Dáire’s review
Jai Courtney stars as Tucker a shark obsessed killer running a literal tourist trap who
abducts a drifting surfer, Zephyr (played by Hassie Harrison). Zephyr now has to escape the
deranged clutches of a cold blooded murderer. All the while Moses (Josh Heuston) searches
for her the day after their first date.
While Jai Courney, particularly, has fun and leans into a campy and over the top
character much of the rest of the film is meandering. The movie contains many elements that
build a quality experience but packs in too many from different genres, leading to a stalled
viewing.
The visual effects, water sequences, gore and, obviously, sharks are well done.
Having some stand out moments of carnage that are quite hard hitting and, contrastly,
moments of calm, used for soothing and early effect as needed.
With good moments of sickening shock, corny romance and a hysterical horror-
comedy unfortunately I found it to be less then the sum its parts. I might leave it on in the
background of the background.
Aaron’s Review
Dangerous Animals by Sean Byrne is a decent mashup of genres, Byrne directed it
well and the actors all put in good performances with a special mention to Jai Courtney who
played his role fantastically well – you can tell he had fun with this role!
It’s about a thrill seeking, rebellious surfer named Zephyr, having a race against time,
as Jai Courtney plays a serial killer named Tucker, who is a shark obsessed fanatic, taking
advantage of tourists and young people by having them “take part” in ritualistic feedings for
sharks he gained a symbiotic relationship with.
All in all it’s a decent movie, the first act is a little dragged out and there are quite few
fakeouts and many instances where it could have ended but still a creative take on the
horror genre and Sean Byrne brings a fun and different movie to the table applying different
tropes to a bit of a goofy concept. Still a fun movie and I would recommend it purely for fact
that it’s creative and different, with Jai Courtney being a particular shining light.
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