Jason James Richter returns in the third instalment of the eco-friendly killer-whale saga. This time, however, the drama centres on ten-year-old Vincent Berry, who's horrified to discover that his fisherman father (Patrick Kilpatrick) is an illegal whale hunter. Rather than simply set bad-guy father against nature-respecting son, director Sam Pillsbury taps into America's male hunter myth, making Kilpatrick's re-evaluation a real wrench from tradition rather than just a sentimental change of heart. The whales are clearly the big attraction, but this is also a subtly argued message movie.

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse.