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I love creature features and shark films, but this movie makes it seems like the Aussie film industry is about 20 years behind Hollywood (which, if you've seen films like THE LOVED ONES or ANIMAL KINGDOM, isn't the case).
This movie...
...has TERRIBLE CGI. Like from a 90s TV show.
...is STUPID. The hero KILLS a great white with a Tazer. What!? And he kills the other great white with a shotgun. Is that the best the writers could do?
...is BORING. The countless talkie moments between characters drag - flat characters spouting flat dialogue.
...is PREDICTABLE and RACIST. It's perfectly obvious that the criminal with a heart of gold will redeem himself, the wayward grieving teen will make up with her father, etc. Also, the only characters to die are the unimportant ones, the jackasses, and... the Asians. Apparently Asians are to Australian movies what black people were to American ones a few decades ago. And while one is supposedly dating a white girl, the filmmakers don't even allow a kiss when she sends him off to die.
There are a few redeeming qualities - a shark in a grocery store is fun, a death involving a jumping shark is unexpectedly great, and a bit involving a dog is funny. But 20 seconds of cool is not worth 90 minutes of yawn. Stick to DEEP BLUE SEA.
I love creature features and shark films, but this movie makes it seems like the Aussie film industry is about 20 years behind Hollywood (which, if you've seen films like THE LOVED ONES or ANIMAL KINGDOM, isn't the case).
This movie...
...has TERRIBLE CGI. Like from a 90s TV show.
...is STUPID. The hero KILLS a great white with a Tazer. What!? And he kills the other great white with a shotgun. Is that the best the writers could do?
...is BORING. The countless talkie moments between characters drag - flat characters spouting flat dialogue.
...is PREDICTABLE and RACIST. It's perfectly obvious that the criminal with a heart of gold will redeem himself, the wayward grieving teen will make up with her father, etc. Also, the only characters to die are the unimportant ones, the jackasses, and... the Asians. Apparently Asians are to Australian movies what black people were to American ones a few decades ago. And while one is supposedly dating a white girl, the filmmakers don't even allow a kiss when she sends him off to die.
There are a few redeeming qualities - a shark in a grocery store is fun, a death involving a jumping shark is unexpectedly great, and a bit involving a dog is funny. But 20 seconds of cool is not worth 90 minutes of yawn. Stick to DEEP BLUE SEA.