Dangerous Animals
Dangerous Animals
When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
rg9400 reviewedJuly 23, 2025
Dangerous Animals was a breezy and entertaining movie. It was somewhat predictable, but I still found its runtime fly by in the theater. It has some really strong moments of intense tension. It'll also randomly suddenly have a beautiful shot, showing some cinematography chops, though I think some of this is frontloaded. I was hoping there would be more of that camerawork throughout, but it was still nice when it occured. Hassie Harrison plays a Jennifer Lawrence-lite style character, but she does a good job. Jai Courtney is hammy enough, but he lacked some of the screen presence required for the role. I think the movie's weakness is that it tries to develop a random and unnecessary romance subplot that eats up runtime. Cutting that would have made the movie leaner and more intense. I think the movie isn't slow necessarily, and it does have a unique premise compared to similar shark features that gives it more weight. I just think some tighter editing could have pushed it up a level.