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Survival thriller/horror that's best watched with the brain parked in neutral but once the action gets going is a fun enough ride.
The initial set-up is somewhat lame, there is a little use of inserts which are more irritating than interesting and dotted throughout proceedings are a number of implausibilities that ought to make any working brain question what is being presented (hence why it's best to switch the noggin off at the start). The main premise however is a decent enough one, the camerawork pretty solid and the setting is certainly both a suitable and quite beautiful one.
Blake Lively has to carry the movie pretty much on her own and does a decent enough job (Steven Seagull is a little one-dimensional in his role but tbh that's hardly anything new), aided by some reasonable suspense generated in places by Collet-Serra. In terms of pace the opening does feel a little drawn out to me and the initial encounter with the surfers is rather dull but once the brown stuff begins to hit the fan events are quite nicely spaced, even if by nature at times they are a little repetitive.
The Shallows is certainly no Jaws but has some pretty scenery and is an entertaining enough way to pass an hour and a half (as long as one is able to just go with the flow), I'll give it a
The Shallows
Jaume Collet-Serra
2016
Jaume Collet-Serra
2016
Survival thriller/horror that's best watched with the brain parked in neutral but once the action gets going is a fun enough ride.
The initial set-up is somewhat lame, there is a little use of inserts which are more irritating than interesting and dotted throughout proceedings are a number of implausibilities that ought to make any working brain question what is being presented (hence why it's best to switch the noggin off at the start). The main premise however is a decent enough one, the camerawork pretty solid and the setting is certainly both a suitable and quite beautiful one.
Blake Lively has to carry the movie pretty much on her own and does a decent enough job (Steven Seagull is a little one-dimensional in his role but tbh that's hardly anything new), aided by some reasonable suspense generated in places by Collet-Serra. In terms of pace the opening does feel a little drawn out to me and the initial encounter with the surfers is rather dull but once the brown stuff begins to hit the fan events are quite nicely spaced, even if by nature at times they are a little repetitive.
The Shallows is certainly no Jaws but has some pretty scenery and is an entertaining enough way to pass an hour and a half (as long as one is able to just go with the flow), I'll give it a