The Reef (2010)
4/10
The Reef
11 February 2011
Warning: Spoilers
If you've seen Open Water or Adrift, then this film is the same thing again, but with a sprinkle of the Jaws thing, and it claims to be based on a true story, I guessed that from the DVD cover. Basically four friends: Luke (Damian Walshe-Howling), Matt (Gyton Grantley), Matt's girlfriend Suzie (Adrienne Pickering) from London, and Matt's sister and Luke's ex-girlfriend Kate (Zoe Naylor) from Sydney, are getting together. They are going sailing in the oceans of Indonesia, with sailor Warren (Kieran Darcy-Smith) steering, and have some fun on a small island and swimming a little in the water itself. But when the vessel hits a rock underneath it capsizes, turning the boat upside down and it is bobbing like a cork as it continues to sink. Sitting on top of the capsized boat the friends are not confident that they will be rescued for a long while, Luke thinks if they swim towards Turtle Island, Queensland, Australia there is better chance of rescue. The journey is a few miles away, but they know if they stay on the boat the current will drift them further out to sea, so while the four friends swim away, Warren refuses and wants to stay where he is. So the friends have swam right out to ocean following the compass on Luke's watch, and there was a concern it would happen, soon enough they realise there is a great white shark stalking them. Matt is the first to be eaten when he tries to get his support float back, and now the friends are swimming as fast as they can, risking a sleep as well. One of the girls gets eaten just before they finally see the island they need to reach, the two remaining friends rest occasionally on the reef rocks, but Luke gets eaten as well and the last remaining girl is alone. The final text says that she did get rescued the next day, and Warren who stayed behind on the boat, neither he or any remains of the boat were found. Also starring Mark Simpson as Shane. Whether the story is true or not, I don't know, I would personally doubt it it, it's probably like The Fourth Kind fib thing, it is a little low on the scare factor, and the scripting is pretty predictable, I preferred the similar themed films, but it's not a bad thriller. Okay!
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