Cruel Jaws, also known as The Beast, is a 1995 direct-to-video Italian horror thriller film shot in Florida including the Theater of the Sea. The film stars Richard Dew and David Luther and was directed by Bruno Mattei (under the name of William Snyder). It was released on VHS and DVD in relative obscurity, mostly outside of the United States. While marketed in many areas as Jaws 5: Cruel Jaws, it actually doesn't have any connections to the Jaws franchise. Plot When a crashed military ship named the Cleveland crashes, two divers named Paco and Jose search it and are killed by a large tiger shark. The shark also kills their captain Ramone. Meanwhile in Hampton Bay, Florida, aquarist Dag Soerenson, who runs the aquarium alongside his sons Bob and Larry, is trying to stop bigwig Samuel Lewis from shutting down the place due to months of unpaid rent. On the beach, one of the divers body is discovered and police chief Francis Berger and fish expert Bill Morrison bring it into autopsy where they determine that a large shark indeed attacked the diver, but Lewis and the Mayor Godfrey disagree and don’t bother to postpone the upcoming Regatta. One night, at Old Beach, a woman, Katie Adams, and her boyfriend Jan go swimming and Katie is killed by the shark. Berger tries to reason with the mayor but he still refuses. A few shark proof gates are placed and the shark is apparently killed but Bill doesn’t agree. Even when Ramone’s broken boat shows up they still go on with the Regatta. The shark breaks through and kills many surfers. When it breaks the pier, it kills nearly everyone that falls in. It also causes Dag’s wheelchair-bound daughter Susy to fall in. Bill’s girlfriend Vanessa jumps in to safe her and is devoured. Lewis offers up a reward and is revealed to be working with the Mafia. His son Ronnie goes out and tries to kill it but is terrified of the shark which causes him to fall in and the shark eats him. His friends die by blowing up the boat by accident. Berger goes out to kill the shark but the shark is revealed to be too large to kill using the helicopter. The shark takes the helicopter out of the sky and devours Berger and the pilot. Bill explains that the Cleveland, that crashed in an