Shark Swarm (2008) poster
2008 · drama · horror · thriller · action

Shark Swarm

Directed by James A. Contner2h 38m2008
ElsewhereIMDb3.42k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, measured drama / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bloodthirsty hunters.

Our read · Shark Swarm (2008) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive drama · horror · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a long TV eco-thriller about toxin-maddened sharks attacking a town.

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 28attention 2/5feels its length
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Skip it tonightYou want tight pacing or convincing creature effects in your monster movie.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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