Thrash Review

 

Alright Netflix is giving us a shark. Will be a huge hit that'll become a classic like Jaws? Doubt it, but hey as long as it's fun.

Thrash is a survival thriller movie that's produced by Sony Pictures and Hyperobject Industries with Netflix being the distributor. Tommy Wirkola both wrote and directed.

The story is, a coastal town has been hit by category 5 hurricane thus making the streets completely flooded. But the residents of this town will quickly realize it's the storm that they should be trying to survive, but the swarm of hungry sharks.

Initial Reaction

Now originally there wasn't a long term plan to review this. Not because I wasn't interested but because I didn't know about this until like Tuesday or Wednesday. At first I wanted to see because it looked like it could be a fun shark movie, but then I found out it was directed and written by Tommy Wirkola, and he brought my newer favorite Christmas watch traditions [Violent Night]. So now I truly wanted to see it more then ever.

Cons

I've got nothing.

Middle Ground

One grey area is the characters. They're very basic people. You got the kids, you have your character with a troubled past, and so on and so fourth. I didn't hate them by any stretch, well expect maybe the foster parents because they were awful people, but other than those two I didn't hate these characters. If anything they served their roles just fine. The other mix bag was the special effects. Now the hurricane and flood were great. They felt very immersive. The CGI on the sharks however aren't exactly bad but I don't see anybody overly praising them. The effects are slick and look better underwater, but when it came time for the sharks be in the light, you can tell it was CGI. Nothing I found laughable like with an Asylum or SyFy original movie, but you know it was CGI.

Pros

I give credit for the use of humor. I don't know what was going in with Tommy Wirkola's mind when he was writing this, but given his track record use tongue-in-cheek absurdity mixed with action and gore, I think even he knew this movie was gonna be a very pulpy B-movie so he added in some humor. Which again, I didn't find bad, especially since there were some pretty funny moments sprinkled throughout. Another praise I'll is the pacing. This is a breeze to get through. It starts off with a nicely slow build up but once the disaster strikes that's when the shark attacks begin and the thrills and humor never stop. Lastly I'll give credit to the performances. Nobody is gonna win any awards for this, but everybody did provide a sense of fun and energy to their roles, so whether it'd be the acting or shark kills I can't really say I was bored when watching this.

Thrash is by no means a perfect movie. However I think if you want to sit down and watch some turn off your brain popcorn flick entertainment, then give this a chance.

My final rating is, Okay.

That's gonna do it for me. Come back on Monday, Apr 13th, cause of that day we're going back on the Road to Scary Movie (2026) with my review of Scary Movie 3. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.