Escape of Shark (2021)

I usually love these type of movies, they are actually one of my favorite type of movies. But this movie just hits differently and not in a good way. It was actually going well until I saw the special effects that was used, especially on the shark. It makes the shark from jaws look real and that's saying something. Another thing that irked me that they had problems sinking some of the sound to some of the actresses. So I study media and I pick up on things quickly and that their voices actually don't match there lips moving, so it looked like off beat lip syncing.

STORY/PLOT
I stayed for the story to be honest, and it's possible my ranking is higher because of it. The story had real potential and probably the only reason I stayed to the end. I've watched movies with similar plots and absolutely love them, this is why I gave it ago.

ACTING/CAST
The cast they chose did a pretty decent job. Sadly though I didn't form any emotional connection with any character except maybe for the main guy character because of what happened in the past with his wife, other then that nothing really. But I still believe they are great actors, it might've been this movie that didn't give them justice.

OVERALL
Even though I loved the idea of the plot, it definitely needed improvement. Also the special effects definitely weren't the best (especially for something that came out in 2020) which I believe ruined the experience for me. It's a good pass time if you have nothing better to watch, but I would not come back and rewatch it.

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Attack of the CGI shark!

I'm not a fan of these kind of films.
That said, I was surprised to see this ran for a little over an hour, so I figured, well, why not?

The plot is actually pretty original for this kind of low budget, sy-fi channel type fare and, where the budget's clearly low, the sets all serve their purpose and fail to pull the viewer out of the mood by having glaring errors. The CGI though...
This one starts well and, adapting very quickly to the truly awful CGI, there's little to really ruin the film, because we already know it's never going to be amazing or try to be anything other than a group of people surviving a tsunami... and now have to also survive a killer shark!

Hot girls? Definitely. Capable male lead hindered by past trauma? Yes, all the clichés are here - right down to the English-speaking blonde girl who sounds like English really isn't her 1st - Hell, 2nd, even - language, but given the genre, we already knew what to expect.

So, the only questions remaining are: was this as bad as the usual and was it worth the running time?
Well, as pointed out above, I don't normally like this kind of thing, so I'd say it's above average and, as for the running time... well, it's something like 65 minutes of so-so entertainment where the brain effectively gets switched off for chill out time.
Nobody ever starts watching this type of film expecting to find a new favourite to tell friends about, but for what it is, it's entertaining.

Somebody seriously needed to check the anatomy of the CGI though, because the fin should be in the middle - and is for the most part - but for sheer drama, it apparently moved all the way up to the shark's mouth in a few shots!
But who cares? After all, this was never going to win a Chinese Oscar.

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