After a Tsunami hits a coastal town its inhabitants are left shell-shocked. None more so than a group of people trapped in a supermarket filled with rising water. Among them are Josh (Xavier Samuel), Tina (Sharni Vinson) and Kyle (Lincoln Lewis). Battling against the elements they are further stunned when a massive Great White Shark enters the fray. Terrified by this new addition their day becomes worse with their survival instincts the only thing saving them from certain death.
Directed with some creative flair by Kimble Rendall, ‘Bait’ is an exercise in pure exploitation. There’s a certain market for such a genre film who will no doubt view this with eagerness. It provides the exact amount of scare and gore one expects. Mixed in with the confines of the supermarket’s enclosed interior, it shows how some human characters can be just as shocking as those from the depths. These elements could have worked had the script not been so clichéd but generally succeeds as a scare-fest.
The ‘fun’ in such a production is guessing who survives with which ‘Bait’ effectively plays. That matches its ghoulish nature with the special effects and make-up going into over-drive. Much like some of the performances these sequences are hit and miss with some very poor moments descending the plot into sheer ridiculousness. Thankfully Rendall is careful not to slide the B-Grade material too much into hammy camp as the story creaks towards an explosive finale.
‘Bait’ doesn’t pretend to be the greatest Aussie movie made but is a decent shocker. It’s perfectly fine for what it is even if it doesn’t enhance the Great White Shark’s reputation any further than Jaws did decades ago.
Movie Review Rating out of 10: 6
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