Creature

People are being killed, and I think Navy research knows why.

Grab that wheel!

They tried to stop this creature 25 years ago.

I may have the only evidence that this creature existed.

Welcome to Shark's Tooth Island, sir.

Whatever you got me down from Washington to see

better blow my mind, Ensign, or your ass is grass.

Yes, sir.

How long you been on this island babysitting this project, Ensign?

- Nine months, sir. - Nine months?

You could have popped a baby out in that time.

- Look at the size of this place. - The Navy spared no expense, sir.

I can see that.

What's that noise?

Recompression chamber generator, sir.

Why don't you take some of our $10 million

and get the damn thing fixed?

- Lieutenant. - Sir!

What the hell is all this equipment for, Ensign?

That's what you're here to see, isn't it, sir?

Bring them in.

Bring them further.

Dr. Bishop, Lieutenant Richland. I'm your project oversight officer.

I ask Washington for more money and they send a boy down here.

Your little dolphin experiment is already

into the United States Navy for several million dollars.

Now you're asking for more for added security and safety?

What exactly isn't secure, Doctor?

What isn't safe?

Open it.

What the hell?

I wouldn't if I were you, sir.

Tursiops carcharias, Lieutenant.

Yes, dolphins. So what? What's so dangerous?

Listen again. Tursiops carcharias.

A dolphin and a shark.

You've actually done it. How?

Through a process not unlike hybridization, Lieutenant.

Taking the cuttings of two distinct plants

and joining them together to create an entirely new plant.

But this is a special kind of hybrid.

- Peniston! - Yes, sir!

- Bring them in! - Right, sir.

They are highly sensitive to sound.

We've trained them with these signal responders.

Good God!

They respond to specific electronic stimulation.

On average, they retain 41% of their dolphin intellect,

which makes them immanently trainable.

Their instinct to savage their prey, that is pure shark.

Let these hybrids loose in the rice paddies of Nam

and the VC won't know what hit them.

If only we'd had them a year and a half ago on Delta Patrol,

I'd still have my two best friends in the whole world.

Have we blown your mind, sir?

What's behind there? Another hybrid?

The sound of the attack beacon, it has overstimulated him.

Overstimulated who? What?

That, sir, is a special experiment.

That is why we called you down here.

That is why we need the extra money for safety and security, sir.

Lieutenant,

are you familiar with the theory

that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny?

- What? - Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

All organisms repeat their evolutionary steps in gestation.

Dr. Bishop.

- He is doing it. He is learning. - Lock that wheel.

Yes, sir! I can't, sir!

Grab that wheel!

Peniston, what the hell is going on?

- Get the prods! - Yes, sir!

Fire! Move out! Fire! Fire! Move out!

Quick! Get the prods!

Peniston!

It's killing all the hybrids.

- Get him out! - No! Stop!

Dr. Bishop!

Peniston, what is this thing?

Dr. Bishop!

Coming down! Coming down!

Somebody lock it down! Now!

- It's headed out to sea. - Out to sea?

Peniston!

Peniston, what are you doing?

Kill it, Peniston! Whatever it is, destroy it now!

Do you hear me, Peniston? Kill it!

Peniston? Peniston, do you read me?

Do you read me?

Penistan, do you read me? This is Rich/and. Kill it now!

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry!

Great white.

Ascending.

Phew!

How we doing, Tall Man?

Hey, the great whites seem to be behaving themselves, man.

They're staying in the current between the two points.

Yeah, you're right.

We can reduce the area in the zone by nearly halfa mile.

- That'll make the locals happy. - Yah, man.

What's that?

- Delta Four's got a problem. - What's the matter with her?

Looks like she's fouled on something.

What do you think it is?

A striker. Zero-three-five. Who the hell is that?

That's Ben Madiera's boat.

Now, Chase, I'm thinking you may not wanna dance with him, man.

Excuse me just a sec. Hang on, Tall Man.

Whoa, Captain.

I damn near just came out of the chair!

Bobby. Hey, Bobby. Are you brain dead?

Take that stupid headset off and help the man.

Mr. Madiera.

- Hey, Ben. - Don't "Hey, Ben" me, Chase.

- Get the hell out of here. - What do you got going here?

Biggest damn great white you ever saw.

You boys look like a healthy lot.

Any of your friends or relatives die of cancer yet?

- Chase. - Sharks don't die of cancer.

I'm trying to find out why.

Steady, Chase.

Back away, Chase.

Now. I'm warning you.

My name is Dr. Simon Chase. I run a shark research institute.

You see those dual peaks there? That's my place.

That great white that you're torturing to death is a pregnant female.

We've tagged her and we've been studying her.

Pregnant?

You do this and you're not only killing her

but you're killing the young in her belly.

Is this your idea of sport, gentlemen?

Hey, this is not Bambi down there, boys.

It's one big, mean shark. You give her the same chance at you,

and she'd gulp you down in two bites, you screaming all the way.

You keep cranking, Frank.

Hey, chief, we're paying two grand a day to go fishing here.

You go hug your whales somewhere else.

Yeah, you keep cranking, Frank. Great hat.

No hard feelings there, Chase. Hey, I'll send you some of the soup.

I've been working for you, what, five months now?

I answer your ad for a first mate and general assistant

when nobody else in the islands will give you the time of day, man.

Are you getting to a point here?

Yeah. Yeah.

I believe you know me well enough to listen to me when I say,

whatever you're planning to do,

think about it twice, and then don't do it!

That shark is so worn out,

the last thing on her mind is eating something.

Would you get me the wire cutters, please?

It's your funeral.

Son of a...

Don't even think about it, Ben.

Son of a bitch!

It didn't come out. He cut the line.

Come on.

- You tell your boss... - Can he do that?

...he just stepped into one big pile of Madiera.

Tall Man,

you should've seen her. She was beautiful.

Hopefully she finds her way out of here.

Unbelievable, man.

Now, of course, once word gets around you messed with a local charter,

it won't be your picture going up on the tavern wall.

No, it gonna be your head.

What time is it?

Almost 9:00, man. The plane should be landing about now.

Damn it! One of us has gotta get a watch.

You.

Adam, I thought we were gonna go treasure hunting.

Yeah, yeah.

- Who's that? - Chase.

Boom.

Prepare to get rich.

Adam!

Adam!

Hang on. We're hooked on something, something big.

Here, take the wheel.

Whatever it is, I don't want to lose it.

- What do I do? - Hold it steady.

Don't yell at me.

- What is that? - A cage.

Hey, Bobby, keep that freaking chum line going, huh?

That white is still down there, and we are gonna bring her in.

- Damn it, boy! Why did you stop? - What's going on?

Bobby, what the hell is going on?

Mr. Madiera, I lost my headset.

Oh, get out of there.

You afraid this shark is gonna come up and take a big bite out of you?

Chicken.

How many times I gotta tell you, Bobby?

All right.

It's the last time I fish this thing out for you, Bobby.

You gotta...

Mr. Madiera!

Somebody. Somebody!

Mr. Madiera!

Mr. Madiera.

Do I look okay to you?

You look good, man.