Possible Spoilers.
A seaplane operator couple and their passengers become stranded miles from shore.
In a sea of shark survival films, Open Water, Reef, Adrift to name a few, director Martin Wilson offers one of the better-made outings of the genre. However, writer Michael Boughen’s dialogue and setups are at times painfully repetitive. There's only so many times people can fall out of a raft or stupidly argue. Thankfully, Wilson delivers some interesting camera tricks along with Tony O'Loughla's cinematography and creates a scary feeling with the black abyss and scale of the open sea. While the CGI is a little hit and miss, the real shark footage and on-location shots keep things visually interesting.
It's played straight and the cast do their professional best with some lapses in logic. Great White has its own actress Katrina Bowden (a Christine Taylor lookalike) channels Blake Lively as Kaz. Bowden does a great job alongside Mathew Matthew McConaughey-alike Aaron Jakubenko who plays a likeable shark attack survivor Charlie Brody.
Subjectively it's better than 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Frenzy (which also features a plane crash) but is debatably not as good as The Shallows or 47 Meters Down. Along with the fantastic looking and well-staged shipwreck last act, the scenery, makeup effects and the real shark footage is impressive.
The fact that it carries the title - Great White - you go in expecting more, not just a two-for-one on great whites. Nevertheless, Wilson does well with the budget, building enough tension and creating shark scares to make it worth a watch.
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