A traumatized shark expert must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark Alley."
| Tagline | In Shark Alley, courage runs deep. |
| Release Date: | Mar 28, 2012 |
| Genres: | Thriller, Adventure, Drama |
| Production Company: | Social Capital, Lipsync Productions, Alliance Cinema, Magnet Media Group, Magnet Media Productions, Mirabelle Pictures, Cinedigm, Procinvest Sas, Film Afrika |
| Production Countries: | South Africa, United States of America |
| Casts: | Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Sizwe Msutu, Mark Elderkin, Thoko Ntshinga, Henrik Vos, Judith Kronenberg-Sarembock, Wayne Harrison, Josef du Plessis, Ralph Brown, Luke Tyler |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $25000000 |
| Revenue: | 432274 |
This isn't as dreadful as I had feared - it is actually, partially, redeemed by some really excellent underwater photography - and a suitably satisfactory denouement. Halle Berry is a diver whose on/off boyfriend Olivier Martinez manages to coax her into taking an arrogant, wealthy, Brit and his son on a cruise to swim with sharks. The story is poor, predictable and very slow to develop. Far too much of the jeopardy is created not from the sharks but from the rather odious millionaire Brit; his son and the two leads' rather tiresome are they/aren't they relationship - and, it appears that Berry has some history with sharks that resulted in her having had a near death experience. The dive footage of the sharks would have made for an interesting documentary on apex predators; the story ought just to have been shredded at birth...
