Dangerous Animals

...a rare shark film that doesn’t try to outdo Jaws, instead using the ocean’s razor-toothed predators to a different end.

...gets the job done, but were it not for Jai Courtney, this would fall somewhere in the realm of any film about a kidnapee.

It’s an efficient, clever genre mash-up that works because of how well Byrne blocks its action, employs an old-fashioned score, and directs his actors to visceral performances.

Predators and prey share the same terrain in this psychologically twisted shark thriller from genre filmmaker Sean Byrne.

As a piece of horror filmmaking, it's highly effective and innovative, and when Zephyr becomes in peril, it's intense to watch too.

It’s fascinating and enlivening to watch how the fusion of two intensely familiar subgenres–serial killer thriller and shark-starring B-movie–can result in a work that is somehow brimming with life and verve.