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After a devastating car crash, Kwan ends up paralyzed and is sent away to live with his grandmother. While interning at a stem cell research facility, he injects himself with shark cells and begins to transform into a muscular human-shark hybrid. Alten mixes genetics jargon with crackling action sequences for an entertaining (if over-the-top) mixture of science and fantasy.