About sharks and people Kind, but "simple as oxygen" captain of a fishing boat marries a girl with a dubious past - and she take and fall in love with his best friend.
From such a plot could be born an excellent picture in all respects. The actors have a lot to play, and Howard Hawks loved the sweep, even if it was about fishing - imagine how the film looked on the wide screen!
But all these delights are ashes. “Shark” “sinks” Edward J. Robinson, who mercilessly overplays and “pulls the blanket over himself”, falling out of the actor’s ensemble and, moreover, leveling the main idea of the film. As a result, instead of a story about kindness, unselfishness and gratitude, about real male friendship, almost destroyed because of a woman, we get a vulgar maxim that a little fat fool is not a competitor to a tall and handsome man. Was it worth making a movie for that? Perhaps it is, because Richard Arlen, and especially Zita Johan - the future star of "The Mummy" with Boris Karloff - play very well.
In 1941, Raoul Walsh would remake Tiger Shark, titled Male Power. Edward J. Robinson will reprise the lead role, and he will take advantage of the old work. This time, Marlene Dietrich will make an obvious choice - and how could it be otherwise if George Raft plays a friend?
7 out of 10