UNDER PARIS

Someone had a macabre sense of humour when they decided to release a film about a mutant mako shark in the Seine River, six weeks before it hosts several open water swimming events as part of the Paris Olympic Games. What a mind f@ck! The rampant shark in ‘Under Paris’ is much larger than she should be and is breeding at a rapid rate … and eating people! A shark researcher and water police team are tasked with eliminating her before she turns a large triathlon swim into a bloodbath. I was expecting this to be very b-grade and a total rubbish but I enjoyed it and was pleasantly surprised overall. The CGI was mostly decent thanks to the 30 million AUD budget and the acting and script didn’t totally suck. There are the usual cliched characters who you know won’t survive but someone has to be the sacrificial shark food. I was on the side of the shark for the whole film and thought the ending was fitting. With this being one of the most watched movies of the year for Netflix, part two is already in the works. Oh and definitely don’t swim in the Seine, no matter what they tell you. It’s yuk.