When a Category 5 hurricane decimates a coastal town, the storm surge brings devastation, chaos, and something far more frightening onto shore: hungry sharks.
Direction
Wirkola's Norwegian deadpan meets American excess
Practical Effects
Practical gore when CGI sharks get too expensive
Acting
Hounsou giving Shakespearean gravitas to shark nonsense
Director
Tommy Wirkola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wirkola shot the entire third act in a repurposed Olympic swimming pool in Romania, dyed brown with coffee grounds and chocolate powder.
The film's 'playful' keyword isn't accidental — it directly references how 2010s shark movies (Sharknado, etc.) became ironic memes, and Wirkola's attempt to thread the needle between genuine tension and camp awareness.
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