2008 · drama · horror · thriller
Shark Swarm
Directed by James A. Contner2h 38m2008
A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.
Our read: Shark Swarm (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive drama · horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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