DANGEROUS ANIMALS

(director: Sean Byrne; screenwriter:Nick Lepard; cinematographer: Shelley Farthing-Dawe; editor: Kasra Rassoulzadegan; music: Michael Yezerski; cast: Jai Courtney (Tucker), Hassie Harrison (Zephyr), Josh Heuston (Moses), Rob Carlton (Dave), Ella Newton (Heather), Liam Greinke (Greg); Runtime: 97; MPAA Rating: R; producers: Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Chris Ferguson; IFC, Shudder; 2025-Australia/USA/Canada)

“Entertaining B-film blend of an Aussie shark and a serial killer film.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

Aussie filmmaker Sean Byrne (“The Loved Ones”/”The Devil’s Candy”) directs this entertaining B-film blend of an Aussie shark and a serial killer film. The well-made film is written by Nick Lepard. It crosses the line of decency by becoming a snuff film with a weird sense of humor.

The sicko shark diver/tourist guide Tucker (Jai Courtney) takes tourists out on his old boat to view in a cage bull sharks, makos and great whites who reside off the Gold Coast. His real goal is to feed the tourists to the sharks, his real love, and capture them on film while they try io fight off the attacking shark.

In the opening scene, Tucker is hired by a young couple. He feeds the boyfriend to the sharks and takes his nervous girlfriend Heather (Ella Newton) as a captive in the lower deck of his boat. He then kidnaps a hippie American surfer Zephyr (Hassie Harrison). She just left a one-night stand in her van with the local real estate agent Moses (Josh Heuston) she just met on the cute when he needed jumper cables for his car. When she goes for an early morning swim in a far-off remote spot, Tucker takes her prisoner in his boat and keeps her bound alongside Heather.

But Zephyr is a fighter and her evil captor gets more of a fight than he bargained for.

It played at the Cannes Film Festival.

REVIEWED ON 5/25/2025 GRADE: B
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