Bait (2012)

Directed by Kimble Rendall.  Written by John Kim and Russell Mulcahy.  Starring Xavier Samuel, Julian McMahon, Sharni Vinson, Dan Wyllie, Phoebe Tonkin and Lincoln Lewis.

Plot: a freak tsunami strands shoppers in an Australian supermarket with a hungry Great White shark

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In a supermarket, clerks, shoppers, thieves, cops and a couple who just wants to make out get caught in a shit storm of trouble even before the tsunami shows up.  But once it does, a shark comes with it and then all bets are off.

Surprisingly, this movie was really good.  Really smart.  I’m not used to shark movies (except Jaws of course) being realistic or well done, but this one is.  It’s depressing, but in a good way.  The story is pretty awesome.  The acting is really good, too.  The shark looks killer (pun intended), although the guts and blood look kind of horrific in a bad way.  It’s horrible CGI.

The people were likable.  The story followed rules.  Everyone died that should have died and the dog got to live.  We give it 2 thumbs up and recommend strongly.

My score: 75.  DJ’s score: 69.

“You’re a dog murderer, which is worse than a people murderer!”

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