Diagonaldi Very well executed

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

quiqueg-94134 First, i think twice before giving 10/10 The moment the two people reaching the island is like an happy end, but a few seconds later it reveals only the female stays safe there. The number of survivors is going down with every attack, but i miss some facts. how far was that island away? How many hours did it take till sunset on the ocean? It is scary to swim across an abyss of mile deep ocean water, and then there is the exhaust of the physical activity. The wounds do look painful. In the wild, an open wound can lead to death without treatment. this is a story from real life which is not overloaded with greenscreen effects like "komodo".

paulclaassen I enjoyed the fact that the shark was not the only obstacle in this survival story. Just the thought of being stranded out at sea is terrifying enough, let alone having to deal with sharks. But even when there were no signs of any sharks, this was still frightening - even if it was just the idea there might be sharks. Being lost in the middle of the ocean is a nerve wrecking premise in itself. The acting was very good and the (real) shark was scary as hell! This was incredibly realistic, tense, highly effective, emotional and downright terrifying! In fact, this is so well made that I would probably not watch it again very soon, regardless of how good a movie it is. I mean, my nerves!

kieranclark-94350 Having enjoyed the terrible Sharknado franchise for the ridiculous movie plots and ideas, I thought I would try something similar. This; however, was awful. There was a real lack of action scenes, a lack of any acting and a lot of just watching people sit in the water! There was no comedy element like in Sharknado, there was a lack of horror and a lack of an actual movie. This movie earns itself a new movie genre, bland.Based on an apparent true story where a tiger shark attacked a group, in the movie a great white shark was used, so it cannot even be put in the documentary/reconstruction category.This is the worst movie I have seen but I would only recommend this to someone who wants to learn more about floating in the ocean.

BA_Harrison Of all the scary real-life situations I can imagine myself in, being stranded in shark-infested waters has got to be one of the worst, the agonising wait for something to rise unseen from the depths and rip a huge, ragged chunk out of my body being bloody terrifying. Directed by Andrew Traucki, who also helmed 'voracious croc' flick Black Water, shark thriller The Reef sees a group of unlucky Aussies faced with such a harrowing fate after their sailboat capsizes, their only hope of survival to swim to a small island on the horizon. As they make the 10-mile trek to safety, a ravenous great white shark hunts them one-by-one, dragging its terrified victims to a watery grave.As with Black Water, The Reef's effectiveness stems from its mounting threat of danger rather than actual shark attacks, which make up only a fraction of the running time and prove relatively gore-free when they happen; the terror in this film comes from what can't be seen—that lurking menace beneath the waves, waiting to strike. Traucki focuses on his characters' slowly deteriorating mental state as panic sets in, gradually cranking up the suspense and tension until the inevitable eventually happens; it's a surprisingly thrilling ride, despite the over-familiarity of the premise (see Open Water and Adrift) and the notable absence of teeth and fins for much of the time.