Dangerous Animals (2025)
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A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
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... Zephyr
... Bruce Tucker
... Moses Markley
... Heather
... Greg
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I suppose if you are called “Zephyr” then you’re likely to be a bit of a free spirit, so when we meet this one (Hassie Harrison) we ought not to be surprised that she does pretty much what she likes when she likes. That includes having a one night stand with the rather drippy but fit-looking realtor “Moses” (Josh Heuston) before she absconds before pancakes to ride the waves. Thing is, she’s got no fin key so has to borrow one from the friendly “Tucker” (Jai Courtney) whom we already know is a bit of a wrong ‘un. Next thing, she awakens tied to a bed on a boat next to “Heather” (Ella Newton) with both ready to star in the ultimate in horror flicks sustained only by Vegemite sandwiches (on stodgy white bread, too!). With him holding all the cards, things don’t look too good for these two women but luckily “Zephyr” is a gutsy and resourceful young woman and meantime the hapless and pining “Moses” is concerned that she has gone missing-in-action and is trying to find out where she’s gone. Can fate be thwarted? Can he track down his chum in time? Hmmm. Well, sadly there just isn’t anything about this that leaves any doubt about the conclusion, and the episodic, start/stop/start again nature of the storytelling just strings us along with a series of implausible scenarios that pad it out with all the certainty of the undoubted denouement. Aided by some impressive underwater photography, this could have been quite a fun half hour if Sean Byrne had had the courage of his original convictions and just let the initial impetus do the work, but once the thing starts to repeat itself it just becomes a bit preposterous as serendipity takes just too great and frequent a role. Pity, it had potential.
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Dangerous Animals
I suppose if you are called “Zephyr” then you’re likely to be a bit of a free spirit, so when we meet this one (Hassie Harrison) we ought not to be surprised that she does pretty much what she likes when she likes. That includes having a one night stand with the rather drippy but fit-looking realtor “Moses” (Josh Heuston) before she absconds before pancakes to ride the waves. Thing is, she’s got no fin key so has to borrow one from the friendly “Tucker” (Jai Courtney) whom we already know is a bit of a wrong ‘un. Next thing, she awakens tied to a bed on a boat next to “Heather” (Ella Newton) with both ready to star in the ultimate in horror flicks sustained only by Vegemite sandwiches (on stodgy white bread, too!). With him holding all the cards, things don’t look too good for these two women but luckily “Zephyr” is a gutsy and resourceful young woman and meantime the hapless and pining “Moses” is concerned that she has gone missing-in-action and is trying to find out where she’s gone. Can fate be thwarted? Can he track down his chum in time? Hmmm. Well, sadly there just isn’t anything about this that leaves any doubt about the conclusion, and the episodic, start/stop/start again nature of the storytelling just strings us along with a series of implausible scenarios that pad it out with all the certainty of the undoubted denouement. Aided by some impressive underwater photography, this could have been quite a fun half hour if Sean Byrne had had the courage of his original convictions and just let the initial impetus do the work, but once the thing starts to repeat itself it just becomes a bit preposterous as serendipity takes just too great and frequent a role. Pity, it had potential.
What a great movie! It was super intense, not a single boring moment and most likely satisfying ending. I enjoyed this movie very much.
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Dangerous Animals
Cast
... Zephyr
... Bruce Tucker
... Moses Markley
... Heather
... Greg
... Dave
... Little Girl Lexi
... Cop
... Lexi's Young Mum
... Store Cashier
... Senior Constable Green
... Surfer 1
... Surfer 2
... Eva Groenen
... Dreadlock Girl
... SLSC Life Guard
Crew
... Director
... Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Director of Photography
... Editor
... Casting
... Costume Design
... Writer
... Production Design
... Set Decoration
... First Assistant Director
... Second Assistant Director
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Set Designer
... Boom Operator
... ADR Recording Engineer
... Foley Editor
... Sound Recordist
... Special Effects Technician
... Special Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects Coordinator
... Stunt Double
... Costume Supervisor
... Costume Assistant
... Key Costumer
... Colorist
... Location Manager
... Music Supervisor
... Script Supervisor
... Script Coordinator
... Cast Driver
... Production Runner
... Production Accountant
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Original Music Composer
... Sound Designer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Hair Designer
... Makeup Designer
... Associate Producer
... Associate Producer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Stunt Double
... "A" Camera Operator
... "B" Camera Operator
... Production Sound Mixer
... Gaffer
... Lighting Technician
... Makeup & Hair
... Key Hair Stylist
... Key Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Casting Associate
... Special Effects Makeup Artist
... Special Effects Technician
... Sound Supervisor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Sound Effects Designer
... Foley Editor
... Foley Supervisor
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