Cornel Wilde was a respected Hungarian producer and director responsible for 1965's classic The Naked Prey and many other worthy achievements. By 1975 though he was a little further down the road and once again writing, producing and directing, he put out this sorry sack of an exploitation film. It's just bad vibes from the get-go, horribly directed, most of the scenes don't even seem blocked. There's Yaphet Kotto, who is just out of place here, the one film I don't like him in. The guy that plays Lobo, the heavy, his big fat stomach is hanging out for most the picture. And in the middle of it all is Cornel Wilde trying to act all macho, also half naked, lord help us.
By the time the underwater sequences with the sharks arrive, as genuine as they are, you probably won't give a crap. You'll just be glad the camera's not on the people up top anymore. As the story goes, Wilde had the idea for Shark's Treasure and wanted to make it in 1969 but nobody would back him. Thanks to the Jaws explosion he got United Artists on board in '75. Too bad, it should have stayed in the can.
Kind of hard to find through the years but now is streaming on Tubi. Check out the car wreck if you must. 1.0 stars/2.75
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