Mermaids (2003 film)
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| Written by | Brent V. Friedman Daniel Cerone Rebecca Swanson |
| Directed by | Ian Barry |
| Starring | Nikita Ager Erika Heynatz Serah D'Laine |
| Theme music composer | Roger Mason |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Ian Barry Martin Brown Michele Brustin Timothy O. Johnson |
| Editor(s) | Neil Thumpston |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Distributor | Ion Television |
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| Original release | November 15, 2003 |
Mermaids is a 2003 television film directed by Ian Barry and starring Serah D'Laine, Nikita Ager and Australian model Erika Heynatz as a trio of mermaid sisters who band together to avenge their father's death. The film is also known in other languages like, Sereias (Brazil), Três Sereias (Portugal), Mermaids - Las sirenas (Spain), Oi treis gorgones (Greece), Seireenisiskokset (Finland), Sirènes (France), Sirenas (Argentina and Mexico), Русалки (Bulgaria and Russia), Sirene (Croatia), Mořské panny (Czech Republic), and Morské panny (Slovakia).
Unscrupulous fisherman John Mallick and his assistant Carlo are fishing with soda bombs in open water to harvest coral reefs when they notice a large creature thrashing in the water, Mallick shoots it and discovers that it's a merman. They attempt to collect the body but the vessel is knocked by a powerful force. Mallick sees a figure in the water, pointing a trident at him and he and Carlo escape, without the body of the merman.
The figure is Diana, the merman's eldest daughter. She has superhuman strength and a magical trident that turns into a comb she can wear in her hair. Diana buries her father's body and, although she loathes human beings, ventures onto land for the first time to seek out her sisters: Venus and June, to help her find Mallick and justice for their father's murder.
Venus, the middle sister, is working in a cafe where she swims in a tank with a fake mermaid tail. When Diana finds her, she is appalled by her sister's behavior and suspects that there is another reason behind her choosing to perform for humans. June, the youngest sister, has lived among humans for three years, and is working at a sea park. June is in love with Randy, a marine patrolman who has a long-term girlfriend named Cynthia. Although the three sisters don't get along because of their differing life choices, they agree to band together to find Mallick.
June and Randy are aware of Mallick's illegal fishing, and attempt to hunt him down together. At one point, Randy boards Mallick's boat in search of evidence, but Mallick and Carlo knock him unconscious into the sea. June rescues him and drags him to shore. It is gradually revealed that Randy is unhappy with Cynthia, and he falls in love with June instead.
Diana discovers that Venus is forced to work at the cafe because Earl Barker the owner, has taken her pearl tiara: her birthright; an object of magic that gives anyone who holds it power over the owner. Diana forces Earl to give up the tiara and also finds a large seashell, the birthright of another mermaid. Venus realizes that it belongs to Earl's middle-aged wife Betty; who has forgotten her mermaid heritage. Venus returns the shell, but Betty decides to stay on land because she has a human daughter.
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