Maneater (2022)

Maneater (2022)

Ah, a new shark movie! I think they come out about once a year…
Let’s go for this one!

This shark movie won’t be joining my list of favorite films of the genre (Jaws, Open Water, Great White, 47 Meters Down, The Shallows), but it will be joining the ranks of all those Sharknado, Sharkenstein, Sharkula, Shark Avalanche, and Shark Land flops. However, this film isn’t the one I hated the most or felt was the biggest waste of time.

This isn’t the case for everyone, as this review shows: “Yet another trashy film in troubled waters, with the same old great white shark eating fresh meat, here rather poorly done and, what’s more, rather boring, with no surprises or interest…”

As a reminder, in reality, sharks generally live in water! I say this because of those trashy movies with sand sharks, mountain sharks, flying sharks, etc. So we find the same synopsis as many others.

The image quality is pretty good, the landscapes and sets are not too bad, with some nice shots. On the other hand, the CGI fish, which haven’t evolved in 20 years, don’t lend any credibility to the film. Some scenes are so ridiculous that you end up laughing… inevitably!

There’s nothing particularly original about it, but if the goal is just to entertain without thinking too much, it’s not too bad. There’s the girl who gets devoured and the father who decides to avenge her, despite the authorities trying to stop him, but who are not very dissuasive in the face of the anger of a grieving father.

We always see these young women in bikinis, with endless legs, sunbathing and smiling naively, accompanied by muscular guys who take care of everything or almost everything. But they are also the first to be attacked.

There are always people who don’t follow the rules, and they’re the ones who make for a good story! If you tell someone who is injured not to go in the water, so as not to attract sharks with blood, they’re bound to do it at some point.

There’s almost always a professional who gets caught out in a moment of distraction.

As you can see, it’s full of clichés, but let’s remember that we’re not here to ask questions or get hung up on things. That’s just the way it is!

Fans of B movies will probably be delighted to tell us that we don’t know how to have fun and that we don’t understand anything! I’ll take this opportunity to share two of their comments with you:

1) “A great film, the best shark movie ever, surpassing Jaws. I’d call it The Bitter Teeth! Great actors, great intelligent and interesting dialogue, it keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end! So much so that this film is scary and puts you off going swimming in the sea! I recommend it, it’ll perk you right up!”

2) “A film in the purest tradition of shark movies. The actors are frankly terrible, the special effects are shoddy, the script could fit in a swimsuit, and the film was shot in a maximum of four locations that are reused throughout the film (the sheriff’s office, the shark hunter’s house, the reef, the beach).

Special mention goes to the dialogue, which is particularly ridiculous and incoherent.

When I see that this film was released this year (2023), I find it reassuring because it tells me that there are still some good values out there that haven’t been lost…”

Well… I don’t really know what to do, except smile!

Clearly, even the most positive comments (5 stars) are ironic! That says it all…

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