Bait (2012)

John Chard

6.0

Oct 13, 2015

Sharkunami Gone Barmy! When a tsunami traps shoppers inside a coastal Australian supermarket, their survival prospects are reduced even further when Great White Sharks find their way into the area. It's as nutty as it sounds, a bonkers but wonderfully genius premise is played out with "B" movie heart and a smile on its face. Standard rules apply, there's a myriad of characters who are in need of redemption or reconciliations, and of course it's a time for heroes and villains to thrust themselves forward. Action and suspense is never far away, and neither is blood! There's even some humou…

Not a bad Shark horror film, since Jaws. The Aussies never disappoint.

The Movie Mob

6.0

Oct 21, 2022

**Bait isn't groundbreaking or particularly impressive but slightly edges out typical low-budget shark flicks with a creative setting.** Bait's concept and setting bear similarities to 2019's alligator thriller Crawl. A tsunami traps a small band of survivors in a flooded underground supermarket with hungry man-eating great whites. The quality doesn't rise to the level of The Shallows or Crawl, but it's pretty solid for a non-Hollywood 3D low-budget film. I was expecting a goofy shark film with dreadful performances (which I love) and was surprised by something a little better. Don't get me…