- Directed by: Sean Byrne
- Written by: Nick Lepard
- Stars: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston
- Run Time: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes
- Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxG741IEFUc
Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone
This was a little reminiscent of “Wolf Creek,” with an Australian serial killer who has been at his work for quite some time. Tucker, the baddie, finally meets his match when he pursues Zephyr. It’s a little on the predictable side, but it’s well made with a good cast and it entertains.
Spoilery Synopsis
A young couple walks out to the pier. Tucker shows up for Greg and Heather, who want to hire his boat. He makes a joke about no one knowing they’re even here, and then takes them out to swim with the sharks. On the way out, he tells the story about how he was attacked by a shark when he was seven, and then he shows them the scar.
Tucker dumps some chum overboard to attract a shark, as the young people watch the sharks arrive. Tucker sings “Baby Shark” to calm them down. Greg and Heather climb into the shark cage and go down. There are a lot of sharks down there, and Heather eventually calms down to enjoy the show.
Tucker pulls them up, and when Greg gets out of the cage, Tucker stabs him and pushes him overboard. “Welcome aboard,” Tucker says as credits roll.
Zephyr and Moses are at a convenience store. He needs a ride and “convinces” her to take him. Turns out, they’re both surfers and start talking about that. They end up going home together for sex.
Very early in the morning, Zephyr goes out to the dark beach and gets ready to surf. She left her fin key at Moses’s place and borrows one from Tucker. As she texts Moses, Tucker grabs her from behind. He sedates and ties her up, then loads her into his truck.
Moses arrives at the surfing spot and parks next to Zephyr’s van, but she’s nowhere to be seen. A while later, he sees her van being towed and goes to the police.
Zephyr wakes up chained to a bed next to Heather, who’s also chained. They’re on Tucker’s boat, way out in the ocean. Heather tells Zephyr what happened to Greg. Tucker comes in with food and water. The water is drugged, and both girls pass out.
Zephyr wakes up tied to a chair on deck; Heather is chained to a harness and a hoist, and Tucker has a video camera. He talks about his “true calling.” He uses the hoist to pick up and lower Heather into the chum-filled water. He videos the whole resulting shark feeding frenzy. “Tell me that ain’t the greatest show on Earth.” He says he’ll do the same to Zephyr tomorrow night.
We soon see that Tucker’s been at this a while, with dozens of former victims. Back on shore, Moses looks all over for Zephyr, but she’s still not there. He does find her surfboard and gets the police involved in a real search. He uses the beach-cams to see Tucker’s truck on the night he kidnapped Zephyr.
Zephyr manages to knock out Tucker and get his keys. She runs up to the control room and uses the radio, but Tucker injects her and she passes out again. She manages to throw Tucker’s video camera overboard before jumping over herself.
Tucker goes back to the dock to buy a new camera and avoids his annoying pier neighbor, Dave. Meanwhile, Moses calls Tucker and then heads to the marina. He boards the boat, hears Zephyr, breaks in, and finds her. Tucker shows up, and the two fight until neighbor Dave shows up to get involved. Dave doesn’t live long after that.
Now, with both of them chained to bed, Zephyr and Moses talk about relationships. It’s not long before Moses finds himself in the shark harness– in broad daylight. Moses hangs there, perfectly still, and the sharks go away. Tucker stabs Moses and puts him right back in the water. When a helicopter flies over, Tucker puts them both back in their cell in a hurry.
Zephyr breaks her own thumb to get out of the handcuffs. That doesn’t work, so she chews her own thumb off instead. She traps Tucker in the cell, but he’s smart and knows a way out.
She jumps overboard and swims toward the resort on the horizon. He chases her in his dinghy and catches her. They go back to the boat.
This time, he puts Moses in the viewer seat while Zephyr hangs from the harness. As he gives a speech, the biggest shark he’s ever seen comes up to the boat. Somehow, she gets loose from the harness and comes face to face with the big shark.
Zephyr crawls back onto the boat and shoots Tucker with a harpoon gun; he goes overboard and the shark gets him. As the shark swims away, Zephyr’s foot gets caught in the harpoon line, and she goes overboard as well.
Moses, still cuffed to the chair, passes out. Zephy eventually swims back to the boat, can’t wake Moses up, and shoots off a flare for help. A nearby party boat sees the flare and heads their way.
Brian’s Commentary
It’s essentially “Wolf Creek” on the ocean. It’s even got the same accents. Jai Courtney is very good here as Tucker, totally crazy and yet fun to watch. I dunno about the whole videotaping-while-a-shark-eats-you part of it, but I’m sure there are plenty of serial killers out on boats in the ocean.
It’s all pretty predictable, but it’s well made, looks good, and doesn’t get boring. Overall, I did like it.
Kevin’s Commentary
I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. Shark movies tend to be overdone and on the mediocre side. We could see where things were going for the most part, but this was pretty well made and entertaining. I’d say see one if you like shark movies, and especially if you’re a fan of “Wolf Creek.”