Runtime: 86 minutes
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Blake Lively, some random people and STEVEN SEAGULL (a seagull was billed in the credits, yes)
From: Columbia
Featuring STEVEN SEAGULL
As mentioned the day before, modern movies haven't been watched too often by me this summer; I just haven't felt like it. As this week is Shark Week (bleegh! I won't get into why I have a strong distaste for that series of programs) it only made sense to see something related at this time.
The plot is rather simplistic and also predictable-although that is alright with me-in that Blake Lively is a dumb gringo in Mexico who does some foolish things and ends up stranded on a rock because a Great White Shark is in the vicinity. Sure, there's an explanation as to why she is on a secluded Mexican beach or why she's alone, but it was one of a few times throughout I scoffed. Thank goodness then that Lively does a quality job considering that most of the time it's just her and a seagull she calls Steven Seagull and there are exciting moments throughout. The shark isn't seen too often until the finale, which is probably the right move both for suspense reasons and the CG sometimes looking dodgey
It is a movie which has lovely scenery (I mean the Australian cove that substituted for Mexico and not Lively in a bikini, although...), a refreshing simplicity that was nice to see considering how overdone most shark movies are-especially the shite ones you used to see on the SyFy Channel-and some brutal moments meant that it was worth it to see the movie not just to see a seagull with a tremendous name.
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