Bait

Its Jaws meets The Mist meets Rogue meets Cujo in this thriller about eleven people (After a Tsunami) being stranded in a supermarket and parking lot (Eight on the top floor and Three in the parking lot below) Trying to fight off two, twelve foot great white sharks. Now all I can ask myself is that if it can be just as much fun and excitement or even more than that of Snakes on a Plane! Bait consists of a few major flaws (One being the cars not flooding instantly when completely submerged underwater) but other than that factor and a small amount of scenes featuring bad CGI, It was a not only a fun and exciting time but also a suspenseful and gory thrill ride!Plot: As said before, it is about a tsunami consuming an entire city and a group of survivors must band together to try and survive this tragedy..... But if things were not bad enough there are two twelve foot great white sharks (one feasts on survivors in the supermarket and one attacks survivors down below in a parking lot) just adding to the tension! I thought they used there plots and stories very well, they were done right and even paid some homage's to films such as Cujo (The Car Being Attacked), The Mist (The Supermarket Setting) and Even Rogue (Mainly for it's survival tone but also for having a lot of characters and killing off so few is my reason why I chose Rogue over any other survival movie to compare it to!). I believe the best thing about the plot is that it is so small and yet so epic that it can't really have any plot-holes! The Plot works and it works to its full extent!Review: The movie can be considered as an either you love it or hate it kind of movie, but even if you don't like it say because of the survival story it still adds things that most survival movies don't and that Is tons of grisly gore.... But if you'd rather watch a movie filled with suspense, decent characters and perfect character development down time and don't mind having grisly gore to go along then this movie will work for you to! Basically the only reason this movie wouldn't be for you is if you despised or couldn't handle/tolerate grisly gore! This movie literally only has one bad actor, one or two bad CGI scenes and some flaws. I didn't notice any continuity errors while watching this flick. This movie does have a 3D version which I haven't seen but I actually wouldn't mind in doing so. This film is in my top five favorite shark flicks and it'll most likely stay like that for a couple of years unless, by some miracle they make a MEG movie (based tightly on the 1997 novel) then I'd probably adore that more hopefully!Acting: There is really only one bad actor which I did mention but I am not sure if that is because he is supposed to be crazy or what, but with the rest of the actors I really had no problem with their skills in creating great dialogue and emotions, In the emotions departments there were a few slip ups but they can easily be forgiven! You care about the characters and I didn't want some of them to get eaten, but a couple of them I wouldn't have minded to seeing the extra gore for their death considerably quicker!Gore: Fun, Grisly and Disturbing.... Lots of grisly and disturbing mangled corpses including people who have been crushed, decapitated, and lost limbs that are now float around everywhere; a man is torn in half in one of the most intense yet predictable ways I've seen in a long time. Lots of blood, a bloody spear and hook impalement and some more! It really never let down in this department!Bottom Line: Aside from some minor and a very few major problems, little bad CGI moments, and a bad actor this film really has a lot going for it. It even got a limited theatrical release.... It'll most likely not make a profit for its budget was $30,000,000 (according to IMDB) and it has been released in only limited theaters but I do hope they come up with an idea for a sequel. Some places (such as a mall or even a restaurant) could still be flooded and be infested with sharks.... They said their were a great deal of sharks following a pod of whales around the area so why not!Rated R for bloody violence, some grisly images, and languageBody Count: 6Is it worth the Buy on a scale of 1-10: 4 (For the movie that is worth three but for special features and everything else it is worth only one.For the Movie itself on a scale of 1-5: 4

3D guy, happy.

BOTTOM LINE: This is a solid fright film with a devious sense of humor and just enough bloody bits to keep it firmly in the "R" category. The acting is pretty decent, the film has good F/X (for the most part), and it moves right along to a satisfying conclusion. There are a boatload of shark movies that have flooded the shelves of video stores in recent years. Most of them are all wet. BAIT however is probably one of the best, most fiendishly clever efforts I've seen in a long time. An all-around solid horror effort with a strong replay value, the fishy frights found in BAIT come strongly recommended. 4 STARSTHE STORY: Offshore undersea quake generates a tidal wave which floods the lower levels of oceanfront strip mall shops in a coastal Australian city. Film focuses on the customers in a small convenience store who bite off more than they intended when the deadly wave fills the place with not only several feet of water, but a rather large & hungry Great White Shark as well. A nerve-wracking game of cat & mouse ensues, and as the water continues to rise the trapped patrons face an awful choice: drown... or be eaten.THOUGHTS: I have to tip my hat to the ingenious writers who reverse engineered a way in which to believably place a shark in a 7-11 to feed on customers. That's freaking brilliant. Best of all, as presented, the concept actually works quite well, without feeling contrived or insulting the viewer's intelligence. Another plus is that, being a foreign film, you probably won't recognize any of the actors. This ought to provide more of a challenge trying to figure out who will & won't survive, which should make your viewing experience more fun. Multiple interweaving stories for the handful of characters help keep your interest when the sharks aren't feeding, and fleshes out the cast a bit so they're more than just entrees on the menu. The fresh-faced group of mostly unknown young Aussie actors turn in good work, with Julian McMahon being the only name "star" to attract American viewers. F/X work is fairly ambitious for an independent flick; top notch animatronic sharks are blended with computer-generated work, with only a few spotty CGI shots. Good cinematography and uncomplicated direction serve the film well and keep the focus on the story, not on fancy camera moves or stylish set-ups.THE BLU-RAY: A good, if minimal hi-def release from Anchor Bay, BAIT offers a strong picture & solid audio. Video portion showcases sharp focus with no artifacting, pixelation, edge enhancement or crush that I could detect. The film's soundmix is clean and level. The only bonus content is a brief storyboard gallery. This movie can be had pretty cheaply here on Amazon now. I enjoyed it very much. Hopefully you will, too.

Der deutsche Titel ist wie so oft einfach Idiotisch und man denkt was verbirgt sich hier hinter wieder für ein Mist?Der Film spielt zwar in einem Supermarkt aber man erwartet einfach was anderes.Durch einen Tsunami werden einige Leute eingeschlossen in einem Kaufhaus zusammen mit 2 Haien.Man sollte von den Effekten nicht soviel erwarten, es ist grundsolide und für so eine Art Film wirklich in Ordnung, erinnert teilweise an Deep Blue Sea, mal sieht man das die Haie animiert sind und beim nächsten denkt man wieder wow der sieht echt aus.Der Film ist gute Unterhaltung für zwischendurch, habe Ihn auch in 3D geschaut und das macht wirklich was her, hätte Ich nicht gedachtEs ist durchgehend eine gute Tiefenwirkung da und sogar sehr gute Popout Effekte was Ich in diesem Maße nicht erwartet hätte.Fazit: Guter Tierhorror, man sollte einfach das Gehirn ausschalten und nicht darüber nachdenken was man da schaut dann macht der Film was her.

Die Haie sind wirklich sehr gut gemacht - die Schauspieler mit ein wenig Ausnahmen auch vollkommen Ok - die Story - Mega Cool - auch das Filmset ist richtig fett! Also, ich habe mich sehr gut unterhalten gefühlt. Die Australier machen immer bessere Filme - das 3D fand ich den Hammer - richtig gute Effekte - war selten so angetan vom 3D Modus.Also, Spitzenfilm - der Titel klingt trashig - aber bis auf ein paar Logikfehler ( Dichter 3er BMW und VW Bus unter Wasser ) etc. aber verdammt gutes Popcorn Kino!Weiter so! ( Nicht mit Sharknado vergleichbar !!! )

Klar, es ist nicht "Der weiße Hai", und man kann dabei auch keine tiefgründigen Dialoge erwarten.Aber immerhin hat man hier B-Darsteller mit A-Effekten kombiniert.Gut, nicht alle Effekte (Anfangssequenz) sind so gut gelungen, aber beim Rest hat man sich richtig Mühe gegeben.Auch in 3D weiß dieser Film durchaus zu überzeugen. Klarer Ton, astreines Bild.Die Story ist relativ simpel, aber darauf kommt es bei Popcorn-Kino auch nicht an.Der Film tut das, was man von einem Film erwartet, er unterhält!Und dass sogar, wenn man ihn ein drittes mal anschaut.Ganz im Gegensatz zu "Sharknado" und dem unsäglichen "Sharknado 2" oder "2 Headed Shark Attack", "Monster Shark" und den ganzen Machwerken aus den Billigschmieden chineastischen Undergrounds hat man wirklich Spaß an dem Film. Vorausgesetzt, man erwartet nicht einen in seiner Logik perfektionierten Haischocker.Vergleichbar ist dieser Film durchaus mit "Deep Blue Sea". Auch dort blieb die Logik auf der Strecke, aber er war auf jeden Fall sehenswert.Meine Empfehlung hat der Film auf jeden Fall.Also, 3D Brille aufsetzen, anschnallen, nicht nachdenken und "Bait" genießen!

La trama es tan inverosímil que raya en lo ridículo: un grupo de personas quedan atrapados dentro de un supermercado a merced de dos tiburones después de que un tsunami arrasa con la ciudad. No es tan ridícula como Sharknado pero tampoco una obra como Jaws, mas bien es de la línea de Deep Blue Sea, un churro bastante entretenido, bien dirigido y en 3D. Cabe mencionar que no recibió un estreno en cine y se fue directo a video en nuestro país, y que mal porque resulta buena opción para pasar el rato, si eres fan de películas de tiburones este es un buen titulo.El dvd tiene solo audio en ingles y subtítulos en inglés y español, de extras: solo unos storyboards, o lo que es lo mismo: nada destacable.

Quando si dice la fortuna: nel corso di una rapina a un supermercato si verifica un terremoto con conseguente tsunami (invero con tempi troppo ravvicinati rispetto alla scossa). I pochi superstiti restano intrappolati tra le macerie allagate in "compagnia" di una serie di simpatici pesciolini (e qualche serpente di mare - fa da comparsa, ma non protagonista ...c'è un limite alla fortuna ...). E' un film minimalista senza la spettacolarità (e i fondi) di altre produzioni del genere (ricordate il vecchio film Deep Blue Sea con Samuel L Jackson ?) ma ha delle discrete scene d'azione (non troppo splatter, visto il tema) anche se con effetti speciali low-cost.Come film non è male, come "giallo con gli squali" è più avvincente Shark Night