There are individual moments in this generic shark attack flick that show actual talent. Even suspense. And a couple of actors put in good performances. But don’t be fooled… the cool kid shades come off soon enough and we are left bobbing in a bad movie. Big shock for a movie called Shark Bait, I know.

The flick is about five dummies who manage to maroon themselves in the middle of the ocean on a single jetski. One of them there vengeful great whites is lurking about, ready to bite them in half and not eat the floaty bits.

What’s worse than a movie about annoying shallow pretty people arguing with each other as they float aimlessly in the ocean? Annoying shallow pretty people who just sit there and bob silently while floating aimlessly in the ocean. This movie doesn’t even have the writing stamina to create meaningless arguments for these dummies in order to fill screen time. I guess that’s more a positive… nobody wants to be in the middle of empty pointless bitch sessions in between shark feedings, right?

But man, this movie gets boring very fast. The endless bobbing in the ocean doesn’t even have the sense of isolation and loneliness that has worked in similar lost-at-sea films.

The movie overall tends to look good and there are even occasional moments where the shark (or the stock footage) is convincing. And then a sudden SyFy channel cheapie CGI shark swims in and the illusion goes to hell.

This is just a dire no-budget movie. Not nearly as bad as other recent shark flicks like Requin, at least. But it does make you admire better similar themed flicks like Open Water. I think we are damned forever by mediocre to bad generic shark attack flicks.

Score: 66