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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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The Requin EH/OK
Alicia Silverstone in a shark movie? As if!
You can barely even label it strictly such with the amount of minutes
the toothy predators actually appear on screen during the almost 90-minute
run-time. That Clueless star (the role she’ll always be remembered for; at least
to those of us that lived during the ‘90’s) plays a woman that recently lost an
unborn child and travels with her husband to Vietnam (I think I heard Thailand
mentioned, but Vietnam was mentioned more than once; whatever, somewhere over
in Asia). They are staying in a hut over
the water when a storm washes them out to sea.
He can’t swim because he injured his legs and he doesn’t want her to go
because of how dangerous it might be (or something). It isn’t bad as a survival thriller for a bit
(needless to say, the hut gradually becomes less and less intact), but when I
watch a shark movie I expect to actually see them for a decent amount of the
time. It does take a while for the first
shark to appear and the three times (if I recall correctly) they actually do
aren’t that noteworthy; the final confrontation is so poorly done too
(particularly in regards to a motor being used, plus an airborne shark). Like I said, it wasn’t bad as a survival
film, but not so good as a shark film, and the latter is what I expected more
of, or at least better of. I was
reminded of Open Water at one time
and that film’s a good example wherein both subgenres manage to work
effectively. 3/31/2022
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
The Before Time >>>EH
The Changed >>>EH
The Devil’s Children >>>EH/OK
Flee >>>G
The Last Possession >>>OK
Sin Eater >>>EH
---Sean O.4/3/2022
