r the shark. When a commotion erupts over a phony shark sighting there is an attack in a pond that opens up to the sea. A man is attacked and killed with the Chiefs son not 40 yards away in his own boat with some friends. Brodys son is dragged out of the water and rushed to the hospital and treated for shock. With an attack hit so close to home the Mayor who seems to be shell-shocked agrees to sign the forms to pay Quint what ever it takes to catch the shark. This brings together our troop of heroes Quint, Hooper, and Brody. They set off in Quints boat, the Orca, to hunt down and catch the shark on the open ocean. As they are loading the boat Quint is giving Hooper grief. Working class hero crap as Hooper puts it and you can see almost right away that Brody will become a mediator between the two. They soon set off with Quint as Captain, Hooper as first mate and Brody as a deck hand of sorts.As the hunt pursues you can see that the closer they get to capturing the shark the closer they become to each other. The real turning point is when the three are up late one-night swapping shark stories and drinks and the shark attacks the boat. The attack leaves their motor handicapped and they most ban together and work harder to bring in the shark. The next day while trying to draw the shark closer inland Quint pushes the motor over the edge and it finally breaks down. Left stranded on the open ocean the decision is made to send Hooper in to the water in a shark cage in hopes of getting him close enough that he can inject the shark with poison and kill it. While Hooper is in the cage he is attacked and the cage destroyed but Hooper escapes and hides behind a coral reef. Quint and Brody not knowing Hooper has escaped bring up the cage and assume the worst. Their thoughts of Hooper are soon put on hold when the shark comes out of the water and on to the back of the boat. With the rear weighted down by the shark Quint looses his grip...
