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A group of friends go into the water, and encounter a white shark.

Not the most original plot it's fair to say, however there are a couple of shark movies that make the grade, because they offer something original, something a little different, sadly this is not one of them, it is instantly forgettable, with nothing of any particular note happening. It's another of those movies that does nothing to promote the wonder of sharks, just plays into an outdated idea of them being man eating monsters from The Sea.

There are a few moments of suspense, I'll give it that, a couple of scenes where you don't quite know what's going to happen, or where the shark is, so I'll applaud them for that, I'll also say I quite liked the music in parts too, it wasn't overdone.

The major problems though, first off, the acting, it wasn't particularly good, and secondly the shark itself, I'm not a shark expert by any means, but this one, was behaving in a very strange way, I'm not sure they behave in such a way, I could be wrong.

It's not often you watch a film like this and root for the shark, however on this occasion, I did.

4/10.

I'm gonna keep this short. Terrible acting. Like really terrible. Very poor script. Like most shark movies obviously takes inspiration from "Jaws" but it's barely the same sport.

Characters doing stupid things and saying even dumber things. When talking about sharks one of the characters actually says "It's the big ones you need to look out for".

Dismissed.

The Reef: Stalked (2022) is a standard bad movie. This movie is slow in the first 10 to 20 minutes, and it takes its time to get to the shark attacks.

The characters are standard, and when you see a backstory for one of the characters it does not give much for you to get behind them. I mostly did not care enough about them surviving the shark attacks.

The shark had a stock footage feel to it and when it attacks, I cannot see what is happening. The shark takes its time when attacking the characters, and it does things I do not believe it would do.

The shark attack scenes have a lot of shaky cam bubbles covering up what is happening, and the movie has an ending that I thought was average and slow paced.

I cannot recommend The Reef: Stalked (2022), because this movie is boring at times, and it has false jump scares or jump scares you can see coming.

Perfectly acceptable acting by all concerned. No hint of the dreaded C. G. I. Shark. Yes they make some ridiculous choices, but it kept me entertained.

Not like the laugh out loud film starring Alicia Silverstone. Now THAT was terrible.

I can honestly say I have never watched any shark film, where everyone has no interest in paddling to safety! Even down to the bailing water out of the boat to stop it sinking bit -- nothing!

There was a lot of pootling around on the water, even when they've been attacked by the shark, they just sat on the water and did nothing (other than tell it off!). Also, the journey back appeared to be 100 times longer than heading out with no land in sight...!

I was also surprised that this had 4.4/ 10, I can only surmise that the 4.4 was for the shark -- as he was the best bit, consistant, and great, and white, and even that was dodgy CGI!

Not deserving of the bad reviews listed here. The original is my favorite shark film next to Jaws. Way better than most other shark films being put out. This new film is not in that league but it was a great watch.

To start my review; It is my opinion to rate a movie by its genre and for the purpose it has been made.

That being said, I really do not understand all the low scores that have been given to this movie.

In its genre it's a really decent and overall good entertaining movie.

There has been made use, in a clever way, of real great white shots with well timed action shots with the actors.

Causing a realistic showing on how it must feel to be stalked / attacked by a great white.

Only in one case is there a REALLY BAD cgi moment. I'll let you as the viewer decide when that is :-).

I also believe it's a pretty realistic film. There is no over the top moment as in other shark movies, which is really great to see.

Yes, it may be unbelievable that all these things with 1 shark are happening. But viewed separately the definitely could happen.

In my opinion it is not as good as the first 'The Reef'. That one really stands out in many ways.

But this is a good movie in its genre and I am glad I got to see it.

Do not believe the 1/10 ratings, cause it makes no sense.

Even when taking into account the sometimes bad acting, or other stuff you might dislike, there's definitely enough to like about it.

Again: judge by genre, do not compare it with a big Hollywood production or an Oscar worthy film.

I am an hour into the movie and I am so disappointed. How did this come from the success that was The Reef? Come on. That movie was so good. Had such great suspense. Pretty good acting. Wonderfully realistic shark. How did this happen with The Reef: Stalked?? If it's the same director? HOW???

Most of the acting is absolute crap, the shark looks good in some shots and then looks like a CGI sticker in others. There's always gotta be some kind of unnecessary trauma or something with a main character because they think it'll make the story better AND they have to make the shark some kind of man eating beast who can destroy boats and pontoons because somehow just being a hundred million year old apex predator who has never had to evolve but has actually had to get SMALLER isn't enough to frighten people.

So scarry that I was asleep in the middle. Stop writing this 10/10 score. New accounts - friends of director. Plese stop this is rubbish. Another one crappy movie with sharks. There is only one film scarry about sharks ever and it was Jaws.

The Reef is one of my favourite shark movies. Traucki's first shark movie was harrowing, tense and frightening, succeeding to satisfy at every twist and turn. Unfortunately this sequel fails to live up to it on every level. The acting is a mixed bag, ranging from passable to laughable. The use of real shark footage is commendable but not as seamlessly well integrated as its predecessor. The music is unimaginative and repetitive. The characters are annoying. The shark acts like a monster from a Kaiju movie, rather than a shark. I should have known what to expect from the poster art.

This being said, there are positives to the movie. The first 40 minutes was well done and there were some scenes that showed glimpses of the tension of the first movie.

Worth a watch for the die hard shark-movie fan, but if you didn't enjoy the first one, or any other shark flicks, definitely skip this one.

'The Reef: Stalked' is mostly a misfire, but it's certainly better than other recent shark movies such as 'Great White', which was truly awful.

I will continue to follow Traucki's work, as a fan of his previous movies, hoping we see quality closer to that of the first movie again in the future.

I am a huge fan of "shark" movies and honestly in the last 5 years or so there was surprisingly many good movies with this theme. My top is definitely "Shallow" and very good one was "47 Meters Down".

This one has many flaws in very basic aspects in this genre.

What do you need? You need good CGi, you need good acting and most importantly you need great directing so it would feel realistic.

1. CGi is 50/50 , you have real sharks (or at least it looks like it) but the problem is it looks like a documentary movie, which is not a good sign. And then you have bad very unrealistic scenes with shark. So most of the time it doesn't fit the movie

2. Memorable scenes, you will not find a single one. And that is bad. You will see 10x the same scene with a fin on the surface, you will see lots of bubbles and splashes and you will see few times something under the surface (should be shark) that looks like someone draw it with a marker.

3. Victims and story. Sometimes filmmakers have tendency to forget what genre they are filming. This seems that case. This really feels like a drama with her personal trauma set in the water where by a chance is THE shark. It should be other way around. Another thing is, don't try to force some pathetic story to "catastrophic" movie. There is no need. This should be about surviving, not about trying to overcome your fears of diving. On top of that when you lost someone, it is more than obvious they will not make a movie you will loose someone else. So after 10 min you know who will survive and who will not.

It's not hard to have a right vision for this kind of movies, but why filmmakers are trying to do something "more" is beyond me?!

Overall this is slightly below average movie. There is really no need to watch this because you will be disappointed and after 40mins you will check how many more minutes it will take to end this "journey"

Could not watch it to the end, not even to the middle. It was so dull, stupid, boring and annoying, i had to quit to prevent a brain meltdown.

What a waste of time.

Utter garbage !

God this was a long haul. Started out okay but really fizzled out. Uninteresting characters and subpart acting despite trying to shoehorn some sort of emotional plot in there.

Will say the use of real shark footage spliced with the actors was actually quite effective for the most part, the appearance of the sharks all looked pretty good, until one bizarre moment where the shark comes torpedoing toward one of the girls in a static animation T-pose (Honestly think Jaws 3D) in such a hilarious and jarring way it made us laugh out loud. Not sure what happened there. Maybe they left in a test real?

There are worse shark movies out there, but there are much better. This was slow and repetitive and nothing new. As basic as it gets.

Not brilliant, but definitely not a bad movie. Reasonable storyline with some good acting. Quite suspenseful. I found it entertaining. So, for a low budget production actually well done.

At first I thought, ok, it's like The Descent, but in the ocean. No. It's not. I am halfway through and struggling to keep watching. Everyone could get eaten, and I wouldn't care. The shark would probably get splinters because they are so wooden.

Due to its low score and bad reviews, I almost didn't see this film. My wife, on the other hand, was determined to watch this. So I tagged along.

Glad that I had such low expectations because the movie surprised me. I actually enjoyed it. No major cgi sharks scenes. Very intense and suspenful at times. Even edge of your seat moments. I wasn't crazy about the very beginning. However, once the killer shark scene begins, it doesn't let you go.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it and so did my wife. At the end, she even asked, "Why did this movie get such a low score? It was really good."

In short, give this a shot if you like shark movies. Not the best shark movie out there, but definitely enjoyable.

Looks to me like the cast an crew friends an family have been reviewing an voting this up no way is this a 9 or 10 its , boring predictable with very poor cgi , read reviews beforehand of which there were about 5 at that time before seeing this save yourself the time don't bother .

Sisters Cath and Nic with friends Jodie and Lisa have fun kayaking in the ocean. Nic is murdered by her partner and Cath is traumatized. Jodie and Lisa try to bring her back to life with another tropical vacation. They brought along younger sister Annie. The girls and local children get attacked by a great white shark.

It's another shark movie. The ladies are beautiful. There is some trauma before the shark. There is the shark. As often the case, the shark looks fine in the water, but can look bad when it comes out of the water. Worst still, it doesn't act real. Apparently, it's a battering ram and a stalker. It's the hallmark of a B-shark movie. As for the ladies, there are moments of poor judgement. It's the little things that they don't always do. It would also be reasonable to have one of the local woman join them. All in all, it's a below average shark movie.

A shark attack themed thriller from 2022. In such films, the plot is clear, a group of people is stranded in the middle of the ocean and one or more people are saved while some of them are eaten by sharks. All the movies are the same. Here, the only element that makes the audience nervous in the movie is realism. The more realistic the shark and attack moments are read, the more successful the movie is. If we do not count those three-headed and five-headed nonsense, he also saw that it was made with a 3D modeling program, these eyes, which are obviously inflatable. In this movie, we watch the world's most novice shark. He's constantly skimming. This style has a guaranteed audience. But in recent years, a decent film has not been made. I've watched 4 movies in the last two years, 3 of them fiasco.

There is no sex or nudity in the movie.