The Reef: Stalked

No pun intended - like many other movies before it, this does paint sharks in a ... well not flattery light. Which is a sham to say the least, when it comes to our perception of the animal itself. On the other hand, I reckon it is necessary to give us some tension and suspense.

That all being said, the premise itself is not really the best one. There are things in here, I would never really approve of. But it is what it is ... and we do have crazy people and situations .. with an even crazier "villain" ... and one that is way too hungry for its own good ... there are some interesting scenes in this ... and it does look kinda good, if you are into that sort of thing. Wasn't a fan of the previous Reef, but it was at least a little bit better for sure.

The Reef is one of my favourite shark movies. Traucki's first shark movie was harrowing, tense and frightening, succeeding to satisfy at every twist and turn. Unfortunately this sequel fails to live up to it on every level. The acting is a mixed bag, ranging from passable to laughable. The use of real shark footage is commendable but not as seamlessly well integrated as its predecessor. The music is unimaginative and repetitive. The characters are annoying. The shark acts like a monster from a Kaiju movie, rather than a shark. I should have known what to expect from the poster art.

This being said, there are positives to the movie. The first 40 minutes was well done and there were some scenes that showed glimpses of the tension of the first movie.

Worth a watch for the die hard shark-movie fan, but if you didn't enjoy the first one, or any other shark flicks, definitely skip this one.

'The Reef: Stalked' is mostly a misfire, but it's certainly better than other recent shark movies such as 'Great White', which was truly awful.

I will continue to follow Traucki's work, as a fan of his previous movies, hoping we see quality closer to that of the first movie again in the future.

I'm gonna keep this short. Terrible acting. Like really terrible. Very poor script. Like most shark movies obviously takes inspiration from "Jaws" but it's barely the same sport.

Characters doing stupid things and saying even dumber things. When talking about sharks one of the characters actually says "It's the big ones you need to look out for".

Dismissed.

Let's start off by saying that I loved the reef and I was looking forward to this one as soon as they announced it but after watching it, it was horrible. How can they do the first one so good graphics wise but in this one they tried using cheap cgi. They should have stuck with how they done the first one because it was phenomenal.

The Reef: Stalked (2022) is a standard bad movie. This movie is slow in the first 10 to 20 minutes, and it takes its time to get to the shark attacks.

The characters are standard, and when you see a backstory for one of the characters it does not give much for you to get behind them. I mostly did not care enough about them surviving the shark attacks.

The shark had a stock footage feel to it and when it attacks, I cannot see what is happening. The shark takes its time when attacking the characters, and it does things I do not believe it would do.

The shark attack scenes have a lot of shaky cam bubbles covering up what is happening, and the movie has an ending that I thought was average and slow paced.

I cannot recommend The Reef: Stalked (2022), because this movie is boring at times, and it has false jump scares or jump scares you can see coming.