Something in the Water (2024)

Something-in-the-Water-(2024)
Something in the Water (2024)

I have seen my fair share of ‘killer shark’ films because the stories are apparently abundant. People are still looking for another Jaws. I think it is safe to say that Hayley Easton’s Street’s movie Something In The Water is not that movie. It is not a bad movie as such, but it is not anything exceptional either, simply because it has a few cliches. To be fair, I am complaining over something that was never promised, which was an innovative killer shark film. Yet the film delivered what I wanted from the beginning, a movie with plenty of spectacular images, talented actors, and a strong array of scenes. While it is not the best movie to have ever been shot, it is most certainly above average.

I was watching the movie and there is a wedding that is being conducted on an island and a group of five women travels to the island to attend their friend’s wedding. But things turn ugly when during the marriages some guest gets bitten by the shark, this is the only disaster that the women face on the island while the bachelor is in the water.

The women try to return to land and fall into the water. Unfortunately, they are caught in a storm at sea while trying to come back. The scenario is certainly dark, to say the least! Are There Any Elements In The Water That Exceed Other Great White Shark Horror Movies? As for the case of Something in the Water, it’s not an excellent movie, but it’s not bad either–it’s a solid step up from pictures like: Shark Bait or The Requin films but it’s still not able to surpass The Reef Stalked.

Undeniably, the movie has some profound layers which set it apart from other movies within the same sphere. There’s no dragging intro. Nothing even the cuts is almost always into the heat of the game, a solid zero to sixty. For this particular instance, the approach is active and practical. The first time things got hot, I was unfazed, considering it a false alarm. The film writer Cat Clarke however, made me rather satisfied as she straightened the core topics the spectators wanted to hear. There’s always room for improvement which makes the events more interesting with the exception of the standard one false alarm. Yes, I can only hope this isn’t the last such banter we get to see in the movie but for now, it’s refreshing to break the loop.

Lin, McCarthy, and John L. both captured everything and amazed all with their artistry. Additionally, it is placed successfully in the tropic island location as well. In act one of the film, they show a number of tropical islands, elaborate where it is often set, and stunning images of the tropical island. There are good underwater shots that show how weak these ladies are if you may. The shot with arms hanging out from the waters makes the viewers look forward to the horrible visuals towards the end of the picture of the film.

And when mentioning the underwater shots, there is a particular part in the motion picture where characters present dissolve in, literally the oceans turn red. The blood appears to be enough to suck up all the water within the frame, believe me, even the edge of the frame is blood-red in color as well.

The sequence is brutal yet retains an artistic emotional element that captivates the audience. From the looks of it, the entire narrative is intertwined with the theme of beauty and tragedy. The image in the sequence uses a broad-range shot that portrays the main characters as mere dots when an ocean view is showcased. This only emphasizes how bare, stoic, and isolated these women are in the real world.

Other than the plot, the movie is rather funny at times. Something in the Water indeed showcases its strong characters’ verbally ridiculing each other at points. Intact family relations are the type that every once in a while has yelled, and that is perfectly normal considering the hour mark of the movie when it starts to lose its pace.

Multiple sources tend to contradict each other when reporting the film length but most agree it’s about 80 minutes with the credits excluded. Accounting for the duration, one would expect the rhythm and speed of the action to remain consistent throughout the entire film. But that is not usually the case however, what usually occurs is that the suspense is so high that it can be said one is highly likely to blow up.

There is a fight which I came to know in connection with the photo, some chief these bodily areas were too much of a show and even felt boring it turned to all foolery and the climax turned out badly. For the sake of being misleading we moved to minor issues. While the character dialogues do give a picture with the necessary intensity, unfortunately, the energy is lost because of the displacement in the action.

Even though the comments regarding this point go against the opinion of the audience, the intention is quite distinct. A viewer can after all not be too outraged. Since in this instance a counterpoint seems imperative, instead of preparing for the lowering of the background noise, one assumes it to remain at this level. In fact, had the film remained ninth in the series about Jason Bond in which he battles satanic cultists in holiday resorts, it would have achieved its singular aim as well.

Given my disordered head, it was depressing to watch a shark spinning in front of a viewer and flying towards the narrative’s bottom. I stand equally amused when people are asked to do things like smack a baseball bat toward a dead horse that is slung there. This is logical though, because sharks should be present and havoc should be present, and even if the shark does leave, it never does. In the sequence following the schism, a person off camera is dying, which is even sadder than the first death.

What’s interesting to note is that for the build-up which was close to perfect, interlocutors are at a loss to understand why that stag setting was so underwhelming. The level of tension can be increased toward the end of the film for instance but the perspective that the audience is returned to is that which was lost in the first fighting part of the sequence, which is a different narrative.

In order to serve the narrative more aptly, the editing in the third act of the film should be sharp enough to ensure that the utility of both the action and the attention had a wider scope but were more effective with this layered design. That being said, Something in the Water will surely make a fine addition to the sharksploitation subgenre. Just make sure to prepare for the fact that it will be available on VOD as well as in some theaters on May 3, 2024.

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