Saturday, May 28, 2011

Movie review – “The Reef” (2011) **

Some effective moments, such as Damien Walshe Howling going under water in a capsized boat to look for supplies, and searching for the shark in the vast ocean – but they are too few and far between. Many bewildering decisions – why not give greater impetus for having them swim from the boat to the island? (They could have had the boat sinking? As it was it seems unduly reckless.) Why not give Gyton Grantly and Adrienne Pickering some sort of story? They’re having an affair, breaking up, she’s pregnant – something, anything. Why not have some young chicks in bikinis instead of thirty-somethings? Why so many scenes of Damien Walshe Howling stick his head under the water? A real shame.

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