Wednesday 8 July 2015

Dark Tide (2012) 5/10

Starring : Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown
Director : John Stockwell
Running Time : 114 mins

A year after a shark attack that killed a fellow diver, Kate Mathieson (Berry) is forced to return to taking people on shark tours, otherwise her business will fold. An offer to show around a wealthy businessman named Brady (Brown) puts her in business with her ex-boyfriend Jeff (Martinez), but danger looms when Brady insists on swimming with a Great White without a cage.

This movie takes so long to get to the shark attacks. Fair enough if you want to build suspension, but at least have something going on while we’re waiting. The tension between Berry and her ex isn’t enough to keep me interested for the build-up, and it’s almost 90 minutes before anything even remotely exciting happens (ignoring the opening attack scene). It doesn’t help that Berry is terrible in this, and the supporting cast aren’t much better. Avoid this unless you really, really, really, REALLY like sharks – the shark sequences are pretty good.

You’ll like this if you liked : Open Water




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