Jaume Collet-Serra Archives

Starring: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra
Running Time: 104 Minutes
UK Release Date: 19 January 2018
BBFC Certificate: 15

Our Score

First of all a spoiler warning to whoever is reading this, as I will divulge some of the plot and scenes of this film. As a self-imposed rule I don’t like to give away any spoilers, but I find it hard to hold back when reviewing a film that I felt wasn’t great, was predictable and generic – despite its interesting premise. You have been warned but if you have seen the spoilerific trailer then nothing in this review will surprise or shock you.

A few years ago after Taken 3 (2014) pretty much bombed at the box office, I read an article in which star Liam Neeson said he would no longer be making action films in which he is the lead, facing off against wave after wave of disposable villains. This was in part due to Neeson’s age and that he felt he was being typecast. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: LIam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson DIRECTORS: Jaume Collet-Serra

Starring: Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo, Brett Cullen
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra
Running Time: 86 mins
BBFC Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: December 5th 2016 (UK)

Our Score

Nancy (Blake Lively) is feeling a bit lost in life and is considering dropping out of medical school. She heads off on her own to a secret Mexican beach that had special significance to her dead mother. After spending some time surfing, she discovers the bay is hiding the enormous body of a dead whale.

That’s not all that’s lurking either, as she is attacked by a great white shark, but manages to escape onto a rocky outcrop. She’s only a few hundred metres offshore, but with a gash in her leg that will attract the shark back, it doesn’t seem there will be any way to get back to the beach. It also becomes increasingly apparent that the cartilaginous fish isn’t going to give up. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo, Brett Cullen DIRECTORS: Jaume Collet-Serra FILMS: The Shallows