The Reef: Stalked
In an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder, Nic travels to a tropical resort with her friends for a kayaking and diving adventure. Only hours into their expedition, the women are stalked and then attacked by a great white shark. To survive they will need to band together and Nic will have to overcome her post-traumatic stress, face her fears and slay the monster.
- Released: 2022-01-06
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Teressa Liane, Kate Lister, Ann Truong, Saskia Archer
- Director: Andrew Traucki
Comments
- karstenpeters - 3 January 2024
Please, eat them!
There's not much to say about this sad excuse for a movie. It tries to cash in on the pretty decent "The Reef", but fails, fails and fails again.
The script is godawful, the actors are so very talentless, character development is non existent and the camerawork is way below average.
I just stuck to the movie and finished watching it in hope of the women dying ... and it even disappointed on that account. It lacks suspense, blood and pretty much everything that's important for a shark and/or survival movie.
Avoid this movie. It's not interesting for fans of any genre. Not even "it's so bad, it's good". - stewartlehr - 1 May 2023
Much better than I expected and it has character development
I have to disagree with most of the reviewers insofar as if there is one failing with many shark films is that there is a lack of character development. The Reef: Stalked devotes a third of the movie towards character depth and deals with the issues of domestic violence, personal loss and grief as a backdrop and lead-in to the main game...the shark.
The lead actors grow up and learn how to deal with their own crises and I find that commendable in this type movie.
The acting is competent TV level "Neighbours" and that's far better than what you'll see on TUBI.
Yet again the Great White shark gets a bum deal.
Great White sharks don't like human flesh they prefer seals, fish and dolphins but they are relentless in the pursuit of their prey. However, after the first bite they'd lose interest. A Tiger shark on the other hand simply loves us and places us high on it's menu so howabout bringing that on in a movie.
Special effects were OK but the film had a sub-standard ending.
On a personal level I kept looking at the weathered rocks and had this "I've been there" feeling and that's because it was filmed near Bowen, Queensland which is part of the southern the Whitsundays.
WTH, I lived near there and used to swim at a beach in Bowen. Needless to say I used to go the islands quite often as well. No wonder it had a familiar feeling.
Coming back to movie there are a number of faults.
1. At one point we see that the water is choppy and the next shot shows us calm tropical waters.
2. At times, if you look closely you can see that it is filmed close to shore.
3. Things just seem to appear in the boat...not good!
All in all this isn't a bad movie it just could have been better.
I'm giving this a solid six rating and for what it's worth the original "Reef" movie chomps this for dead.
