To me, this movie is perfection.

That was an excellent one.

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Are there still people who are watching shark movies in the twenty-first century? Apparently so but since there wasn't anything else on television, I still gave The Reef a shot. It was a solid movie, no more, no less. The story is as simple as it gets. Five friends go on a sailing trip but their ship capsizes. Four friends decide to swim to the next Island while one of them stays on the capsized ship. They are soon hunted down by a Great White Shark and try to survive.On the positive side, the movie has a few solid jump scares in the first half and some tense moments in the second half that keep the tension high. Secondly, the film avoids special effects and actually uses genuine shark footage which gives the film a more realistic touch since the animal isn't portrayed as a brutal beast but rather as an intelligent predator. Thirdly, even though the characters are lacking depth, they aren't stereotypical and the movie only offers one predictable scene with a hysterically screaming woman.On the negative side, the movie gets slightly dull despite its relatively short running time as patterns are particularly repetitive in the second half. The fate of one of the characters and the ship is never really explained for unknown reasons. The film ends with a boring short written epilogue instead of offering a proper conclusion as if the producers had run out of funds.In conclusion, this film is only interesting for shark movie fans and if there's really nothing else on television. The film is neither bad nor good which makes it rather forgettable.

Alright so its another shark movie.....People in the ocean....Deep water......Dunn..uh...dunn.uh. dunn.uh. Come on people...if your going to make a shark movie it has to be up there with jaws or 47 meters deep. The acting in it was horrible. Some were over acting then others just should not of been in the movie their part didn't fit. Over all the story line was slower than the acting. Still was not the worse movie I have seen...Would I run out and see a sequel......no. would I watch it again.....sorry no.

Single handedly the best shark movie I've seen thus far. There were no unnecessary comedy bits, and stuck true to its fight or flight theme.I was held captive from the beginning. There were moments where I held my breath without even noticing it, only to let out a muffled "urrrgghhh". Throughout this movie I found myself feeling helpless and almost as though I were there myself, hell, even half way through I said with a sigh "this movie is exhausting".I would not call this movie a horror though, it's more like a psychological thriller. I think the possibility of "what if" and the "what's that" plays with your mind way more than the actual shark attacks (which were a bit lackluster if I'm being honest).I do not think you'd be happy with this movie if you're looking to feel like if you are watching the exorcist or something along the lines of getting the crap scared out of you and not being able to go to the toilet alone for a while. If you are looking for a movie where you jump out of your skin and get your heart racing (even if it's once) this movie would be a great choice. It truly brings out your survival instincts.

Forgettable. I know because I only realised I'd seen it before when I hit play! Oops.An inferior version of Open Water, which had real reflections on love and survival.Instead of the tragic necessity of suicide, we get a will he/won't he scramble for safety. The beast is huge - a whole ton of shark - instead of the nasty little ones in OW, but there was only one real jump scare when it surged through the group - and that wasn't much.The set up was fairly quick, just a bit of back-story on a stalled love affair, and the local awareness of shark infested waters. And the skipper's incompetence in underestimating the tide was never addressed except with "It wasn't your fault".Survival in the sea is cheap and effective suspense, but something more has to be delivered. This was watchable, so a 5.