Something in the Water

Spoiler alert: the something in the water isn’t really sharks… it’s a bunch of bobbing buffoons trying to figure out how to fill 90 minutes with talk, floating, and sometimes a shark. It’s not good.

The flick… destination wedding drama, boat out to a tropical island, get bit by shark, boat sinks, float, swim for safety, float some more. Moving on.

This is the exact same no budget shark movie we’ve seen before. It’s mostly just Open Water with a little The Shallows thrown in. It’s the same manufactured interpersonal drama added in because they can’t afford more sharks or adventure or excitement. It’s generic and deeply, deeply, DEEPLY boring.

And, yes, the sharks look bad any time they are up close… which rarely happens. The only thing I liked is that its about a bunch of people who seem to be aware that sharks aren’t as bad as their reputation. They’ve read the pro-shark propaganda and aren’t immediately freaked out just because there’s a shark lurking about. Too bad they didn’t realize they were in a cheap shark attack movie.

There’s no reason to watch this when there are better bad shark movies out there (and some good ones too).

Score: 58