Year: 2012
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: Shark Assault
Genre: Sharks
Plot:
Awakening to find themselves trapped on an island, a group of random people learn they are to be subjected to a series of encounters over the next week with the host's collection of deadly, ravenous sharks to be able to leave the area alive and must find a way to fight back against their captor and his deadly creatures.
Review:
Overall this one was an absolutely terrible killer shark film that really has so little going for it that it's almost unwatchable. The biggest issue with this one comes from its idea of utilizing the creatures as obstacles that must be overcome by the group in order to survive to the next trap, effectively rendering them into a state equal to a Torture Film set-up. It's basically turning the film and the creatures into a simple slasher effort only replacing the species as it's sharks instead of a human killer which is so insulting to their existence that it effectively kills whatever fear they might have as the end result robs their specialness in the most ludicrous way possible.
This basically keeps the film running along into a singular mode here because every single set-up is the same thing only done in a different cave with different sharks so the results are incredibly underwhelming. Another problem here is that the idea for the madman's scheme for revenge is so laughable that it's impossible to think it's meant to be taken seriously and really makes this one quite a challenge to even get into the concept for the film.
Beyond this, another big problem here is the whole affair is mired in a series of sloppy, utterly atrocious CGI effects that are utterly terrible by having such an obstruction of the action with their rampant blurriness and darkness due to being filmed in pitch-black that they're almost impossible to make out and have no lasting impact. These here are the film's flaws which are enough to really lower this one down significantly enough that the positives here are barely even registered.
What does seem to work here is the near-continuous action present as this one goes about the encounters in a quick enough fashion that there's enough to keep from being bored along the way. There are a few really exciting ambushes in the caves along the way here that do rely on some ingenuity to escape, and these here go get really bloody and brutal as well which get quite exciting. As well, it does have some great pains involved in laying out the mystery and trying to get it going, as this does take a while to get the point of what they're doing rather nicely. Beyond this, there's nothing else in this worthwhile.
Despite managing some unique and somewhat impressive aspects here with how it treats the sharks, the fact that there are so many other issues on display does manage to bring this down quite a bit as they're quite impactful and detrimental overall. Those who are curious about those factors or fans of this style might find this one quite enjoyable while most others, especially those looking for a more traditional killer shark film, should treat this with caution.
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