Great White is a 2021 horror movie directed by Martin Wilson and starring Aaron Jakubenko, Katrina Bowden, Tim Kano and Kimie Tsukakoshi.
The film begins with a couple who get attacked by something in the water. Cut to Charlie(Jakubenko) and his girlfriend Kaz(Bowden) who run a charter service bringing people around to islands in their seaplane. They get a booking. It is a married couple, Joji(Kano) and his wife, Michelle(Tsukakoshi). They want to go to a place called Hell's reef. Charlie and Kaz bring along Benny, who is a cook. Charlie was a marine biologist but he got bitten by a shark and this turned him off the subject. The group land on the island and find a dead body. It is one half of the couple from the start of the film. Charlie realises that the person was killed by a shark. They find a phone and look at pictures of the couple and their boat. They go looking and they find the boat. It has capsized and Benny goes inside for a look. There is a dead body in there. A shark comes out of nowhere and attacks them. The sea plane starts to sink. They get onto a raft. Michelle drops a paddle into the water and Kaz goes to get it.
The shark doesn't get her. Joji is arguing with Benny and he pushes him into the water. Benny isn't so lucky and he gets taken by the shark. Charlie has a knife and he thinks that if he can get close enough to it, then he can kill it. The shark upturns their raft. Joji is the next to be chomped by the shark. It has also punctured the raft. They need to do something. Just their luck- there are two sharks!! Michelle sees the shore and they paddle to get there. The two sharks are not far behind. Charlie decides that he is going to distract the shark long enough to let the others get to shore but it ends up being Kaz and Charlie who distract it. Michelle swims for shore. Kaz and Charlie look for the shark. Kaz shoots it with a flare and Charlie stabs it. Michelle gets stranded on an old wreck. Kaz and Charlie chase the other shark. Charlie gets attacked. Kaz gets to the wreck and stays with Michelle until the shark comes back for them. They have to swim for shore. Kaz manages to stick a spike into the second shark and kill it. The two girls swim away.
This was a decent shark film. It was a little talky in parts, but there was a lot of good shark action and the ending was pretty good. I am a fan of shark films and this one wasn't that original, but I think that it was fun. If you enjoy these kinds of films, then this one will appeal to you. I will give it a 5/10.
Thanks for the review. I've been iffy on if to watch this one or not, and after reading this I might give it a whirl. Sounds good enough to burn through a bucket of popcorn without having too high of expectations.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fun one!
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