Director Andrew Traucki’s sequel to his personal 2010 function The Reef options a complete new forged of Australian characters battling a hefty shark close to the Nice Barrier Reef, but it surely’s primarily the identical concept. Solely this time spherical, the practically fully feminine forged options two sisters and two of their associates on a kayaking tour that goes improper however not by means of any fault of their very own. Certainly, in a break with the standard blame-the-humans technique of those form of when-animals-attack tales, the landlubbers aren’t being punished by the universe for hubris, or a failure to heed the warnings or some such.
That mentioned, the previous does form the story: principal protagonist Nic (Teressa Liane) was traumatised 9 months earlier when her different sister was murdered by an abusive associate, drowned in her personal bathtub. Nic discovered her physique and ever since she’s been (maybe a bit irrationally) afraid of water and retains having super-swiftly-edited flashbacks the place she imagines she is being drowned herself.
It’s a tool that Traucki retains utilizing to indicate Nic’s panic, but in addition indicate that the shark is a type of metaphor for abusive males, therefore the phrase “stalked” within the title. PTSD freezes Nic in her kayak at a vital second, compelling her little sister Annie (Saskia Archer) to step up when one in all their associates will get picked off by a “man within the gray” – surfer slang for sharks, we're helpfully knowledgeable. Stakes are raised additional by blissfully unaware cute children enjoying on the shoreline, on whose behalf the ladies should paddle like billy-o to save lots of from a chomping.
Traucki manipulates the suspense competently sufficient, however this movie largely is dependent upon tedious jump-scares for its impact, and has a number of too many scenes the place somebody appears round in terror on the water with a nervous expression. The tense music is hackneyed and consequently about as biting as a minnow nip.
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