The Shallows is one of those "good" shark movies. It's well-done and believable but unfortunately for me, the realism was too much for me.
The story starts out with the main character making some dumb choices but again, it's very realistic. It becomes intense very quickly but the gore is where I had to stop. Despite it's PG-13 rating, it is very graphic. She gets attacked by the shark, cut up on coral, and the movie focuses on her wounds. Close ups of it for prolonged amounts of time. I'm okay with some gore, I don't like it but if it's fast, I can deal with it. I had to keep skipping ahead and when I realized it was only going to get worse the further it went, I turned it off.
I'm not sure if I was watching an uncut version or not, but I've seen other people say it's super gory even at PG-13. It's not a bad movie, pretty well done, but do not underestimate the gore.
The story starts out with the main character making some dumb choices but again, it's very realistic. It becomes intense very quickly but the gore is where I had to stop. Despite it's PG-13 rating, it is very graphic. She gets attacked by the shark, cut up on coral, and the movie focuses on her wounds. Close ups of it for prolonged amounts of time. I'm okay with some gore, I don't like it but if it's fast, I can deal with it. I had to keep skipping ahead and when I realized it was only going to get worse the further it went, I turned it off.
I'm not sure if I was watching an uncut version or not, but I've seen other people say it's super gory even at PG-13. It's not a bad movie, pretty well done, but do not underestimate the gore.