Something In The Water- What Could It Be?!? Ariel? Nessie? Bo Derek? Nemo? Aquaman?
Quick Take: Sharks. It is a shark movie. it shouldn’t be, but it is. The movie has a ton of promise, opening up looking nothing like a shark movie. We see a couple walking home one night, then a violent gang of teens badly beats one of them. From that perspective, we follow our victim,a year later, preparing to be a bridesmaid at a friends wedding. She’s since broken up with her partner from that night, but they’ll both be at the wedding. there are other bridesmaids, and the bride has plans to spend a day with the gals. They hop on a boat, and go out to what can best be described as barrier islands. Honestly, at this point, they are far enough from shore, have no cell phone reception, and no one knows where they are. You have a movie. You decided to make it dumb by adding a shark.Honestly, not the worst shark movie I saw this year, nor is it the most inane. It lacks the cheesy fun of Under Paris, but is marginally bettter than No Way up or The Last Breath. The actresses here aren’t bad, they lack development, and the director was too invested in making this a shitty shark movie.
Listen, Jaws happened. It is going to be really hard for anyone to ever pass that. Every once in a while, a decent shark movie happens, but most are hot garbage. The best are ones that seem to at least be having fun, like Deep Blue Sea. I would have avoided the shark altogether, and just stranded the women, in the hot sun, with no easy way back. For more, check out the video.