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)
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