Director: Dustin Ferguson
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Sharks
Plot:
Trying to live their lives, a group of citizens in a small community find that a raging storm blowing through the area has brought a series of killer sharks onto shore with it and are going through killing and eating everything they come across, forcing them to put everything on hold to deal with the creatures.
Review:
This was a generally pathetic and horribly underwhelming genre effort. About the only thing that works here is the frequency of the shark attacks shown throughout the second half, as that’s where the action is pretty much contained and presented. The shots of the creatures riding through the streets using the surging water from the storm as a way of bringing about the series of ambush sequences shown throughout the community as we see the sharks appearing out of shallow banks or just any random body of water to grab a victim out of nowhere in some surprise, sudden ambush that comes together somewhat nicely for this kind of story. There are some decent attempts at figuring out the true nature of the sharks appearing and dealing with the specific ways of stopping them, which would’ve been far more fun than it is had the entire thing not been presented with some of the most godawful, obvious AI generation possible for the sharks in what they’re doing, as the scenes are generally atrocious and not that exciting because of their creation.
Outside of that, there’s very little about this one that comes together with anything resembling competent filmmaking. The entire premise is predicated on figuring out what’s going on after meeting up with dozens of characters that mean nothing to the story proper, with this bringing up characters like the livestreamer talking about her beauty routines, the exasperated father trying to deal with his kleptomainiac daughter as well as his broken foot, the accusations of his neighbor about what’s going on, the drug dealer wanting to move on from the hood, a radio DJ trying to score with his producer, or the gangmembers who are caught up in a robbery gone wrong and are being chased by a racist cop as a result. Barely any of them interact, even less have any connection to the sharks, and it all feels like a collection of scenes added to this for monetary purposes. Other major setbacks, from a glacial pace that makes an hour-long running time take forever to get going, inconceivable physical action, shooting characters in a raging storm interacting on a clear sunny day, or just ending without doing anything, also manage to bring this down overall.
Overview: */5
A generally weak and disappointing genre effort, there’s some cheesy fun to be had in the right mindset that doesn’t excuse the genuine issues here that manage to keep this one down overall. Those with an appreciation for the style attempted here, who are hardcore killer shark film fans, or of the creative crew, will have the most to like here, while most others out there should absolutely avoid this one altogether.
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