"No idea."
The shark movie is one of those genres with which there seems to be very little room for manoeuvre or creativity, and in this barmy French Netflix effort a very serious trio - a brittle marine biologist, a blue-haired climate activist and a wary police officer - team up to get rid of a shark threat in the River Seine that conveniently coincides with the city hosting the World Triathlon Championship and a mayor who wants nothing to get in the way of the big event. Opening in a plastic-strewn part of the Pacific to establish both its eco-message and changes in animal behaviours, the prologue also sets the tone for the the surprisingly swift and vicious shark attacks that occasionally (and suddenly) appear. The film looks, sounds and feels more at home on television than as a cinema film, but Paris makes for a very attractive-looking if somewhat unlikely setting for the story. Not a lot happens for long stretches, but there are a couple of inventive shark shots with good on-water shooting, especially at night, and there are a couple of lively scenes of mayhem in the sewers and catacombs in this silly and frothy piece of entertainment.
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