The Reef - Hated It

Starring: Damian Walshe-Howling, Zoe Naylor, Adrienne Pickering
Director: Andrew Traucki
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Categories: Horror, Thriller
SHARK WEEK

For a movie that came out in 2010, this one doesn’t seem well made. No one in the cast I have heard of and no one in the cast did a stellar job. There’s a group of friends snorkeling in the oceans around Australia to look at the reef. On the way back home, their boat goes under water - extremely quickly, I’d say too quickly - and the majority of them decide to swim 10 miles back to the island that they left from. Guess what though, the waters have sharks.

One guy stays back on the boat, and we only see him in a scene once, never to be seen again for the viewers. The swimmers are picked off one by one by the shark in a scary yet annoying display. Almost reminds me of Mandy Moore’s character’s annoying demeanor in 47 Meters Down, but way worse acting. I love how the guy just keeps putting his goggles on to look underwater. Like what is that going to do? Give him an edge? It literally happens every minute or so of the entire movie.

The thing that gets me in this movie, is one survivor makes it to the little part of the reef safely and then it just ends. Words are displayed across the screen before the credits saying that the boat or any survivors are ever found. This movie is apparently based on a true story. I’m not sure how that can be the case since they never found any evidence of the group being chased or eaten by sharks. And how would they know she made it to safety? This bothers me.

I’ll give this movie a “Hated It.” I just didn’t find anything good about this film. They are floating in open water while sharks surround them. There really isn’t much of a plot. (1/5)

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