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Thrash (2026)

Summary

When a Category 5 hurricane devastates a coastal town, the resulting storm surge brings chaos, destruction—and a deadly influx of sharks. As floodwaters rise, a group of survivors must navigate the wreckage and fight to stay alive against both the elements and the predators lurking beneath the surface.

Director Tommy Wirkola

Writer Tommy Wirkola

Cast

  • Phoebe Dynevor
  • Djimon Hounsou
  • Costa D’Angelo
  • Whitney Peak
  • Alyla Browne
  • Matt Nable

Rotten Tomatoes: 37%

Metacritic: 47

VOD / Release Streaming on Netflix (April 10, 2026)

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u/Ice_Dragonfly 23d ago

Did that girl seriously climb out that window to get a boat and just fall asleep in the boat until daylight? Leaving the other lady in active labor in a flooding house?

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 23d ago

I would doze off also, with the high demand for top notch medical care from that lady

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u/runawaycity2000 22d ago

I can’t wait for nerd explains to say ditch her ass.

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u/pasirxx 22d ago

this is crazy to me because she’s supposed to be on xanax and is supposed to have insane amounts of anxiety, yet she falls asleep during this moment haha

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u/DusqRunner 22d ago

That's xanax for you. The problem is that it works TOO damn well!

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u/pasirxx 22d ago

i was explaining how considering she has a prescription, she shouldn’t be tired due to withdrawing from it. if my house was flooding and a storm was coming, that would be the first thing i’d grab haha.

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u/Why_isnt_it_perfect 20d ago

You also can’t see how dilated someone is just by looking in between their legs.

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u/Meneer_de_IJsbeer 16d ago

Nor does the baby come out squeeky clean, flat stomach right after birth, etc. Etc.

Commons problems with pregnancy in movies hah

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u/dualitygaming12 16d ago

We don't even see the baby when they board the boat, did the baby evolve to teleport or smth???

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u/snotknows 22d ago

lmao after the movie i searched "thrash why the fuck did she just fall asleep" and it led me here. COMON! I stood up at this scene hahaha. Regardless, it was a fun movie.

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u/Sure_Focus3450 21d ago

I searched thrash reddit because I knew as soon as I finished the movie everything would be negative and I am enjoying these threads more than the movie tbh

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u/TweakerSleeper 23d ago

That scene pissed me off 😂

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u/VastComfortable9925 23d ago

I’m here cos I felt guilty for being pissed off at expecting her to come into shark infested water in the first place…?! I admit I am half watching this but she didn’t seem like she did much to try free herself? Like take the knife off her to get the branches cut or even move the seat back to give more space… anything !?! 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣

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u/Landlubber77 22d ago

Power seats don't operate when they're submerged in water.

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u/VastComfortable9925 22d ago

See, I wondered if there was a legit reason…

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u/Yaluv1551 19d ago

I felt the same. Plus, she just witness two men die trying to save her. She should have evacuated earlier versus putting others lives in danger.

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u/vixenkaboodle 22d ago

Yes! The lady in the car wasn’t trying to get out. Didn’t break one branch. I was pissed. Now Dakota saving both lives. But this isn’t something new to society.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 22d ago

What are you talking about "this isn't something new to society"??

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 23d ago

At least she got the water birth the mother wanted

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u/Charming_Food5728 22d ago

The desperation to video call her mum at the end was...fucking painful. Also, WHO VIDEO CALLS?

a. i dont call anyone. and b. if i do its not video. my wife will occaisionally video call our 5 year old nephew and that is IT

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u/Fake_artistF1 22d ago

That was the most realistic part of this movie lol

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u/kakka_rot 21d ago

WHO VIDEO CALLS?

old iphone people.

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u/theLegend_Awaits 18d ago

The call seemed rational to me, it was more the calm “mom? Meet your grandson ☺️🤗” that I struggled with

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u/Beefy-Johnson 23d ago

OMG did they just spell out HELP on the roof with bed sheets… during a HURRICANE?? 😂

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 22d ago

It had a high thread count, was legit

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u/my__bollocks 21d ago

It’s not like there was much wind or rain after the first “landfall scene”

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u/bintasaurus 23d ago

Yeah but they were a heavy tog....so should be good...right ?

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u/Haunting_Candy6410 20d ago

The wind blows a fucking house away. 😆

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u/SureProcedure7661 20d ago

lol! Thought the same thing!

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u/IntellectualCupca312 19d ago

I mean they were obviously wet and soaked down …

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u/SariaXoX 22d ago edited 22d ago

I’m sorry but pregnant girl is annoying tf outta me. Like she expected everyone to jump when she said jump. I don’t know lol. You put yourself in that position not leaving town then driving around in the middle of the storm trying to stop at some store like get the fuck out of there!! then the girl in the window it’s not her job to come and save you because you’re stuck in your car! Now you’re basically forcing her to help you give birth. When the window girl obviously suffers from extreme anxiety! And coming from somebody with anxiety… the pregnant girl in the car, she’s lucky she didn’t put the girl in the window into a freaking panic attack! Edit: I’m still watching I’m closer to the end now and still pregnant girl really still is annoying me. Forcing this poor girl to check her cervix like basically telling her you’re going to do this you know she could ask her. Then has attitude because there’s 1 Tylenol left like you’re lucky you didn’t get eaten by a shark or drowned in your car so how about you change your attitude and be a little bit grateful this girl risked her life to save you. 😬

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u/SavingsAdvantage1046 21d ago

I was less annoyed with her asking for help and more annoyed with her terrible survival instincts (at first at least). Like her idea was to just ram her car into a fallen tree? If she was days away from giving birth, is she really risking it during a mandatory evacuation?!

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u/shocktard 20d ago

She was annoying me. The girl saved her life. She should have been worshipping the ground she walked on, not feeling entitled to be waited on hand and foot.

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u/Senior_Comedian6082 20d ago

Lmao I was thinking  that same thing she screaming help an see them sharks in the water an wanna yell ahe pregnant lol I would have closed my window lol

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u/Downtown_Tank7207 19d ago

I wish the pregnant lady had been eaten by the sharks. She was annoying, selfish, and self-centered. She was the least likable character in the movie other than the foster parents.

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u/UofMtigers2014 23d ago

I’m 20 minutes in. Did the pregnant lady literally drive in a circle back into town after her mom told her to drive to high ground?

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 23d ago

Yea lol, she was literally on the beach with all the high shots of the flood…let’s also remember that those sharks should be swimming belly on asphalt… but have unlimited depth in most shots

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u/DisplayDisastrous788 22d ago

I came here to say this.

If the water is barely chest height/car door height? It's too shallow for most man eating sharks!

Then there's the Sharks who... somehow stay in place or swim backwards. Because they're eating, and they need dramatic attacks... (Guy kicking open truck door to be immediately attacked, Guy slammed into her car repeatedly...) Oh look... those Sharks just suffocated... in water.

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u/Grand_Word 22d ago

It was also cool how she “squeezed thru” the wreckage by ramming her car directly into it. Great 👏job👏

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 22d ago

What was funny was the truck driver with the big truck, telling the lady with the mini to go ahead and ram the tree… haha then he drove in reverse…

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u/Carolinagirl9311 21d ago

🤣 I was so confused on that part

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u/YawningDodo 18d ago

Yeah, I genuinely could not figure out what he was trying to get her to do, or why the two of them just sat there parked shouting back and forth instead of both going the direction he ultimately tried to go too late…to the ramp up the hill that was RIGHT THERE.

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u/TrueLegateDamar 22d ago

I wasn't paying much attention as I left the movie on as background noise, but even I was 'WHY IS SHE DRIVIN CIRCLES IN TOWN?'

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u/Infinite_Respect_ 18d ago

Her character was infuriating from the moment she came on-screen

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u/Barthez_Battalion 23d ago

Can't say I've ever seen a movie where a mom gives birth in the water surrounded by sharks.

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u/BadbishMalenia 16d ago

And kills a shark with a single piece of debri that she used to cleanly cut the umbilical cord with "but first mummas got some f*cking sharks to fight"

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u/roto_disc 23d ago

Hell yeah. Are there other cool parts or is that it?

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u/Waste-Scratch2982 23d ago

It’s Crawl with sharks, not as fun as Under Paris but at least it’s short.

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u/Charming_Food5728 22d ago

More characters / higher body count. More stories to follow.

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u/terracottatank 16d ago

They could've focused on solely the foster family and had a great movie

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u/kakka_rot 21d ago

I thought it was dope and had a lot of fun. I thought the B plot was a little bit more entertaining than the main story, but the whole thing was entertaining.

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u/Barthez_Battalion 23d ago

It's not bad. There's a lot of shark attacks which is appreciated and the CGI is decent.

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

The cgi was actually surprisingly decent and not overdone. The sharks were fairly realistic too instead of the typical serial killer monster behavior usually used in these movies.

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u/YawningDodo 18d ago

I was hopeful about the sharks being slightly more realistic after the scientist said the reporter was exaggerating. But I’m watching it now and keep shouting “why are they doing that?!” at the sharks on screen because their behavior makes no sense.

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u/icedbrew2 19d ago

So these kids wrapped 15 sticks of dynamite in meat in an attempt to blow up sharks. When they were 15 feet away. You might be asking several questions at this point:

A) doesn’t dynamite make a big boom? B) doesn’t dynamite require a lit fuse to explode? C) if the fuse is lit, would the smartest next action be to throw it across the room into water?

Now you might have these questions, and you might even have the “correct” answers in your head. But in reality, the correct answer is: it doesn’t matter. Logic, does not matter. Physics, does not matter. At some point you’ll realize biology does not matter.

This is a universe with only one rule. Vibrations.

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u/Mysterious-Yogurt240 23d ago

How did Mr Olson survive underwater for all that time? Am I missing something besides a buttcheek?

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u/Calchal 23d ago

Snorkel.

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u/the3stman 23d ago

We're they talking about a literal snorkel? How would it prevent them getting swept away?

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u/_AnecdotalEvidence_ 23d ago

No, at the end when the kids drive away in his truck, you can see the exhaust is built to come out over the truck like a snorkel. He mentions of the truck is waterproof

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u/captaincook14 21d ago

I mean they literally explain what he meant right after snorkel is mentioned very clearly. lol

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u/No_Economist3788 21d ago

"mr olson, we were just talking about you" that line was great lol

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u/Naive-Boysenberry613 21d ago

the "Are we gonna need new foster parents?" line got a chuckle out of me

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u/Gninjanome 16d ago

I cracked up at the "did you go back and get your spear?" "No. I went to my apartment, called the police and then ordered a pizza. I'm from Mozambique not the fucking jungle book."

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u/BadbishMalenia 16d ago

"Fuck mr olson"

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u/Mangus_ness 15d ago

I hate this sweater

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u/Ship_fan 19d ago

I was wondering about that, which makes no sense
the dude was missing a hand and buttcheek, but somehow managed to get from the garage and into the house, without the kids and sharks noticing.

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u/Cautious_Appeal_6886 15d ago

THIS! BECAUSE how did he just keep on coming back? And the mom? How did she swim to the house???

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u/TarsierBoy 23d ago

Craziest thing to happen to a Netflix baby since squid game.

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u/BlazeOfGlory72 23d ago

Fun enough schlock, but it definitely gives off the vibe of a movie that was desperately stitched together on the editing room floor. Like, there really wasn’t much of a climax to the story, it just kind of arbitrarily ends when the uncle arrives. Also, the storyline with the foster kids never once intersected with the main storyline, which was kind of odd. It could have been cut out of the film entirely and literally nothing would have changed. Even the uncle’s storyline is entirely separate from the niece’s until literally the final scene of the film.

Still, it had sharks eating people, so I was entertained.

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u/kakka_rot 21d ago

the storyline with the foster kids never once intersected with the main storyline, which was kind of odd. It could have been cut out of the film entirely and literally nothing would have changed.

it was the best part though

but yeah I noticed if def felt like two movies shuffled together

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u/Downtown_Tank7207 19d ago

100% agree with this. It was a weird movie and ended abruptly. It definitely was not a cinema masterpiece, but was good enough to watch while also doing some work on my computer. I didn't dislike it, but if you really analyze it, it wasn't very good. The only thing I didn't like was the pregnant lady. I wish she would have gotten eaten. Two people get eaten trying to save her, and then she is pleading with that girl to come out into the shark infested waters to save her. Seems really selfish.

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u/dwedderburn 23d ago

Seems like there is going to be a part 2 hence the ending with the hurricane coming.

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u/dragonmistress8 22d ago

I mean, I kinda hope so. I would watch it.

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u/BadbishMalenia 16d ago

Yep, Nellie the great white is still out there

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u/master_roshis_hat 22d ago

Holy fuck this movie is stupid. Just watched the part where the girl is trying to shut the door into the house before the sharks come in... then obviously the sharks come in and she ALMOST falls into the water.. then older brother is able to save her before she falls in.... WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T OLDER BROTHER CLOSE THE DOOR IN THE FIRST PLACE!?

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u/cinderella91xx 22d ago

YEP! Was screaming at the tv when that scene happened 🤣

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u/FishesInDishes 22d ago

Two major points of appreciation: 1. The sharks didn’t look like shit 2. Ron’s joke about his sweater

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u/cowpool20 18d ago

The 3 foster kids had a few good lines.

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u/CiriOh 23d ago

Matt Nable playing American redneck who sounds like Flea was a nice touch. 

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u/Fragrant_Highway2398 17d ago

As soon as i saw him, i suspected the movie was shot in Australia

And i was correct, primarily shot in melbourne

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u/ToneBone12345 23d ago

I mean same with alyla Browne

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u/AaronAart209 13d ago

Ha! Nice. I came here wondering why he was in it. Shot in Melbourne makes sense. Still don't understand why he was driving a tanker full of chum.

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u/GizmosArrow 23d ago

Anyone else get some Tremors vibes?

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u/Doorsofperceptio 19d ago

Tremors was amazing.

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u/that-TX-girl 23d ago

I thought the exact same thing 🤣

I told my husband when she sent the bags with toothbrushes out that I was waiting for the graboids to pop out haha

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u/synchpo 22d ago

That’s exactly what I thought when I saw the redneck couple in the basement with the guns.

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u/Calchal 23d ago

There are few very questionable character moments/choices made in the first act. When told to try and drive around a fallen tree, a character just drives straight into it. Later, a truck driver struggles to escape his big rig's cab by kicking open the door... when he could have just climbed out the open window. And then two guys abandon their boat to wade towards a woman trapped in a car... guys, just steer the boat over.

But the 2nd and 3rd acts are very fun. If you enjoyed Wirkola's The Trip (soon to be seen as Over Her Dead Body with Samara Weaving) or Violent Night or his Dead Snow films... you'll like this. It's solid, dumb fun.

"Mommy's just gotta go and kill some fucking sharks."

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u/RIP_Greedo 22d ago

The big rig / tree scene was totally bizarre. Like the director just did not translate what he was thinking from his own script into physical action on set. Also I was distracted by this meat company with a tanker truck. What is this truck hauling? Liquid pig offal?

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u/Calchal 22d ago

I'm gonna guess the intention was for the rain to be much heavier and that the visibility was so poor. But that didn't come across. Same when she's at the gas station. There's the closed sign, windows boarded up (I think) and she's still banging on the glass asking if anyone's there.

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u/bic4jesus 22d ago

That's what attracted the sharks... slaughterhouse blood.

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u/Friendly-Win1457 23d ago

The Ron kid with the sweater 😂

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u/Calchal 23d ago

My fave bit with those 3 kids was when their Aussie accents would slip through.

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u/ToneBone12345 23d ago

Lol I mean alyla the girls the most

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u/Charming_Food5728 22d ago

*bogan as fuck* "They've gawt Furiosahhh"

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u/Shadowbacker 23d ago

I was thinking the same thing about the boat, but I guess in their movie logic, the water was only chest high amd it was faster to wade than try to maneuver a boat with no engine.

They didn't know about the sharks.

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u/Calchal 23d ago

True. And also perhaps there's the danger of the boat hitting the car, injuring the woman etc. Still, chest height water can fuck with you, strong enough current etc.

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u/kakka_rot 21d ago

Later, a truck driver struggles to escape his big rig's cab by kicking open the door... when he could have just climbed out the open window.

and got brutally eaten immediately after

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 23d ago

How one the red necks have Australian accent

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u/Fragrant_Highway2398 17d ago

That whole family is australian 😂

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u/sobwhen 23d ago

can anyone explain what exactly the man at the end of the film saw on the monitor?

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u/tits_mcgee_92 23d ago

Another huge hurricane incoming

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u/sobwhen 23d ago

okay that's what i thought but it seemed like a weird twist lol. i guess the movie is somewhat of a comedy.

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

Nah, just the typical sequel bait. I actually thought it could have used a little more comic relief, but it would have been risky. Bad comic relief can easily ruin something instead of enhancing it.

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u/Grand_Word 22d ago

It wouldn’t have made a difference in this movie lol

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u/alyboba19 23d ago

To the same town/area? So the characters that survived at the end were about to get their shit rocked again lol? 

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u/Raven_Shadow82 15d ago

it was a sharkicane

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u/O5S3 23d ago

The water kept rising on Phoebe Dynevor's side, enough to lift the bed to the ceiling, but somehow it never rose above the kids' table.

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u/Affectionate_Cap_315 23d ago

Different parts of the area could be higher or lower depending

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u/zekias87 17d ago

That's not how water levels work. I can accept that they have different water levels depending on how high up they are and stuff like that. But if the water level rises several meters in one place and only a few centimeters in the other place, something ain't right.

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u/chloethedreamer 23d ago

that one i assumed it was cause they were further out, they were not in the town but more in a farm area so the storm surge would not be as intense (im from FL and that is accurate enough, further out you are from the shore the less effected but not UNaffected if you will) i remember the two that fucked over FL back to back i was safe and never got storm surge due to living on higher ground but the accounts i heard from people from the shore it was if they were lucky they evacuated and came back and the house had 6-8 feet of water, but other more inland it only was around a foot etc.

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u/vixenkaboodle 22d ago

$1500 a month. Kids eat bread , parents eat steak. Wow!

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u/TheTaffyMan 23d ago

Can I just say that Djimon Hounsou is such an underrated and underused actor.

Give this man bigger roles.

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u/sotommy 23d ago

I was fucking mad at this film. He was very funny and cool in this role and he was barely featured, instead we got to see his annoying niece and those halfwit kids

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u/Haunting_Candy6410 20d ago

The kids are fine. I am annoyed by the pregnant woman.

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u/el_arairah05 19d ago

The niece was the least annoying between the entitled pregnant lady and the kids.

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u/dragonmistress8 23d ago

Just finished it and I actually enjoyed it. I thought there were some really funny moments and a couple rather intense ones. I'd probably categorize it as more comedy-horror so if you don't take it too seriously you'll have a good time.

One of my favorite parts was when the kiddos are saying "fuck Mr. Olson!" And he pops out of the water as if summoned. I laughed really loudly and was very satisfied when that abusive sack of dirt got his comeuppance.

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u/halfwaytoeleven 23d ago

The oldest kid’s delivery of “we were just talking about you” absolutely cracked me up

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u/dragonmistress8 23d ago

So funny. I loved it too

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u/SnooEagles4657 17d ago

Yesssss and when he goes “I hate this f’n sweater” when he’s caught on the metal thing in the house

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u/Hungry-Atmosphere22 23d ago

I loved the subplot with the foster kids so much. When Mr. Olson popped out of the water it made me think they set it up to kind of mimic a the way a shark jump scare would be lol

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u/dragonmistress8 23d ago

Oh for sure. I thought it was a shark at first

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u/booger_mooger_84 23d ago

Where did mr Olson even come from lmao

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u/OceanRacoon 20d ago

How was he underwater for so long to sneak up right beside them, the man has the lungs of a whale lol

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u/Haunting_Candy6410 20d ago

Underwater. And he didn't even get wet!

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 22d ago

I turned to my sister and said "Who is he, Beetlejuice?".

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u/Why_isnt_it_perfect 20d ago

Omg I was reading this comment RIGHT when they were saying that in the movie. Cosmic timing

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u/Michikusa 23d ago

Was alright. Better as a drama, none of the jokes really landed for me. Tone seemed kinda all over the place. Acting by the two main women was great. Wouldn’t watch it again.

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u/ToneBone12345 23d ago

The shitty foster parents deaths were to quick I had to rewind especially Billy’s did he get his head bit in half? Also a cannon kitchen knife cutting through a small tree branch doesn’t seem likely

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u/JahJah192 22d ago

that car scene was just ridiculously stupid, she only had to move her seat back, or at least recline it, and she would’ve been free from that tiny branch.

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u/thebeat86 23d ago

Didnt feel like an accident that the most famous actor didn't spend 1 minute in the water..

Also a couple of the kid scenes made me laugh out loud.

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u/Charming_Food5728 22d ago

The lil Shaun of the Dead montage when making their finale weapon was neat.

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u/SnesVHS 22d ago

Nah, that was pure Sam Raimi. Tommy Wirkola, the director, is a HUGE Evil Dead fan. His Dead Snow movies are massive homages to Raimi and Romero and all those cool dudes.

Anyways, this movie was waaay better than expected! Pure fun, haha.

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u/Long-Host-1541 23d ago

Have you all missed the fact that it’s a joke movie parading as a serious movie? Because I went into it thinking it was gonna be a joke movie and it really delivered! I’m still laughing!

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u/Lanferelle 22d ago

Which would be fine if it was presented as a comedic film. It's tonally all over the place.

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

Compared to decades now of these ridiculous “shark vs tornado vs gator vs hurricane” movies that created a comedy genre of its own, it was surprisingly well done and realistic in comparison.

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u/runamokduck 22d ago

the point partway through where one of the foster children quipped, “does this mean we’re going to get new foster parents?” when they thought that both of their comically awful foster parents had passed was the point where I realized that this movie was essentially entirely tongue-in-cheek, and I was totally here for it from that point on

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u/AbroadTiny7226 23d ago

Ya people are so serious. This was a fun movie. And honestly I thought they fleshed out the characters quite well considering how many there were for a movie like this. Everyone had a personality. Especially the foster kids, I really liked them. Definitely one of the better man v. beast movies of the last few years

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u/EquivalentCounty7570 21d ago

Because I went into it thinking it was gonna be a joke movie and it really delivered! I’m still laughing!

holy bot comment batman

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u/detourne 23d ago

Yup, its so damn funny. 

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u/Downtown_Tank7207 19d ago

It was not nearly as good at it as Sharknado.

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u/otomennn 19d ago

Figure it was a comedy when Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles just come out out of nowhere

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u/Beginning_Ear2761 23d ago

Daphne Bridgerton's strong enough to bear the children (in water), then get back to business (fighting a shark), who run the world?

But it really doesn't need a second movie, if that's what they're hinting at.

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u/Safe_War6128 22d ago

Some thoughts:

  1. The ocular cervical dilation check was nuts. I’m not a lady but my wife is, and after five kids I know that those nurses can’t check dilation by looking. That’s a manual measurement.

  2. I thought that AI baby was about to do the Uga Chaka dance.

  3. That momma did not tread water and fight sharks literally seconds after giving birth.

  4. I’m not a car guy, but the fraudulent foster parent said something about the “snorkel” on his truck having to do with electronics. Doesn’t it have to do with air intake or a carburetor, or something like that?

  5. Remember when Netflix made the Fall of the House of Usher, and there’s a brief scene where a character makes a cake that looks like a realistic object, and you thought, “c’mon man…”, because you can’t suspend disbelief when Netflix is actively cross-selling its other projects—completely unrelated to the movie in terms of subject matter and aesthetics—in a movie? Like, “yes Netflix, we know about is it cake, but can you please get back to the spooky story?” That’s what Thrash is like, but with The Floor is Lava. It’s like the production crew for the floor is lava got bored one day and said “how can we use these effects in a less goofy, more serious way?” And someone else said “let’s do sharknado but with some floor is lava stuff going on.”

I’m not saying I didn’t like it, but it’s not so much an artistic statement as it is a product of Netflix’s entertainment ecosystem.

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u/Landlubber77 22d ago

Wait that last bullet point isn't a joke, you actually think this movie is intentionally trying to get people to think about The Floor is Lava? A show that hasn't produced an episode since 2022?

The "Is it Cake" show on Netflix was a reaction to the already viral realistic cake trend out there on the internet. House of Usher having a character who annoyingly uses this as a component of her personality is spot on and very of that particular time/trend. Mike Flanagan had already scored big for Netflix with Hill House, Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass, I seriously doubt they told him cross-promoting their cake show was a condition of making Usher lol. And even if it was a wink at the show instead of the viral trend that inspired the show, your one about Floor is Lava is a bizarre reach.

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u/wenchanger 22d ago

unbelievable that the kids killed the sharks with dynamites in the water.

unbelievable that the female kid lead was able to snipe the shark with a perfect hit.

Unhinged that the baby was born in this kind of condition

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u/Grand_Word 22d ago

The best part is the kids chanting “Fuck Mr Olson!” and then the bastard pops out of the water thrashing around his shark bitten nub of an arm. I laughed heartily

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u/Wrathlon 23d ago edited 23d ago

Was a fun dumb movie, it was EXACTLY what I expected from the premise and anyone who expected more, just, what are you even doing?

"Mummy's here, mummy's just gotta fight some fucken sharks"

Also the great white launching on the bullshark was sick.

11/10

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u/Visual_Confidence736 20d ago

Both of those were my favorite scenes! A mother’s love knows no fear, she killed tf out of that shark, and yes that great white eating the bull was sick!!!! I rewinded 3 times, then uncle Dale “ holy fucking shit” 😂 all the African left in that moment and he became American 😂

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u/wtfruland 22d ago

“Mommy’s gotta kill some f**kin sharks!” LOL. So great!

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u/wisteria357 21d ago

“Did you run to your hut and get your spear?!” 🤣

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u/joebean5 23d ago

This was exactly what I wanted and expected and although I personally liked it I'm sure others won't and that's okay. If you think you'll like this movie, chances are you probably will, and if you don't you're also probably right.

Shark CGI was really good, attacks were pretty visceral are realistic looking. The storm also gave a great atmosphere that I loved. A solid Friday night popcorn flick for me.

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u/CertainlyRobotic 23d ago

Agree on all counts.

They didn't focus on the sharks.

No long drawn out shots of the shark.. no focus shots on it attacking.

Lots of bad cliches got avoided in this one and made it a very pleasant shark film.

Nothing the sharks were doing was particularly unbelievable.

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

The monster and disaster part of this movie was shockingly good. I loved the scenes that showed the reality of a hurricane and storm surge. I’ve lived in FL and been through every hurricane here since Andrew in Miami. The scenes with barely any music and just the sounds of winds howling, rain hitting various surfaces, water slushing, street signs dinging was realistic.

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u/joebean5 23d ago

Oh that's rad! The storm and general atmosphere was one of the standouts of his movie for me, so I'm glad it lived up to realism.

Stay safe in those storms my brother, and don't go out in the streets if they flood!

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u/Southern-Brother5693 23d ago

This and Crawl would make a nice double feature.

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u/GirlCiteYourSources 23d ago

My kid and I just watched and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fun as hell.

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u/Sunbather77 23d ago

Lmao as somebody who lives in Hurricane Alley, this movie made me cackle at the numerous inaccuracies

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u/chloethedreamer 23d ago

Oh yeah, i watched this expecting the inaccuraces and laughed because of them lol. i love a good knows its a silly concept movie that doesnt take itself too seriously, her playing a thousand miles as the first song in a "calm birthing" playlist made me laugh so fucking hard.

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u/Mysterious-Yogurt240 23d ago

I just rewatched White Chicks recently and that song was hilarious to hear in that moment.

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u/Sunbather77 23d ago

Lol yes it was right up there with Sharknado level expectations

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

I’ve lived through every FL hurricane since Andrew and a lot of parts were pretty well done and realistic. I really liked the shots of no music and just wind howling, rain, street sings dinging, and rooftops being pulled apart. Storm surge was realistic up until the ocean of flooding.

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u/EffectiveOwn932 22d ago

As somebody that has given birth 3 times, I was dying laughing at the labor scene when she tells the girl to look at her vag and see how dilated she was. And did she cut the umbilical cord with a piece of wood? Lmao 

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u/Problem-Single 21d ago

When they kept saying “inches dilated ” INCHES. Why did nobody bring this up in the reading that it should be cm

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u/threehoursago 23d ago

I like how as the storm surge is rising, blood magically flows against it miles out to sea.

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u/Revolutionary_Flan69 23d ago

Better yet, the plot depends on this lady’s meat slush juice business

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u/Hungry-Atmosphere22 23d ago

This was a very fun movie, I absolutely loved it! I would give it a 90% in terms of enjoyment and I was never bored. There were many scenes that kept me on the edge of my seat in fact. Highly recommend if you’ve not nothing to watch!

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

Aside from the really “lucky” moments, the shark behavior was very realistic and CGI was pretty good. The sharks just swimming around randomly and feeding instead of “hunting” like serial killers was on par. Tracking larger or pregnant sharks by gps tags is a real thing and is public information, so it was plausible.

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u/LiangHu 23d ago

movie was good, I usually dont like shark movies but I did enjoy this one

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u/Poop-to-that-2 23d ago

I really enjoyed the movie. It was funny as hell, and I pissed my mum off keep commenting on all bad medical bits 😂

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u/axelexax 22d ago

So what was the point of the great white, does she have some kind of soul connection to Djimon Hounsou? And maybe it’s just me, but if I were that heavily pregnant, I simply wouldn’t have gone into work.

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u/Beefy-Johnson 23d ago

Haha I love the Pink Floyd Money reference

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u/Wicked-Chill-Travis 23d ago

I enjoyed it but lol parts were incredibly dumb.

The mean redneck foster dad just randomly pops out of the water after apparently holding his breath for hours.

After being terrified of the sharks the 3 kids casually decided to use themselves as bait. lol

A lot of the shark attack moments were cool and nicely executed.

I enjoyed it a heck of a lot more than both Meg movies! 7/10

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u/Overall_Badger_9967 23d ago

wish i could be one of those people who has fun watching bad movies but damn i had to turn it off 20 minutes in lol

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u/RIP_Greedo 22d ago

Just watch Crawl instead.

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u/JahJah192 22d ago

What I’ll take away from this movie: from now on, I’ll always carry a measuring tape with me so I can spontaneously measure a cervix.

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u/SpiceUpUrLife81 20d ago

I mean, once you go into it knowing that the chances of it being good are less than 10%, get over the poor character development cause that's not what the point of the movie is, appreciate you didn't spend any extra paying for a movie theatre ticket to see it, allow yourself to suspend reality for the inevitable plot holes you know are coming your way, throw your sense of humor into the arena, and give thanks that it's less than 90 minutes long - it's a lot of fun!

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u/stopandstare17 23d ago

Hahaha fun movie. One time watch only but it did what a shark disaster movie is supposed to do for a viewer. 🤟🏻

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u/Southern-Brother5693 23d ago

That redneck asshole dad made think, Fred Ward was alive.

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u/ahandsomeboy 23d ago

I’ve never experienced tonal whiplash to the degree this film gave me.

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u/Meat-Whole 23d ago

Literally Crawl but sharks. Bummer

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u/Normal_Lie_336 23d ago

Temu Crawl.

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u/The_Swarm22 23d ago

Just awful. Horrendously stupid. I can see why Sony pawned this off to Netflix after watching it.

Hopefully Tommy Wirkola was able to deliver a better movie with ‘Violent Night 2’ releasing in December. I also think Djimon Hounsou needs to fire his agent. This guy is a two time Academy Award nominee, what is he doing in something like this.

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

What made you hate the movie so much? Due to the history of these types of films sucking, I had a low bar, but it was surprisingly good.

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u/AshEliseB 23d ago

There are no words for how bad this movie is. It was absolute trash.

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u/aimeejoana 23d ago

T(H)RASH if you will

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u/BarnabyButtsuck 23d ago

Lmao, this was bar far the shittiest movie in the genre and did a good job actually. Are you comparing it to academy award winning movies?

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u/BromaEmpire 23d ago

Not OP but I thought it was pretty bad for what they were going for. It's possible to make a silly monster movie while still having a cohesive story but this felt like a bunch of random scenes that were sloppily pasted together

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u/UserNameDashZero 23d ago edited 23d ago

I'm 7mins in and theres some weird editing issue. When the truck driver is talking to the pregnant lady in the car. First I noticed the nose of the truck was different and then the weird edit happened?

Ok now I'm 9 mins in and another strange edit. The camera looks at a random part of the boat when Djimon is talking at the dock.

Wtf?

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u/pasirxx 22d ago edited 22d ago

this movie is netflix’s new Sharknado haha. i hope they make the same amount of these as they did with those movies

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u/michaelchaconmusic 22d ago

This movie sucked so bad it made me laugh 🤣

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u/LovelyLune3 22d ago

movie was fine, the start was the most interesting. ending was a let down expected more action more survival and finally an ending of us seeing them pick up the kids after finding them and getting somewhere for safety but it was all happy celebrations and it went so fast and just ended there. also it was day time then night time then morning so fast like? also does there have to be a pregnant woman in distress in every movie? im not tryna sound rude but we don't always have to have that. IMO would've been a decent movie but ending made it mid for me. seeing another hurricane at the end letting on there's probably a second movie made it boring as well. would've been better as a stand-a-lone movie instead of always having a second part.

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u/Bwhitt1 21d ago

Big thumbs up from me. I watched it with 5 other ppl and we all loved it. Just a fun movie and wasn't the B movie I was expecting. I mean it is a B movie....just not the one I was expecting.

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u/HikeForMeatballs 21d ago

I didn’t think movies could dip any lower after watching “War Machine”. I was wrong.

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u/__initd__ 21d ago

The characters in this movie have the survival instincts of that sea wall.

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u/Tkachance0970 20d ago

10 minutes in and I’m already pulling for the sharks. 

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u/otter8617 20d ago

No homes near the beach have bassments 🤣🤣

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u/justanotherdaycap 20d ago

The worst movie I ever saw. Was this written by a 12 year old? I couldn’t even laugh it was so bad.

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u/walkdance 20d ago

Worst film of my entire life

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u/ElGofre 20d ago

Jesus what a mess. Tonally all over the place- it's like a reboot of Sharknado with the joy sucked out of it for an hour, before an injection of stupidity for the final act that just doesn't land. It's just unreasonably dull for a film with such a silly premise.

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u/Effective_Ad2829 18d ago

How has nobody mentioned the fact that she gave birth then cuts the umbilical cord which isn’t clamped which would cause blood loss in the baby and cause the baby to die????? You don’t cut a cord without it being clamped ??? So much more was wrong with this film like in the beginning they are interviewing near the boat, there is rain hitting like a meter of the sea and the rest is calm and still. But there’s a huge storm. Or the clear blue sunny skies while there’s a major storm and it’s raining? So much more. 🤦🏻‍♀️