The Last Breath starts out well with a pretty good depiction of a WW2 German sub torpedoing an American warship. It’s not great but, by the low standards of shark attack movies, it’s outstanding. Then a shark appears for .5 … Continue reading
Pretty telling about the quality of shark movies as a whole when this pretty good Netflix one hits my top 5. It’s not that great a film so much as the flotsam and jetsam of this terrible sub-genre is populated … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
An airplane disaster survival movie with sharks? Mash-up those genres and give me something scrappy and fun, please. The odds were not in its favor – and certainly based on user ratings expectations were low – but I was pleasantly … Continue reading
In my review of The Meg, I groused that it wasn’t half as fun as the marketing suggested. That they took themselves too seriously. And the first half of The Meg 2 follows in the same boat (submersible?). But then … Continue reading
When is a killer shark movie not a killer shark movie? It’s not when they hide the shark for most of the runtime… there have been killer shark movies that hide their terrible visuals and it’s still a killer shark … Continue reading
As I watched The Reef: Stalked, I started getting this weird realization that I kind of liked it… and my heart sank. And it kept sinking the longer the movie went. Did this mean *gulp* I’d have to write a … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
A requin is another name for a whiteshark or a Carcharhinidae. There. I’ve learned you something and you can walk away safe in the knowledge you don’t have to watch this garbage. The film unfortunately stars Alicia Silverstone as the … Continue reading
To crib from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this movie is hereby subtitled, “Pigging out at the All-You-Can-Eat Moron Bar.” Which is kind of sad since I thought everything that happens up to the first shark attack is pretty good. Decent … Continue reading