Overview
- The film follows Zephyr, a surfer abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer intent on feeding victims to the ocean’s predators.
- It currently holds an 83 percent critic score and a 74 percent audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-reviewed shark fiction since Jaws.
- Critics praise the film’s tense atmosphere and strong performances, especially Jai Courtney’s portrayal of the killer and Hassie Harrison’s resourceful survivor.
- Some reviewers critique its predictability and reliance on genre clichés, noting that deeper thematic threads about human violence versus natural threats are underexplored.
- The PG-13 thriller runs 1 hour and 33 minutes exclusively in theaters and has not yet been released on streaming platforms.