What can counter a ruthless, cruel, toothy predator with a small brain, people who find themselves without protection in the ocean. Well-chosen actors professionally coped with their task, not letting you get bored carried away in the whirlpool of what is happening and erased the line between the screen and the terrible reality that was happening in the film. Perhaps because the actors did not overplay and tried to avoid beaten cinematic poses, and the script is concise and most truthful, the director managed to create an instructive, scary and interesting film.
The other day I wanted to see a movie about sharks, and I chose “In the mouth of the ocean” in 2020, because this film I have not seen.
The plot revolves around how a couple of young people - Charlie and Kaz, as well as their companion Benny take on the responsibility of bringing spouses Michelle and Jogi to the island to fulfill their grandfather's last wish and scattered his ashes in this place. On the island, they find the body of a man who died from a shark attack, in his phone joint photos with a girl – the guys think she may be alive and go in search.
Everything is beautiful in this story! Why did they go out on their own and not call rescuers? Why didn't they come up with a backup plan and assess all the risks? Why didn’t at least 1 of the group go back to call rescuers? In general, in principle, the guys paid for their rashness in the film.
Add to this the quarrels between the group, which for some reason all boiled down to the fee in the side of Benny, who, for a moment, did most for rescue and least panicked. Therefore, he should be reproached last.
Heroes do stupid things - lose at an important moment the paddle from the raft, forget the spare lighthouse on the plane, etc. To them you do not feel the slightest attraction and sympathy, their deaths do not touch the viewer. You just take it for granted. The film is extremely smooth and predictable, here are collected all the clichés that occur in this genre.
I have nothing to say about acting, the actors live as long as they need until they are eaten by a shark. There is no question of any heartbreaking and touching acting game. Like I said, the audience just doesn’t care about the characters.
So what do we have? The graphics are not very, the acting does not touch, the plot does not catch. . . passerby
5 out of 10
It seems to be dead until it bites. The black dim eyes rotate, and then you hear a terrible groaning, and the ocean stains with blood. Fighting and twitching is useless, sharks will pounce and tear you to pieces.
From the story of the old sailor Quint about the death of the "Indianapolis" (K/f "Jaws", 1975)
In the middle of a huge ocean, young people are in distress on a taut inflatable raft. Their plane has already been lying at the bottom of the sea for a whole day, but rescuers and the coast guard for some reason are in no hurry to come to their aid. The poor have almost no water, they also have nothing to eat, it would seem, there is something to slide into despair. However, this heap of problems clearly pales against the background of the fact that the great white shark is dangerously close to young people. She has recently tasted human blood and will stop at nothing to find a new victim.
If you seriously expect something more from this film, then it is better to immediately give up all your hopes. “In the mouth of the ocean” is simply not able to give its viewer something new, as the theme of sharks in the movie has long been boring everyone and stuffed a terrible edge on the teeth. Already shot so many pictures with similar plots, but they all only drive the genre deeper into a deep peak, from which there is no way out. The same running in a circle, all the same motives and actions of the characters, only the names and places of events change. So don’t expect Martin Wilson’s work to be an adequate story, it’s just not there.
“In the mouth of the ocean” – the movie is fresh, it is sterile and tasteless. In it, all the moves are known in advance, there is little intrigue here, because the whole situation, which is the basis of the plot, is absurd and has no iron laws of logic. As always, the heroes will argue with each other, sometimes even fight and throw tantrums. Periodically, the characters create complete nonsense, forgetting, for example, a spare lighthouse in a sinking plane or on the move losing oars from the raft. That is, the survival instinct is not the strongest side for youngsters caught in the bind. In real life, they would be eaten immediately.
The tactics of shark attack here are also unimportant, although the director focuses on the fact that people are hunted by a real cannibal. One way or another, but it takes almost an hour for the authors to show extremely hysterical personalities who happened to be together by chance. The shark is given a little time, it is completely depicted graphically, and this is done extremely poorly. Moments of attack or struggle are set in the picture in such a way that they are boring to watch, episodes are banal and simple, it will not be difficult for the viewer to guess the denouement of a particular fight.
“In the mouth of the ocean” can be praised only for the beautiful nature, islands and oceans. But the local flora and fauna is not a plus for the director, because without them the film would have become gray and much more dull. In the presence of bright colors, rich seascapes and coral archipelagos, the general background has the right to exist. There is something to praise the operator, the picture is tolerable, sometimes even beautiful and very juicy. However, this is not enough to push the toothless plot forward, because the audience in such films is waiting for blood and spectacle, with which Martin Wilson has a great strain.
If a character dies in this movie, his death is unlikely to take anyone. The characters in the film are faceless, their names fly out of memory, most of them have weak characters and are not drawn to the role of savior. The actors are tolerable, but to be honest, they have nowhere to swing. The story itself is secondary, it does not provide food for the mind, and for artists there is no flight of fantasy. Just another extras, the fate of which is reduced to the fact that one of them will be on the screen in the belly of a shark. Some are lucky, others are not. Here is the whole unpretentious drama, whose pathetic attempts to act out the tragedy cause slight chuckles from the viewer.
It is not even clear why for the sake of another woe-creator ventured to remove another tracing from the above-mentioned "Jaws"? What Spielberg once did is no longer working. How many such cheap projects have drowned in oblivion? It is difficult to count, since even today in wide rental throw terrible fakes under the classics. You will forget this immediately, because this movie does not catch your eye, it does not have the same skill and talent, from the symbiosis of which masterpieces grow. “In the mouth of madness” is such a bloodless tape that even the blood on the screen is fake.
The result is disappointing. The genre itself is deadlocked, sharks in the cinema are not yet interesting to anyone so that everyone who is not lazy wipes their feet on this topic. The next beginners rivet their films, the budget of which can fit in a tight fist, no more. You can look here only at pretty actresses, beautiful ocean and local tropical distances. Everything is as deaf as in a tank. Complete stagnation of direction, the film is naive and empty, it does not smell of horror stories. The sharks are a bit hurtful, but what can we do? These are the realities of our day.
It's a little weak this time. Together with its heroes, the movie dragged to the bottom and its creator.
4 out of 10
In the mouth of the ocean or another movie about sharks, which claimed something interesting
I've been interested in sharks since I was a kid, and as I grew up, my interest in marine wildlife was not lost, and I've watched a lot of documentaries. Shark movies have always fascinated me. Personally, for me, one of my favorite shark films is ' Deep Blue Sea' directed by Renee Harling, in this film the plot was associated with guinea pig sharks, which puts it slightly in a separate row compared to other shark films, but that’s why the film was even more interesting.
Unfortunately, there aren’t many good shark movies coming out at the moment, and for the most part, all of these movies are pathetic like shark movies, but you can still watch them to give your assessment and compare them to other movies.
This film ' Great White'' or in 'Captains of the Ocean' was shot together with an Australian film studio, so, on the one hand, it gave the film a positive assessment, because, firstly, this is Australia, which is known for its beautiful landscapes and wildlife, and in Australia they are able to make films about wild animals and about predator attacks, so that for this the film can be given a positive assessment, but, alas, this is not enough.
The plot of the film is quite simple and banal (I do not doubt that now it is not easy to come up with something new and interesting, so you have to go by the cliché), a group of tourists goes to a coral island, which is absolutely deserted, for new and vivid impressions, but their plane crashes right in the middle of the ocean, and they have to survive on a lifeboat. It's very trivial and simple (I'll say it again) and I've seen it all before, especially in the documentaries that were presented as feature films, where people also had to survive in the ocean and find ways to survive against sharks. But still I will say that in films of this genre, the behavior of people is the priority and what people are capable of at a time of danger, their strengths and negative sides are always manifested (especially they show negative character traits). Also, I can attribute to small pluses a good acting of some actors, and so 'In the mouth of the ocean' - a secondary banal thriller about shark attack and about survival in conditions of absolute danger and hopelessness.
Hello, hello! I'm back with you, Jim Winorsky! Thank you, thank you, applause could have been louder. I remember I taught you a master class on shooting a super-mega-blockbuster on the example of my hit ' Sharks are free'. Well, the seeds fell into the fertile ground, and in 2021, a gunman named Martin Wilson tried to put all my advice into practice. Of course, to the level of master he is still far away, but still. All right, Martin, don't be sad. Let's look at 'In the mouth of the ocean' item by item. Let's go.
So, sharks. It’s cluttered, clichéd, clichéd... just what you need! You've done some good monsters. They are huge, like your megalodon, planes bite at once, brought up, again, through the door enter, just do not knock. I approve, in general. Flying would not hurt, consider the future.
Now the heroes. Who do you got? I am not used to stuffing my head with names, so I will call them to match the created images. Tired turned out well: a stupid look, emotions on a scale from 10 to 1 almost fell to one, not bad. And how she works under the water iron - a look. The oars didn't work that way. But I accidentally entered her profile on Kinopoika and came across photos, so the choice of the main character was obvious.
Next comes Goat. Great character. I set everyone up, but remained unperturbed until the very end. Most of all, I liked the scene where they stood under water together with Ustyla, as if at anchor.
I liked him very much, he must have been in business with him. And what, after all, assistants always from the first minutes of acquaintance with customers begin to roll up to the wife of the customer and shame her husband.
Bruce Lee is good! He bravely endured all adversity and bullying, and in the end he threw a beautiful answer. Respect.
Not at all. All right, the wives behave just like that: pull the beloved husband on a journey on the sea, which he fears to horror, favorably accept the greasy looks of the Lustful, and then, when her honor stood up, sit and sulk. Nice!
Now the scenes are the most difficult to understand. Would you believe I jumped in awe at the beach? I dreamed that you decided to cram a zombie here, but the experience is still not enough, in the future be bolder.
Very caught the moment when a pair of sharks in all pairs rush to the raft, and there Tired with the Goat a sensual moment. The good news is that it would take two seconds for the animals to reach the heroes, but they, as I understood when they heard the conversation, stood upright on their tails to listen, but only had time to wipe tears with handkerchiefs. Only at the end of the explanation did they attack. I was very sad, really.
What an epic battle. I take it your heroes had gills, didn't they? They felt so comfortable under water, and scuba so, for beauty in the hands of a spit. A resurrection kiss the Prince of Snow White himself would envy.
What's the end? I love that feeling when the credits start and you sit there thinking, I mean, you don't think there's a thought in your head.
What I want to say, Martin, you did well: built a cool poster, the trailer is beautiful, in short, lured potential viewers by all the rules. And in the end, I hit it hard. My school, good luck, dear, and development.
I'm going to take a look at the pictures.
As a fierce fan of the horror film and shark thriller genre, I always look forward to the emergence of new representatives of the genre with special interest and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, not always, and perhaps even extremely rarely, filmmakers reciprocate. In this regard, most of the representatives of the genre is almost impossible to watch. Unfortunately, the exception to the rules of this film directed by Martin Wilson was not.
The plot of this film develops around a group of tourists who go for vivid impressions in a deserted coral island. However, upon their return, their plane crashes in the middle of the ocean, and the lifeboat is quickly discovered by white sharks.
The main disadvantage of the script of this tape is its absolute secondaryness. I agree that it is extremely difficult to come up with something new in this genre. However, it is still possible to try to bring some innovations or just competently present this very story. In this case, we have another retelling of a long-overdue plot, which was played out in various films more than a dozen times. Compounding the situation with the total cretinism of the main characters, which becomes a source of an abundance of absolutely stupid moments. This makes it even more difficult to see what is happening on the screen.
Martin Wilson also lacks stars from the sky. On the one hand, the film has some really interesting visual scenes. This is mostly reflected in the first and last 10 minutes. However, in the end, this is not enough and not enough to pull this film, which for the most part boils down to pointless and stupid chatter with some intersperses of frankly secondary and unoriginally shot scenes.
Partially brightens up the film is not bad acting Katrina Bowden and Aaron Yakubenko. Tim Cano also played well. But his character is written so disgusting and repulsive that he does not cause anything but irritation.
3 out of 10
In the mouth of the ocean – this is another representative of the genre of horror film and thriller about sharks, which almost literally follows all the rules and precepts of the genre. Unfortunately, without even trying to bring something new to the story or competently present the available material on the screen. Thus, presenting to the audience a frankly weak and secondary film not poorly staged initial and final 10 minutes.
The film just came out and I immediately decided to read it. Shark theme has always been a tasty piece for the viewer, it is a pity that the truly worthy paintings in recent times once or twice and got tired. Australia set up a positive mood, which together with the United States were engaged in the development of the tape. Someone, and Australians know how to shoot thrillers about predator attacks.
The film is divided into several parts in its development. I just want to say that not everything is as smooth in the film in terms of interest in events as I would like. And if in the first stage, at the start, it can be attributed to a bundle, acquaintance with the characters, etc., although frankly, for a very long time we were led to a little bit interesting fragment, and that lasted a few seconds. But there was no hope.
Closer to the middle, it seemed that the heat went, entertaining actions began, problems for the main characters and other interesting events. I also want to mention the special effects and other action moments, including the crash of the plane. It was done perfectly, believed what was happening on the screen one hundred percent. But as soon as it would seem everything goes to the most interesting and comes the decisive stage went incredible charm. Boredom, as it seemed at first! But I was wrong! It's a real acting game. The characters behaved accordingly: panicked, made wrong decisions, argued, in general fought for life. This is perfectly conveyed to the viewer, zero claims. And even all the innocent conversations that skipped between the cases, as if the ladies were on vacation, did not spoil the picture.
In fact, in such tapes, it is human behavior that is at the forefront of everything. How a person copes with fear and becomes aware of who will survive and who will not. Human psychology is a delicate thing, someone will break instantly, and someone will drag all the other comrades in misfortune. Panic is an evil thing, you do not need to play with it, because for rash actions in many ways lies survival.
Well, the ending, like, with pepper, so to speak. Everything here is smooth and incredibly attractive. Those 20 minutes make the whole movie. A real fight against a dangerous and formidable enemy. And while about 80 percent of the movie doesn't show us sharks, it's just the fear of sharks, it's worth the wait. The degree heats up throughout the film, and in the end just explodes with powerful action. I’m incredibly happy with how the film ended, how hard and deadly the line was drawn under this film. It’s more of a drama, I think, than a horror movie, but when they mix together, they create a very high quality survival movie. As for the predators themselves, the sharks are made intelligently and convincingly, the graphics do not cut your eyes, thank you!
The actors did a great job with the roles. Quite interesting and vividly conveyed emotions and feelings of the characters, everyone believes and experiences. Someone is completely positive and deserves a separate love of the viewer, and someone looks scoundrel and scoundrel, but at the same time thoughts like ' yes you throw it to the sharks!' does not arise. There is nothing involved in the actors, but the main characters pleased with their play and persuasiveness.
I recommend this movie to watch! Lovers of horror animals should like, and an outside viewer can find something interesting in this tape. The film lasts less than an hour and a half and, although the film does not fly instantly, it looks cheerful and exciting. You will not be bored!
Another shark horror )), although it must be admitted - shot well, obvious stupidity of the characters' actions is not observed, everything is logical, the acting is present, the shark ... cunning, fast and devilishly intelligent)) and looks quite natural. You can watch, but you will not be afraid, everything is predictable and banal, from beginning to end.