FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

BA_Harrison Going by the year of its release, the title, the director and the gloriously over-the-top promotional art, one might reasonably expect ¡Tintorera! to be little more than a mindless, exploitative rip-off of Jaws, but while certain elements of the film have undoubtedly been inspired by Spielberg's '75 summer blockbuster, the film is surprisingly free of massive man-eating fish action for much of the time, focusing instead on the liberated sex lives of two men living life to the full in the Caribbean.Hugo Stiglitz plays businessman Steven, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown; Andrés García is gigolo Miguel, who trades sex for cash. Initially love rivals, both vying for the interest of the same woman, the men eventually become pals and, after sampling the delights of two care-free American girls (whose morals are so loose that they actively encourage a pair of rapists), they enter into a love triangle with sexy blonde Gabriella (Susan George). All is going swimmingly until Miguel is eaten while hunting sharks; after that, Gabriella ups and leaves (one man clearly not being enough for her) and Hugo dedicates himself to killing the fish that ate his friend.Steven and Miguel's constant womanising mean that the film is loaded with enough gratuitous nudity and sexy shenanigans to keep the viewer entertained until the chomping of not-so-innocent swimmers begins in earnest. And for those who like their films extra exploitative, and who aren't of a highly sensitive disposition, the film also features lots of real animal killing (purportedly stock footage, but I'm not so sure) which, although not quite as disturbing as that in Cannibal Holocaust, is still quite callous, with a cute manta ray bleeding from its gills being particularly unsettling.As far as the attacks on humans by the tiger shark are concerned, the first is fairly tame (a weak copy of the opening scene from Jaws), and a later feeding frenzy on a group of skinny dippers leaves the water bright red with blood, but it is Miguel's death that packs in the gnarliest gore, the poor guy having his legs torn off and his head left rolling around on the ocean floor. Tintorera was either extremely annoyed at the number of sharks that Miguel had killed or seriously disapproved of his philandering ways.

BaronBl00d Not with me. What a bad movie! This has virtually nothing to do with sharks but more with the director's voyeuristic desires to be involved with a woman and a man at the same time in a sexual relationship. More on that in a moment. The first killing by the shark happens at the film's 20-23 minute mark. No one even knows the woman dies by the shark. The next death comes at the hour mark. There are two more deaths maybe three by the film's end. We maybe see the shark with all its unimpressive glory about five or 6 times. So what do we get in Tintorera - lots of sexual situations, lots of guys in bikini shorts sipping drinks or sitting on a couch or lounging in a hammock. We get lots of girls bare-chested. We get a bizarre(and sleazy) love triangle with Hugo Stiglitz, Andres Garcia, and Susan George. Garcia is the only one with ANY acting ability. George is pretty if nothing else(and that is all we have here with her). Stiglitz. I have seen this guy in other things and BAD is the first word that comes to my mind. He looks off into to space like he is suppose to have some life-changing angst to deal with. Instead it looks like he is having a bowel movement. He is creepy in every fiber of that word. The film ends abruptly and ridiculously. This is a clumsy attempt to make money on the Jaws craze. It is not poorly done in terms of directorial ability, etc...but in terms of what is done with the resources at hand. I didn't see the point at all. The script is the major problem here with all its inane dialog, and sleaze. Is this the worst movie I have ever seen? by no means. It is just quirky enough to hold your attention, but after awhile you will be scratching your head saying why?, why?. Fiona Lewis is the first girl that dies. She is gorgeous. In fact all the girls are gorgeous which is definitely a nod in favor of this sleazy yet primordially entertaining piece of whatever. It is not a horror film by any definition of mine. By the way, what is with the two female leads both being British? Hmmm.

Neil Welch Hooray for the internet.Tintorera is a movie I had read about since my youth, and I knew it to be an exotic shark-based action adventure with some sauciness, featuring two of my favourite English actresses of the early 70s, Susan George (Straw Dogs) and Fiona Lewis (Villain), and furthermore the sauciness meant that there was a more than passing likelihood that they might be skimpily dressed. Or less.As I said, hooray for the internet. Tintorera was found.Oh dearie dearie me.It turns out that my wish to see Mesdames George and Lewis in states of deshabille was sadly inadequate justification for sitting through, how can I put it, 90 minutes of tripe. The two English roses are more or less incidental, and one of them - sorry for the spoiler - becomes shark num-nums fairly early on in an almost exact retread of the opening sequence of Jaws. Except for the suspense, thrills and music.Most of the film appears to concentrate on what, apart from their skirt chasing, would appear to be a fairly overt gay relationship between the two main (male) characters.Irrespective of the sexual proclivities of the two fellows who spend much of the movie prancing around either in their bathers or bare-bummed, this film simply isn't very good.

Michael_Elliott Tintorera (1977) * (out of 4) Shark hunters and best friends Steven (Hugo Stiglitz) and Miguel (Andres Garcia) both start sleeping with the same woman, which causes the men to feud but thankfully she's eaten by a shark so the men pick up Gabriella (Susan George) who is okay with threesomes. Soon the three are having plenty of sex but a mean tiger shark has to ruin all the fun. This Mexican picture was promoted as a JAWS rip-off but it has more in common with some cheap soft-core porn film than anything else. The American version that I watched ran 86-minutes, which is nearly forty-minutes shorter than the complete Mexican version. Typically I try and watch the most complete version of any film but the American cut was all that was available and after viewing it I'm glad I did because another forty-minutes would have had me considering suicide. This is an incredibly horrid film but then again I'm not sure what else one should expect from Cardona who has created some pretty bad flicks. I'm really not sure where to start on this one but I guess the screenplay should get a mention. All the characters are so paper thin that you can't help but not feel for any of them and it's hard to care what happens to them as well. The two men come off as some type of God as women are constantly taking their clothes off for them and you have to wonder why. The men have nothing interesting about them so it's clear that the only reason they're "sex symbols" is so plenty of young women can take their clothes off. The nudity is at an extremely high level as women and men are constantly taking their clothes off and we get countless sex scenes. There's a dance sequence early in the film, which is about as laughably bad as anything Ed Wood did. Another problem with the screenplay is that the relationship of the three characters is so poorly written that you can't help but be bored by everything going on. You might wonder why that aspect of the story should matter but it's because this is 90% soap opera and a very bad one at that. This thing might have been sold as a JAWS rip but it's nothing more than a bad romance film. The shark attacks aren't all that impressive but the trick shots of one scene where our three heroes are attack was pretty well handled. There's a lot of stock footage being used but when we see real sharks it's usually watching them die. If you're dead set against seeing animals killed then it's best to skip this flick as countless sharks are killed on screen. The performances really aren't anything good but George fans will be happy to know she does get naked. As you can tell, pretty much everything in this film is deadly bad but I do respect those who could sit through the 126-minute version. Cardona's direction is so all over the place and it lacks any style or pacing that there's really no need to watch any version of this. Plus, what's up with the breathing sound effects when the shark is coming?