The Reef
2010 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 5.6 · 75% critics
After a sailboat capsizes near the Great Barrier Reef, a small group is left exposed in open water with no safe way back. As they try to stay together and make hard choices to survive, a great white shark begins circling, turning every moment into a tense fight against fear and exhaustion.
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-05-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (601 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, stripped-down shark survival story with a slow-burn build and a realistic, unsettling vibe, similar to Black Water or Rogue; Not for you if you need constant action or frequent shark attacks.
Pros: sustained suspense; raw, believable feel; strong acting | Cons: slow build; questionable decisions; limited shark sightings
Themes
- boat
- boat accident
- underwater
- shark
- great white shark
- animal horror
- absurd
- ambivalent
- ridiculous
Cast & crew
Damian Walshe-Howling
as Luke
Zoe Naylor
as Kate
Adrienne Pickering
as Suzie
Gyton Grantley
as Matt
Kieran Darcy-Smith
as Warren
Directed by Andrew Traucki