Amazingly, the initial fear (it is impossible not to be intimidated, especially just before they open the gate between you and big sharks) passes in just a few minutes, because you quickly realize that the sharks regard you with more ambivalence than curiosity.

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But for those who saw the film in its initial theatrical run in summer 1993, it did feel like the industry was on the cusp of making the impossible very very real.

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