You'd think these flowing and almost textureless creatures would be a breeze for CGI artists, but I haven't seen a good one yet. Nor have I seen a worse one that that which briefly menaces Kurt Russell in his underwater trip to Earthquake-riven Los Angeles in John Carpenter's hugely under-rated sequel to Escape From New York (1981). Many argue that the surfing scene with Russell and Peter Fonda is worse from an effects point of view, but it's such audacious and outrageous fun that you can forgive its technical shortcomings. Anyway, here it is then, 35 seconds in, the very worst shark in the history of screen special effects…

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