Rotten
[It] has many flaws, the foremost among these is the inability to indicate whether we're supposed to consider the savage behavior brought on by its crises as ambiguous or unassailably good.
Simon Abrams, Village Voice
Overview
A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building ... along with a 12-foot great white shark.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
47%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This likable trash occasionally outsmarts more moneyed Hollywood fish features.
Guy Lodge, Variety
Rotten
Rendall and screenwriters Russell Mulcahy and John Kim forget that in between bursts of tart, blood-drenched mayhem, there's a saggy, dumb chamber drama that's completely bland and under-seasoned.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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