Every time a I see a shark movie poster, I think of Jaws. The Jaws movie franchise was a super hit in the 70s and was equally thrilling. We have seen multiple shark attack movies and similar others like Piranha, which also came in 3D. Hollywood summer would be incomplete without a couple of camping horror movies and some disaster movies. But we have seen a steady decline in these and disaster movies in recent years. The Shallows is not a disaster movie. It is a thriller-survivor drama set in Mexico. Most of the movie is shot around the beach and has only a few characters. The film manly revolves around Nancy, the shark, and a seagull.
The Shallows Cast
The movie is directed by Jaume Collet-Sara. His last release – Run All Night – got average reviews, but did quite well at the Box Office.
The Shallows (2016)
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo
The Shallows Story
Nancy travels to secluded Mexico beach for surfing to have some connection with her deceased mother who died when she was a child. After some tense and emotionally charged conversation with a her family, Nancy decides to ride one last wave before heading back to the hotel. But the last trip to the ocean becomes a nightmare when a great white shark attacks her. She tries to get to safety on a buoy, but the shark soon shreds it to pieces and drowns Nancy. With a shark bite on her led she manages to get on to some rocks that have surfaced in the low tide. She must now figure out a way to get the message out form this secluded beach or find a way to survive until someone finds her.
The Shallows – Critics Reviews
The movie overall has received above average ratings in a otherwise uneventful 2016 summer season at the Hollywood Box Office. James Berardinelli at Reel Reviews says that the movie is good for most of the time, but does not end strongly. But he points out that the director is able to keep the tension going in the movie and that Blake Lively holds audience’s attention.
Katie Walsh of Tribune feels that th emovie doesn’t have a lot of substance, but she endorses the movie for the thrills and jolts that director Jaume Collet-Serra has built into this beach movie you will want to watch on a hot summer day.
The movie also enjoys above average score form the the audience and has a Audience score of 63 percent on Metacritic along with 6.5/10 on IMDB. So if you like surf, sand, thrills, The Shallows is not a bad choice.
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