Something In The Water (2024)
Director: Hayley Easton Street
Writer: Cat Clarke
Stars: Hiftu Quasem, Lauren Lyle, Natalie Mitson
How to Watch: VOD
Synopsis: A group of five girlfriends must fight for their lives in open water after a dream wedding transforms into a nightmare.
Thoughts: I don’t ask for much in a shark movie. Literally a shark, the water, and some stranded folks are a good start. But there’s got to be a pinch more. A good script. A cool location. Some crazy action. An interesting spin. Something that sets this one shark movie apart from the 50,000 other shark movies out there. Bait took place in a supermarket. The Shallows had a kick-ass heroine. The Requin had Alicia Silverstone (inexplicably). Deep Blue Sea had Science! Memorable. Something In The Water has… water. And a shark, I think. And someone gets bit. And some people die. And some people get rescued. What was this movie called again? Snoozefest? I’m really not clear on the vision here. The movie starts with a hate crime in the city. Not even kidding. A year later we’re on an island (?) and a “dream wedding” brings old friends together. Enter: the Shark. Exit: the Old Friends. The End. If you want to get a jump start on your shark horror this summer, skip this one and try No Way Up - a plane full of people crash in the ocean and somehow survive. And then there’s sharks. It’s pretty fun.
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