The Shallows

Jaume Collet-Serra's The Shallows is a forgettable surfer versus shark flick with Blake Lively as the imperiled vacationer. Suspense is extremely mild and the back story half-assed; as are the gratuitous, Millennial attracting inclusions of screens within screens. Lively's performance is OK and her bod and the Australian settings that stand in for Mexico are magnificent. The overall effect, though, is negligible, even for a mindless popcorn flick. I got more of a buzz from the idiotic Sharknado pictures. (7/26/17)
at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
  • Disclosure Day
    Emily Blunt I was somewhat disappointed by Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day . Technically, the film is superbly wrought, no surprise, a...
  • The Devil's Bride
    Groovy! Arunas Zebriunas' dotty film  The Devil's Bride is a Lithuanian rock opera released in 1974 . Mr Zebrunas was assisted in co...
  • A night with Lou Reed
    Lou Reed A night with Lou Reed is a terrific concert video taken from a show at The Bottom Line in New York City in February of 1983. The ne...
  • Resident Evil
    Austin Abrams  Zach Cregger's Resident Evil  is a deserved hit with both the critics and the public. The youngsters and gamers seem to l...
  • Normal
    Bob Odenkirk and f(r)iends Ben Wheatley's Normal combines small town atmosphere, propellant bursts of action, and dark comedy. Bob Odenk...