than Debbie Gibson. Over 20 years ago, she composed hits such as Shake Your Love and Foolish Beat. She has done a lot since then – who could ever forget her stint pairing up with Kurt Browning on the Fox series Skating with Celebrities? Or her 2005 Playboy pictorial? Gibson certainly has a stellar resume, but the most impressive part of that resume, the part that should be highlighted in her cover letter, is her performance in this film. Whenever I think of sharks, hell, any type of fish, I will now think of Debbie Gibson.

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