Beneath the Surface

Don't usually do these, but feel the need to warn people that might make the same mistake I did. I enjoy shark attack films. This is not a shark attack film.

It's boring, poorly acted, poorly written and poorly executed. The plot is predictable and any attempts at twists and surprises can be seen a mile off. The 'big reveal' can be figured out around 15 minutes into the film. I only persevered to prove my suspicions correct. I wish I hadn't. Please don't waste your time. It's genuinely the worst film I've ever seen.

Poor script, horrendous acting, and as boring as watching paint dry or grass grow.

The movie itself has very little pertaining to a shark attack... the title being not much more than click bait. Right from the start you can spot the ridiculous by it showing steam rising at night from the water. Could have been filmed in a hot tub lol.

Characters annoying and completely unlikeable. Why watch a movie with characters you could care less about? Not relatable in any way, shape ,or form.

Did I mention horrendous acting?

Avoid this train wreck because those minutes of your life will be gone forever. You could have spent that time watching paint dry.

Sigh...

The movie starts with three people who have fallen off a boat. Its night, and they are in the water, sharks cirkling around them. Then, some screams. It lasts under five minutes, and you see no shark attacking.

Three months later, we are home (a large mansion in England) with Lexy, who lost her father and sister at the sea. We never find out if their bodies were recovered.

Lexy suffers from survivours guilt, and have little recollection of the event. She knows they partied on the boat, drank alcohol and were dancing.

Her boyfriend, Isaac, and her stepmother, Vicky also live in the house, and they were also on the boat that night.

She has a good friend, Amy, who are supportive, and also wants Lexy to get some help. Which is needed, because Lexy is whining a bit too much.

There are no more sharks to be seen, and just a few scenes from the boat. This is a drama/mystery movie, where we want to find out what happened that night.

There are some gaping plotholes, as to why the solution wasn't discovered at once, or why Lexy takes so long time to realise what's happening, but there you are.

The solution is exactly what you think, including the people involved and the motive.

The killer's plot on how to do away with Lexy in the end, is laughable, and utterly impossible to work, without no one finding out.

Acting is ok. Lexy is the worst, but that is because it takes some real acting skills to carry a movie. And she does not have what it takes.

Beneath the Surface is a very low budget drama dressed up with a minimal shark theme to make it more marketable. Once you get over the disappointment, it's not a terrible movie, but it's not the least bit original aside from the bait and switch scam to convince you to put the time into watching it. It's basically a not-very-clever murder mystery. If you're looking for the next Bait or even the next Sharknado...keep looking. This ain't it.

Nothing about this movie has anything to do with skarks. The poster is misleading at best, false advertising for sure. This is not a horror movie either. It is a who done it and why but if you can not solve that in the first 10 mins you must be under 8 :) Do not waste your time or brain cells on this poorly acted piece of drivel.