Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Empire of the Sharks'

Written by Scott 'Sharky' Edwards

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Destiny is something that not everybody will believe in, but does that not make it something real? We are all told that we are destined for greatness and when we finally accomplish our feat, everyone seems to know that destiny was behind it all. It can be difficult to be held to another level of greatness when you are destined to do something that will change yours or other people’s lives, so don’t give into it at all times. You need to figure out your own path and while others can help to show you the way, your destiny lies within your own hands and only you can unlock it for yourself.
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With the world underwater and a warlord running everything, some of the people do not believe that things are fair, especially when having to pay tribute to him for their much needed water to survive. On his latest trek, the warlord’s right-hand man Scrim is looking for more than what a particular floating town has to offer. With a very minimal tribute, Scrim offers to take some people off of the town’s hands and pulls out his gloves and commands the sharks to attack. But that is not all as Scrim and his men take prisoners as well to work in the warlord’s main compound to produce fresh water and keep the economic model running for his boss.

Seeing his friends being taken away, Timor has a promise that he needs to keep when it comes to keeping Willow safe from the world. Trying to stage an attack on the compound, Timor is met with heavy resistance and forced to run away. Needing to get a better plan in place of how to free his friends and Willow from the evil clutches of the warlord Ian Fien; Timor and Sion make their way to a local pub to see about recruiting. Not having enough to barter with to get the legend that they want, the two are able to recruit a band of thieves that will do just fine.

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With their new group assembled, a boat is required for their plan to work and their group is able to secure one that belongs to the warlord himself with something special in the cargo hold; a machine that is able to produce fresh water without forced labor. Threatening to keep the machine away from the warlord, Timor is given a pushback that he did not expect. With a promise made to make all of the prisoners and his town, shark food, Timor backs off his demands and promises to make a trade for their lives. But his group knows what will happen if the warlord gets his machine and send a decoy instead to save everyone’s lives. 
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With others wanting to stop his plans of assaulting the warlord, Timor is convinced that it is the right thing to do and the legend Ann Aldrin is willing to step out of retirement to help the team. Allowing Fien to become as powerful as he has become is everyone’s fault for not stepping up in their time of need when the world flooded and it is time to take that power away. With a new sonar system, an explosives expert, a skin diver and now a captain, Timor and his band of thieves are ready to change the world for the better. But Fien has his army of sharks that can be controlled by his magic gloves, yet there might be someone who is able to control the sharks without the use of technology who is not going to go down without a fight.

I love the idea of the world being taken over by the oceans and small communities just trying to survive, but needing help to do so. It shows how the human race needs to come together to survive during hard times, which always puts someone in power that many do not want to answer to. I really liked the warlord Fien and his plans of domination and he is not willing to give up anything when challenged, a very unlovable bad guy. It was a really cool idea to have the sharks being controlled by electrical charges hooked up to a pair of video game gloves that are controlled by a person. With most of the world’s technology gone under the water, at least they were able to bring some sort of fun to the surface. With plenty of sharks, a kamikaze shark, a plan for domination (which is already there), an out of control warlord, a secret heritage and a reluctant hero, it just goes to show what you can do if you are not willing to give in to the man. I loved Willow and the Queen of Dragons may have to be on her toes from here on out, because a Queen of Sharks might actually be more powerful. Stay Scared.

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