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Three kayakers fight for their lives when a great white shark traps them on a small, sinking island.Three kayakers fight for their lives when a great white shark traps them on a small, sinking island.Three kayakers fight for their lives when a great white shark traps them on a small, sinking island.
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Everything about this movie is horrible. The acting is absolutely awful. The camera angles are confusing and awkward. The dialogue and emotion/lack of emotion is terrible. I cannot stress enough how bad this movie is... but I had to finish watching because it was hilariously stupid.
Horrible watch, most likely will not watch again, and do not recommend.
This is one of those 2019+ movies that looks like it was made in 2013. While a lot of the movie has some modern cinematography over the ocean, the cg shark alone looks like it is left over effects from another movie.
While I think the ladies actually did really well for what they were (clearly) given, but the script is so horribly structured and written that it literally doesn't make any sense at points, and really looks like 3-4 movies were cut together.
While Michael Madsen can act, he was very clearly given some weird direction. He seems more like a crazy villain explaining his mad plot rather than a concerned father. Literally the same voice for "I hope you, my daughter, are okay", and "you better save my daughter, or I'll kill you".
The guy on the boat alone doesn't make sense no matter how you cut it. He speaks in some other worldy alien affect. You could literally cut him from the movie entirely and it would make more sense, even if you didn't caption the responses over the phone.
What a lot of this comes down to is a lot of 2 hot girls in danger, either trying to avoid, outrun, or fight a shark.
I'm not saying some people aren't going to enjoy this, just know what you're getting into with this one: and I did my part to tell you not to watch it.
This is one of those 2019+ movies that looks like it was made in 2013. While a lot of the movie has some modern cinematography over the ocean, the cg shark alone looks like it is left over effects from another movie.
While I think the ladies actually did really well for what they were (clearly) given, but the script is so horribly structured and written that it literally doesn't make any sense at points, and really looks like 3-4 movies were cut together.
While Michael Madsen can act, he was very clearly given some weird direction. He seems more like a crazy villain explaining his mad plot rather than a concerned father. Literally the same voice for "I hope you, my daughter, are okay", and "you better save my daughter, or I'll kill you".
The guy on the boat alone doesn't make sense no matter how you cut it. He speaks in some other worldy alien affect. You could literally cut him from the movie entirely and it would make more sense, even if you didn't caption the responses over the phone.
What a lot of this comes down to is a lot of 2 hot girls in danger, either trying to avoid, outrun, or fight a shark.
I'm not saying some people aren't going to enjoy this, just know what you're getting into with this one: and I did my part to tell you not to watch it.
I had such a good time watching this , best entertainment I've had in a while .
Where to start ?, Well Michael Madsen for one , what was with the birds nest on his head ?
And what was he staring at when he was on the phone ? I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head .
I was more scared of him than I was of the shark !
Next, the daughter , was she smoking something throughout ? , and you know what ? She probably could have caught the shark in her mouth eventually ,because she never closed it !
From terrible camerawork , to terrible acting , to terrible dialoge , this was one hell of a great watch !
Pour youself a large drink and enjoy !
Where to start ?, Well Michael Madsen for one , what was with the birds nest on his head ?
And what was he staring at when he was on the phone ? I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head .
I was more scared of him than I was of the shark !
Next, the daughter , was she smoking something throughout ? , and you know what ? She probably could have caught the shark in her mouth eventually ,because she never closed it !
From terrible camerawork , to terrible acting , to terrible dialoge , this was one hell of a great watch !
Pour youself a large drink and enjoy !
This is another really poor & extremely cheap killer shark Thriller about stranded youngsters being stalked by a great white & the real used footage of the shark looks great because it's Real but the c.g.i side of things is AWFUL!!!
The blonde chick also has some horrific Snot near the end....watch it gross
But the most disturbing thing about this cheap & tacky flick is that former "Reservoir Dogs" star Michael Madsen is in this playing one of the girls dad & he looks horrendous, he looks half dead & scarily frail & very old looking!!! It's a shame how he's turned out in his later years & he's now a horrendous actor!!!!
Film is crap.
The blonde chick also has some horrific Snot near the end....watch it gross
But the most disturbing thing about this cheap & tacky flick is that former "Reservoir Dogs" star Michael Madsen is in this playing one of the girls dad & he looks horrendous, he looks half dead & scarily frail & very old looking!!! It's a shame how he's turned out in his later years & he's now a horrendous actor!!!!
Film is crap.
The movie seemed like an earnest newcomer effort to create a suspenseful shark attack movie (not over-the-top silliness like Sharknado (2013)), but now I see that several cast and crew have a list of credits behind them. They couldn't do better? Several crew members are credited in both movies; both movies are from The Asylum.
The basic premise is straightforward: Three people get stranded in rising waters while a shark circles them. Will they survive? That's the story.
The writing was amateurish. At a few points, it seemed like the screenwriter was thinking, "I looked up some stuff for background, so dang it, I'm going to squeeze it into somebody's dialogue somewhere." For example, the distraught father is on the phone with his frightened daughter, who had just indicated that she and her cell phone might die at any moment. Did he really need to go into an extended explanation of king tides, instead of quickly telling her what to do before her phone shut down?
The characters repeated themselves a few times unnecessarily too, which felt like padding. They also flip-flopped a few times (for no apparent reason) about what they should or shouldn't do next.
There were a few disjointed topic changes in the dialogue, as if the screenwriter decided to shoehorn an arbitrary subplot or two into the script -- but only in the form of dialogue, not activity. Whether it was the writing, the direction, or the acting that was inadequate, they couldn't make up their minds about each character's attitudes toward the subplots.
The performances weren't great. Paige McGarvin had the least amateurish performance, although this included screaming "What do you want?" at the shark. Seemed to me that the shark was pretty clear about its intentions. Michael Madsen just phoned in his performance, literally. Almost all his screen time had him, by himself, on the phone.
One ludicrous bit was when the operators of a small boat told the girl treading water -- water that was entirely too deep for her to stand in -- that they couldn't come to her because the water was too shallow.
The title "Shark Season" seems pretty arbitrary. How was this shark season, really? I guess they were desperate to find a shark title that hadn't been used previously.
The basic premise is straightforward: Three people get stranded in rising waters while a shark circles them. Will they survive? That's the story.
The writing was amateurish. At a few points, it seemed like the screenwriter was thinking, "I looked up some stuff for background, so dang it, I'm going to squeeze it into somebody's dialogue somewhere." For example, the distraught father is on the phone with his frightened daughter, who had just indicated that she and her cell phone might die at any moment. Did he really need to go into an extended explanation of king tides, instead of quickly telling her what to do before her phone shut down?
The characters repeated themselves a few times unnecessarily too, which felt like padding. They also flip-flopped a few times (for no apparent reason) about what they should or shouldn't do next.
There were a few disjointed topic changes in the dialogue, as if the screenwriter decided to shoehorn an arbitrary subplot or two into the script -- but only in the form of dialogue, not activity. Whether it was the writing, the direction, or the acting that was inadequate, they couldn't make up their minds about each character's attitudes toward the subplots.
The performances weren't great. Paige McGarvin had the least amateurish performance, although this included screaming "What do you want?" at the shark. Seemed to me that the shark was pretty clear about its intentions. Michael Madsen just phoned in his performance, literally. Almost all his screen time had him, by himself, on the phone.
One ludicrous bit was when the operators of a small boat told the girl treading water -- water that was entirely too deep for her to stand in -- that they couldn't come to her because the water was too shallow.
The title "Shark Season" seems pretty arbitrary. How was this shark season, really? I guess they were desperate to find a shark title that hadn't been used previously.
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was filmed in St. Pete-Clearwater.
- GoofsPaige is holding the solar charger right next to her phone when she is calling her dad to tell him where the chopper flew by them. Although her phone was not charged, it can be clearly seen the solar charged is not connected to the phone while she is making the call.
- Quotes
Sarah: Right now, I need you to look at the bright side!
Meghan: Yeah? And what is that?
Sarah: We're not dead yet.
Meghan: We're just stranded on an island. A shark's trying to hunt us, the sea plane can't find us. And now the island is flooding!
Meghan: What next? The shark's just gonna turn into a tornado?
[This is an obvious, funny reference that The Asylum, who made this film, also made the series of Sharknado movies]
Meghan: .
- ConnectionsReferences Soleil vert (1973)
- SoundtracksSetting Sun
Written and performed by Christopher Cano
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- 1h 27m(87 min)
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