I would advise everyone to instead just watch The Shallows, a superior
shark thriller with natural style, tautly wound suspense sequences, and the luxury of an emotionally compelling character arc to go along with the benefits of a sun - kissed Blake Lively.
Not exact matches
The director, Johannes Roberts, who scored a surprise hit last year
with the
shark thriller 47 Metres Down, shows a comforting adeptness from the first frame.
This is a pretty remarkable feat considering that most who plan on seeing this film are more than likely looking to see a
thriller about a woman hoping to survive an encounter
with a
shark.
With the release of The Shallows this weekend, the latest survival
thriller that features Blake Lively vs.
Shark, we add one more film to the canon of other great survival films.
There's a kind of zany fun to be had
with Renny Harlin's crap - looking nautical
thriller about genetically engineered
sharks: «Bigger, smarter, faster, meaner» went the tagline.
June 16th is chock full of new releases,
with tearjerker «The Book of Henry,»
shark - infested Mandy Moore
thriller «47 Meters Down,» Disney - Pixar's speedy sequel «Cars 3,» R - rated party - comedy «Rough Night,» and the Tupac Shakur biopic «All Eyez on Me» all new in theaters.
Now, 41 years later, Director Jaume Collet - Serra (who's done three Liam Neeson action /
thrillers in a row —
with another on the way) has made a
Shark Attack movie for a new generation.
That subject, which has often been riffed on since - most recently in the 2016 Blake Lively
thriller «The Shallows» and in the series of «Sharknado» cable comedies - resurfaces
with a
thriller about an expert deep - sea rescue diver (Statham) who must save the crew of a submersible vessel that has been attacked by a 75 - foot - long prehistoric
shark known as megalodon.
Starting in June, the movies arrived at the end of the month, every month,
with the consistency of a good B - movie rep program: The Blake Lively - versus -
shark thriller The Shallows; the internet - paranoia
thriller / romance Nerve; and the blind - stalker horror movie Don't Breathe.
Seeing how Jaws was both the beginning and the end of the
shark thriller, it's strange how Johannes Roberts manages to create an exciting
thriller with nothing more than water, a cage and CGI
sharks.
Entertainment Studios has its own releasing platform after acquiring Freestyle Releasing last year, and the company proved itself
with the release of the Mandy Moore
shark thriller 47 Meters Down, a $ 5.5 million budget film that grossed $ 44 million theatrically.
In the course of researching his
thrillers, he has sneaked onto demolition ranges
with Navy SEALs, swum
with sharks in the Galápagos, and gone undercover into mind - control cults.