Great White is not the worst way to spend 90 minutes but it does have issues. In the film seaplane tour operators Charlie and Kaz with their cook Benny take out a wealthy couple Joji and Michelle to Impervious Reef. There they find a victim of a shark attack and head back. On the way back they see an overturned boat, go to check it out and their plane sinks. They end up in a raft and get stalked by a a couple of great white sharks which are hunting together.
There is some tension in the film and the characters don't feel like cheap cardboard cutouts. All of them were fleshed out just enough that the viewer actually cares about what happens to them. The CGI is not great though and this was clearly done on a tight budget. The filmmakers tried to keep the sharks in the darkness and shadows as much as possible and this helps. There are however a few shark scenes that look very poor and this is a problem together with the ludicrous action in the final act as it becomes very unrealistic. Overall the first 30 minutes where the characters are introduced are good, the second act has some suspense but the action in the final third of the film is both unbelievable and predictable at times.
Overall this wasn't great given the story line and the budget constraints but was watchable. The acting is mostly decent. The film is not realistic especially in the final third but overall it is better than many shark themed thriller horrors. There are some cool shots and suspenseful moments but it could have been much better if the story was better developed.
There is some tension in the film and the characters don't feel like cheap cardboard cutouts. All of them were fleshed out just enough that the viewer actually cares about what happens to them. The CGI is not great though and this was clearly done on a tight budget. The filmmakers tried to keep the sharks in the darkness and shadows as much as possible and this helps. There are however a few shark scenes that look very poor and this is a problem together with the ludicrous action in the final act as it becomes very unrealistic. Overall the first 30 minutes where the characters are introduced are good, the second act has some suspense but the action in the final third of the film is both unbelievable and predictable at times.
Overall this wasn't great given the story line and the budget constraints but was watchable. The acting is mostly decent. The film is not realistic especially in the final third but overall it is better than many shark themed thriller horrors. There are some cool shots and suspenseful moments but it could have been much better if the story was better developed.