Granted, when I sat down to watch the 2012 movie "Dark Tide", I wasn't harboring much of any expectations to it. I hadn't heard about it, and the synopsis just sounded like another average and generic run-of-the-mill shark movie.
But since the movie was showing on TV and I hadn't already seen it, of course I watched it. After all, it was a shark movie.
And I have to admit that I was actually rather entertained by what writers Amy Sorlie and Ronnie Christensen managed to churn out here. The storyline was actually fairly interesting and well-written. So this movie did manage to entertain me.
The movie actually had a good enough ensemble of casted actors and actresses on the cast list. Halle Berry actually carried the movie quite well enough, but for me then it was Olivier Martinez whom was the star of the movie, as he put on the most memorable performance and had the most interesting character to portray on the screen. And Ralph Brown definitely put on a great performance as the very annoying and highly dislikable character Brady.
For a shark movie then "Dark Tide" was adequate. It could have had a bit more of shark attacks in it, if you were to ask me. Because, and let's just be honest here, isn't that why you watch shark movies? Yes it is.
But all in all, then "Dark Tide" proved entertaining and enjoyable. My rating of "Dark Tide" from director
John Stockwell lands on a six out of ten stars.