Razor-sharp teeth, pointed fins, and a powerful, muscular body – sharks are predators not to be trifled with. Their unique appearance and dominance of the ocean have led to them becoming the subject of numerous films , often blood-soaked horrors and heart-racing thrillers . Following its release on Netflix, one such film, Under Paris , has garnered a strong 65% Rotten Tomatoes rating and been dubbed ‘unbelievably good.
’ As the synopsis for the Xavier Gens-directed flick teases: ‘In order to save Paris from an international bloodbath, a grieving scientist is forced to face her tragic past when a giant shark appears in the Seine .’ From Bruce the Shark to The Meg, popular culture has embraced the elasmobranch with cinema immortalising their troubled relationship with humans over the decades – and possibly being the root cause of it . Perfect for the summer months as we head to the beach, these shark flicks will have you running from the waters.
After witnessing a horrific shark attack, Duncan Kennedy created Deep Blue Sea released in 1999. Starring Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, and LL Cool J, it tells the story of Dr Susan McAlester (Burrows) while she harvests the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks in a big to cure Alzheimer’s disease.
When the facility’s backers send executive Russell Franklin for a routine check on the experiments, a procedure goes awry and a shark begins attacking its human captors. It’s hardly Oscar ba.
