I have seen one of the best films ever! Sharkwater. I don't love it for its impeccable editing, or ability to tell a fluid story, not for its theatrics, and pyrotechnics, animations or stunts ... I love it because it is real, it is true, and it is an unbelievable story of what is happening to sharks.

FIVE STARS!!!

I am a scuba diver, and I love the marine life. I wouldn't say that I am an animal activist, or an environmentally conscious person (not anymore than most) but this story is amazing.

I was introduced to the movie Sharkwater at a convention in 2007 at DEMA, where I had the opportunity to meet the producer and director Rob Stewart. He did most of the shooting, the writing, the scripting and it was his vision to bring this story to life.

Sharkwater has won numerous awards in international and national film festivals, and it certainly hasn't received the notoriety it should get in theaters in the US.

It was released in only one theater in Texas, and thankfully I lived near the theater and could go see it. The underwater imagery is unbelievable.

Sharkwater is the story of sharks, how important they are to the environment and what is happening to them. They are being killed by the hundreds of thousands, and many breeds near extinction, for only their FINS! The third-world countries like Costa Rica have fisherman that catch these fish by illegal means, cut the fins off the sharks, then toss the sharks back in the water for dead. They take the fins and sell them overseas for $200 per pound.

Overseas they use the fins to make Shark Fin Soup, a tasteless soup mind you, that is generally only served to the wealthy and royalty, it's a soup that states your position in life.

This film is amazing and definitely needs to be watched and promoted more than what it is now. The movie has just been released on DVD and Blu Ray Disc. I found this last night, you can buy Sharkwater at WalMart for about $20 bucks on BluRay Disc, just go to the WalMart website, or you can get it in stores.

I have no affiliation to this movie other than watching it and loving the truth of the story. It has a little bit of violence in it as the boats they are in are attacked while out to sea, and there are some graphic video segments of the torture these animals go through, including gouging out the eyes of sea turtles, and of course seeing the fins cut off the sharks.

The trailer for the movie was created by the same guy that did the trailer for all the Star Wars films. This normally would have cost several hundreds of thousands dollars, but he did it for free, because he understood the cause and importance of the movie.