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"Rick Dayner" (Phillip Clark) is a marine-biologist who is working for an oil company and happens to see a great white shark in the same waters where divers are trying to fix a pipe near an offshore oil rig. Although the divers are pulled up they choose to ignore his advice afterward and continue their work.
When a great white shark is seen lurking nearby an oil rig in which maintenance divers are working to unblock clogged oil lines, a marine biologist tries desperately to warn the authorities before a fatal accident occurs. Naturally, such an encounter does occur, leading to an all-out offensive to kill the rogue predator which results in a harrowing night adrift in the sea for the marine biologist, and his macho companion after their less than seaworthy vessel is carelessly scuttled by a booze boat.
The tremendous blockbuster success of "Jaws" beget a whole slew of opportunistic cash-in copies which include "Tentacles," "Piranha," "Mako: Jaws of Death," "Great White," and this nifty little forgotten made-for-TV killer animal entry that not only emulates the Spielberg smash, but also has striking similarities to the more recent indie horror hit "Open Water." A ferocious great white shark attacks two oil rig workers, killing one and seriously maiming the other.