Orca (1977) Movie Review

Trailer here.

Orca is a 1977 thriller directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek and Robert Carradine.

A ship is at sea. They spot a shark and they want to capture it A diver falls into the water and a shark is coming. An orca kills it. A woman called Rachel Bedford(Rampling) is giving a lecture on the orca.She is an expert on them. In Newfoundland, a man called Nolan(Harris) is trying to catch an orca. He shoots a female and catches it but they end up killing it and it was pregnant. The male is upset. They throw the baby into the sea. The male orca is after them. It hits the boat. The crew try to move the dead female into the sea. The orca kills one of Nolan's crew. The other orcas mourn the dead female. Nolan contacts Rachel and she tells him that the orca has followed him.

A man called Jacob(Sampson) shows up. He is a hunter. He tells Nolan that the whale will remember what he did to the female. The orca sinks a boat. The local fishermen aren't happy. The fish are being scared away. Rachel tells Nolan that the orca wants to fight him in the sea. Nolan tries to draw it in. He says that he understands the whale's pain. He lost his wife and baby when they died in a drunk driver accident. The orca causes more destruction. The locals want Nolan to kill it. He decides to face it. Rachel warns him not to do it.

The orca is waiting. Orca destroys Nolan's house. It bites off the leg of his friend. Nolan is ready to fight. Rachel goes with him and Jacob does too. The orca is ready to go. It leads them to a certain spot where there is ice. Everyone is nervous. One of the crew gets knocked into the water and killed. Nolan hits it with a harpoon. Jacob is the next to die as ice falls on him. The ship hits an iceberg and starts to sink. The orca strands Nolan on a piece of ice. Nolan slips into the water and the orca kills him. Rachel is left and the orca goes on its way, having satisfied its revenge.

This was a fun film with an impressive cast. I was actually on the side of the orca here. It was right to want vengeance! There were some good scenes in this one and creature features are always enjoyable! This is entertaining and well worth your time. I will give it a 5/10.