When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
Jaws is a perfect blend of set-pieces and story, its formula so hard to capture it’s now near-mythical – filmmakers have been chasing it like Ahab chasing Moby Dick ever since.
It may indeed be the shark that ate Hollywood but alongside this buoyant beast all those it inspired sink like stones.
OK, so it's been on television more often than you've had fish suppers, but it's worth turning out to the cinema again to see this sparkling new digital print of the 1975 classic.
Don't listen to the cynics who claim the shark looks iffy now. This is a suspense classic that leaves teeth-marks.
Jaws is a masterclass in Hollywood blockbuster entertainment – a suspense driven classic which has stood the test of time.
Infomania: Jaws
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