The Requin

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The Requin

R

Released Jan 28, 2022

1h 29m

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

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There's terror in paradise when Jaelyn (Alicia Silverstone) and Kyle (James Tupper) arrive at a remote seaside villa in Vietnam for a romantic getaway. A torrential storm descends, reducing the villa to little more than a raft and sweeping the young couple out to sea. Suddenly, another danger appears: a school of great white sharks. With her injured husband watching helplessly, Jaelyn must battle the deadly predators alone in this tense thriller that rides an unrelenting wave of fear.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

More a survival-at-sea drama than a people-versus-sharks thriller, but satisfying all the same.

Jan 29, 2022

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

The Requin may not be the best showcase for Kiet's talent after Furie, his thrilling 2019 Vietnamese martial arts drama, but it's consistently intriguing, which makes up for other glaring deficiencies.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 28, 2022

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

This film genuinely makes no sense.

Rated: 2/10

Feb 19, 2025

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The cheesy (and at times cringe-worthy) melodrama never remotely feels authentic. And the ludicrous character blunders and the laughably bad CGI make the whole man-versus-nature elements impossible to buy.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 28, 2022

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

I think Alicia Silverstone might deserve both a Razzie and an Oscar for this performance

Aug 4, 2022

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

This movie has about 4% Shark

Aug 4, 2022

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Rob the movie guy

Omg where do I start. THE WORST MOVIE IVE SEEN IN 2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!. HORRIBLE “ACTING” if you can even call it that. Fake/ cheap CGI sharks, water, ocean you name it was bad!! The iPhone was even outdated like a 7 or 8. That lady acting just needs to stop she was the worst female actor I’ve seen in a while like wtf please safe your money don’t go. I walked about hour into the movie I couldn’t take it anymore

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/22

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Jace

Terrible CGI bad acting worst shark movie ever

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/30/22

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emma

It was horrible acting and it looks so unreal… come on it’s 2022 and we can’t make a decent movie!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/30/22

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Eli

People watching this expecting a JAWS- like story will be severely disappointed. Sharks are really only in the film for maybe about 10-15 minutes and even then, the CGI is so bad that you wished they weren’t in it at all. The only reason I gave it the rating I did is because i found myself thinking about what I would do if I were in that situation, it’s a scary thing to think about.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/22

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Jake

Really enjoyed this one. Just good old fashioned intense scenes. Effects were a bit low budget, but not distracting. It was good to see a movie with Alicia in it. A few good, unexpected moments thrown in there too!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/22

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Audience Member

I extremely rarely watch movies and watching this made me regret it. The movie has little to no plot, has literally horrific acting, and is an actual nothing burger. I'm talking bun, nothing, and bun. A family guy cutaway has better acting and more plot. This might have been good in 2013.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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There's terror in paradise when Jaelyn (Alicia Silverstone) and Kyle (James Tupper) arrive at a remote seaside villa in Vietnam for a romantic getaway. A torrential storm descends, reducing the villa to little more than a raft and sweeping the young couple out to sea. Suddenly, another danger appears: a school of great white sharks. With her injured husband watching helplessly, Jaelyn must battle the deadly predators alone in this tense thriller that rides an unrelenting wave of fear.

Director: Le-Van Kiet
Producer: Cameron Burns, Jordan Dykstra, Aaron B. Koontz, Todd Lundbohm, Ashleigh Snead, Ellen S. Wander
Screenwriter: Le-Van Kiet
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Film Bridge International, Paper Street Pictures
Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 28, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 28, 2022
Runtime: 1h 29m

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