“The Requin,” a new shark film that waits roughly an hour. Before presenting big predatory fish action, it is sure to irritate fans of cheap thrills and corny B-movies. That alone may turn off viewers, given that “The Requin” is barely 89 minutes long. It mostly plays out as a soapy two-hander about survivor’s guilt. After a rainstorm destroys their above-water Vietnamese mansion. A heartbroken married couple (Alicia Silverstone and James Tupper) is stranded at sea. His leg is broken, her phone is dead. No one, not even the local sharks, knows where they are. So what could be the Requin Ending!
“The Requin,” which was shot with a few green screens in Universal Studios, Orlando. Appears to have been taped live during a particularly tense Zoom conference. Some shoddy image compositing makes the film appear cheap. Some mediocre speech doesn’t help matters much. Especially when tensions rise, as they do frequently.
About The Requin:
Silverstone’s unguarded and convincingly freaked-out portrayal. On the other hand, makes it simple to follow writer/director Le-Van Kiet. As he draws the audience in until the film’s frenzied and mostly satisfying conclusion. After “Furie,” Kiet’s riveting 2019 Vietnamese martial arts thriller. “The Requin” may not be the ideal display for his talent. but it’s consistently engaging, which compensates for the film’s other flaws.
Storyline of The Requin:
Jaelyn (Silverstone) is a frightened tourist who travels on vacation with her husband Kyle (Tupper). To forget about a recent miscarriage. Everything from her inability to sleep to her frantic refusal. To accept Kyle’s feeble attempts at consolation. (“The baby didn’t have a heartbeat, thus she didn’t have a chance”) is overshadowed by Jaelyn’s sadness. During the film’s extended pre-shark build-up.
The majority of the film is set in Jaelyn and Kyle’s tiny over-water cottage. There is no Wi-Fi, no food, or drinkable water. There are few signs of human existence in the area. Silverstone’s performance has to make up for a lot in this hostile environment. She rises to the occasion with a powerful performance. The performance that is never too pitchy or over-the-top.
Silverstone plays Jaelyn, a thankless role that few B-movie actors care to cultivate. Because this type of character is frequently an afterthought throughout. Both the drafting and filming processes. Still, Silverstone is so invested in her role that Jaelyn rarely comes off as a generic meat puppet. At the very least, she serves as a distraction when Kiet takes too long to deliver the bloody goods.
The Requin Ending:
The Requin Ending is something like this… Kiet, on the other hand, succeeds in keeping spectators guessing. To the point where being kept guessing for so long appears more amazing. Amazing than the rest of the film’s microbudget charms. Later scenes involving an unsubtitled Vietnamese fisherman (Danny Chung). At least one good fake-out are fascinating (and gory). Kiet’s soft-boiled psychodrama technique also extends to the film’s more spectacular episodes. Since Kiet’s thought about how to convey Jaelyn’s situational jeopardy. In ways that put us in her skin and on a budget, his shark attack set pieces are horrible. This is all about The Requin Ending.
I can’t see a world in which “The Requin” finds a receptive audience outside of shark aficionados. Alicia Silverstone fans and/or promising Vietnamese-American filmmakers. Fans of shark films may wish for more. Especially if they come across clips from the film in auto-playing videos shared by social-media-savvy cinephiles.
Despite this, “The Requin” doesn’t offer a decent Silverstone performance enough backing. It is a shame because her character shouldn’t have had to do any emotional heavy lifting. Given the film’s nature as a when-animals-attack cheapie. I don’t think you can appreciate “The Requin” just because of its flaws, but there’s plenty here to make the 89 minutes fly by.
Review of The Requin
The worst thing I can say about “The Requin”—whose title is confusing. Because the “requin” shark is more of a supporting character than a co-lead. Kiet’s ear for pulpy language could be better. I mean, it’s great to see Jaelyn and Kyle as a happy, supporting relationship. But there’s just not enough dramatic variation or tension in so many scenes. Where he comforts her while she tries to balance teeth-grinding hysterics with fight-or-flight adrenaline.
There’s some faint gallows humor sprinkled throughout. But Kiet doesn’t seem to have had the resources or encouragement to get clunkers like. “I dragged us into this situation” off the ground. We would not have ended up here if it hadn’t been for my fear.” Wasn’t there supposed to be a shark in the picture?
Box Copy That Is Over The Top – The Conclusion for The Requin
So far, nothing. The film’s cover has a shot of a large shark about to plunge its chompers into Jaelyn. Which isn’t horrible, but it also features a shot of a massive shark about to sink its chompers into Jaelyn. Let’s disappoint them. killer-shark movie enthusiasts, right now: there are no sharks in the majority of this film. And when it does, let’s just say the creators of Syfy’s schlock-at-sea mockbusters. That must be fairly pleased with their CGI integration talents. We’ll return to it later.
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