Review – The Requin

The quotes section of this movie’s IMDb page includes only two entries, one of which is “Jaelyn: [fending off a shark] That’s right motherfucker.” That bit of Shakespearian wit is sadly indicative of the quality of the production as a whole. An American couple on a beach vacation in Southeast Asia find themselves adrift when their hut – which floats for some reason – gets swept out to sea in a storm. The title is literally French for “shark,” and yet the thing’s two thirds done before any killer fish put in an appearance. Which is good, because when they do show up they take the form of old stock footage and tragically terrible CGI. The closest this ever comes to entertaining is one character’s remark that he’s “gonna expect a discount on the room.” If memory serves, that’s also borrowed from the Bard of Avon, the last thing Duncan says before Macbeth stabs him. See if desperate