First words...
The movie title and screenplay are not remotely related to The Reef (a really bright nail-biting movie), shouldn't have dragged The Reef "initials" after itself and its same writer & director Andrew Traucki did a poor job in naming and promoting it as such.
That said, ...Stalked is a good movie up to the first kill. After that we just wait for it to finish. The acting is good though with true show of brave / frightened girly acting and emotions relational to itself, has gorgeous filming and cinematography and just heavily lacks in the logic and ending sections with average fields in between.
I for one don't compare it to Jaws, never had with any shark movie. Anybody doing so better stop watching future shark movies and have continuous re-watch of that suspenseful ground-breaking film.
What I liked most in ... Stalked was the acting and cinematography; what I disliked was the poor logic, average story, flow and ending.
There was a time before the first kill that despite the unrealistic situation and poor decisions, I stopped eating, stopped moving, eyes glued to the screen, while clinching my hands in dread and anticipation. Also, the water-level camera shots and filming were extraordinarily effective in ramping up the fear and tension. I have to admit though that after each heavy anticipation, what ensued was like a kitten jumping on a parrot chick in a kindergarten.
All that saying may depict an average to weak movie. It is not the case and just because the bad was more than the good, that doesn't mean that movie is an utter failure. It has character, it has courage and artificial wins in it against the predator and it nicely shows friendship and bonding. Although, if that bonding and friendship tightness ended up in the shark's stomach with torn up limbs and torsos, it would have been much more impactful.
And last but not least, to those viewers who rooted for the shark, I invite them to gather up in one nice friendly group at the ocean, actively change places with the girls, turn their "stupid" decisions to smart ones and beat the puny shark into a pulp.
I dare you...
The movie title and screenplay are not remotely related to The Reef (a really bright nail-biting movie), shouldn't have dragged The Reef "initials" after itself and its same writer & director Andrew Traucki did a poor job in naming and promoting it as such.
That said, ...Stalked is a good movie up to the first kill. After that we just wait for it to finish. The acting is good though with true show of brave / frightened girly acting and emotions relational to itself, has gorgeous filming and cinematography and just heavily lacks in the logic and ending sections with average fields in between.
I for one don't compare it to Jaws, never had with any shark movie. Anybody doing so better stop watching future shark movies and have continuous re-watch of that suspenseful ground-breaking film.
What I liked most in ... Stalked was the acting and cinematography; what I disliked was the poor logic, average story, flow and ending.
There was a time before the first kill that despite the unrealistic situation and poor decisions, I stopped eating, stopped moving, eyes glued to the screen, while clinching my hands in dread and anticipation. Also, the water-level camera shots and filming were extraordinarily effective in ramping up the fear and tension. I have to admit though that after each heavy anticipation, what ensued was like a kitten jumping on a parrot chick in a kindergarten.
All that saying may depict an average to weak movie. It is not the case and just because the bad was more than the good, that doesn't mean that movie is an utter failure. It has character, it has courage and artificial wins in it against the predator and it nicely shows friendship and bonding. Although, if that bonding and friendship tightness ended up in the shark's stomach with torn up limbs and torsos, it would have been much more impactful.
And last but not least, to those viewers who rooted for the shark, I invite them to gather up in one nice friendly group at the ocean, actively change places with the girls, turn their "stupid" decisions to smart ones and beat the puny shark into a pulp.
I dare you...
- Screenplay/story: 5
- Development: 7
- Realism: 6
- Entertainment: 7
- Acting: 7
- Filming/cinematography: 8
- VFX: 7
- Music/score: 7.5
- Depth: 5
- Logic: 3
- Flow: 6.5
- Horror/thriller: 6
- Ending: 3.