Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

nicholls_les It seems that a lot of people who review films in here try to make themselves sound clever and copy terms used by movie critics. But judging this film on it's merits rather what others say they think I loved it. Probably the most realistic shark movie I have seen ( let's face it Jaws looked like a fake shark and only the great acting saved it ) how they managed to film some of the sequences is beyond me especially the one where the guy near the beginning holds the Sharks nose and then gets killed. Now a word about the criticism of the lovely Halle Berry. These idiots saying she can't act, looks to glamorous etc are way off the mark in my opinion. In truth she would still look gorgeous if she had been dragged through a bush, but I don't think there was any attempt by her to look overly glam. She had me convinced and looked exactly the way I would expect her too. In the water she was amazing (unless that was a stunt double swimming?) OK the story had holes but so did Jaws and many other films like this but it was tense and had me on the edge of my seat at times. The only downside was the rather abrupt ending.

adi_2002 Kate has trained for many years to be able to swim with the sharks, he has the ability to sense, feel and when is a good time to join them without hurting you. In one expedition witch was lead by her, a colleague is killed by a shark and she can recover from this so she suspends her activity for almost a year. With bills that keep coming and the access to her boat is threaten, she need a way to pay the bank and recover her properties. Her boyfriend Jeff comes with an idea in witch she accompany a rich man addicted after dangerous sensation along with his son to the sea to swim with the sharks without a cage. She refuses knowing that this type of season is not good for this but with an arrangement of Jeff and without her knowing, agrees to indulge the millionaire. Things goes worst when they decide to go deep in the ocean and a power full storm overturns the boat and now they are in the position where are in the deep water along with dangerous and hungry sharks.Idea is good but unfortunately the movie is boring, the action develops too slow and there are only some good scene that are viewable, those that are underwater. Excepting this the film is quite annoying.

p-stepien Shark Valley near the Cape in Southern Africa is the optimal place for cage diving with the Great White. Or in the case of Kate Mathieson (Halle Berry) a superior opportunity to free dive with the monstrous sea fauna. Enticed by the intelligence and ferocious beauty, Kate dedicates her life to understanding the animals, thus earning the nickname Shark Whisperer. However, once her whispering remains unheard and a pesky shark chows down her father figure. This leads to Kate retreating from the water and leading a rundown life of ocean tour operator verging on bankruptcy. That is until her quasi-husband Jeff (Olivier Martinez) brings an offer that cannot be refused: entertain millionaire Will Brady (Ralph Brown) and his son Luke (Luke Tyler) the opportunity to swim with sharks in exchange for an obscene amount of cash.Save for monetary gain and the vacation of a lifetime, "Dark Tide" fails to truly deliver any explanation for its existence. Director John Stockwell obviously felt some one-on-one full-frontal action with sharks would make for a good movie, especially if it also incorporates hi-fives with seals, low-fives with penguins, riding the waves with dolphins and Halle Berry donning a bikini. Given the sharks turned out to be decent actors, the same can't however be said about the rest of the cast, who imitate impressions of former glory just to get a paycheck and have as much time to benefit from the surroundings as possible. The only somewhat interesting character is the obnoxious Will Brady, charmless and obvious fish chowder before the end credits. However, honestly I was hoping the rest of the cast get munched up as soon as possible, leaving the sharks to take over the remaining runtime and play out the remainder of the movie as a National Geographic documentary.The clumsy script naturally doesn't help, not sure of whether its more on the side of "The Big Blue" action-drama or the "Jaws" thriller-killer. Thankfully or not, the sharks seem to have the best fleshed out characters, not senseless killers, but predatory animals which work within their own set of rules. Overseeing them is a clichéd and lumbered tale with no ambition or zeal.

bradroxbury Pros: Halle Berry's Body, South Africa footage, Shark Footage Cons:No Plot, Boring, Predictable, No sympathy for any charactersBottomline: If your waiting trial in Thailand for those silly drugs you had in your cavity, sure give it a watch. Otherwise watch Swordfish again(wink! Wink!)By submitting this review you are agreeing to the terms laid out in our Copyright Statement. Your submission must be your own original work. Your review will normally be posted on the site within 2-3 business days. Reviews that do not meet the guidelines will not be posted. Please write in English only. HTML or boards mark-up is not supported though paragraph breaks will be inserted if you leave a blank line between paragraph.