My Review of Thrash (2026)

 

Written And Directed by Tommy Wirkola

Dee (to Will): "Bet you never saw this on Shark Week."

Remember a couple of years there was a film named Crawl (2019)? If you've seen that movie, you'll know what to expect with this one. Instead of alligators, this one had sharks. Lots of them.

It also had a lot of human characters that mostly interconnected with one another. Humans who brought out the best and worst in one another. I'm gonna break it down.

First of all, there's Lisa (Phoebe Dynevor). She was recently dumped by her boyfriend and she was due to give birth. She got caught up big time in the Category 5 hurricane and came close multiple times to being shark food. As did her baby boy, whom she gave birth to at the worst possible moment.

Fortunately for Lisa she managed to make a new friend in agoraphobic girl Dakota (Whitney Peak). The latter was dealing with the loss of her parents but found herself stepping into something of a heroic role due to Lisa needing her. It's a nice character that developed throughout the movie.

Dakota also had an uncle named  Dr. Dale Edwards (Djimon Hounsou). He was a marine expert that knew his stuff about sharks. Saying that, while he's an expert, he practically took forever to be reunited with Dakota and it was the arrival of a much bigger shark that actually saved the day in a roundabout way.

The funniest story in the movie involved three siblings - Ron (Stacy Clausen), Will (Dante Ubaldi) and Dee (Alyla Browne). They had to deal with terrible foster parents Billy (Matt Nable) and Rachel Olsen (Amy Matthews). Let's just say that their storyline involved deaths that were more funny than sad and that dynamite shouldn't be left near children.

- Sony were originally going to release this in theatres before sending it to Netflix.

- Alternative titles for this movie included The Rising, Shiver and Beneath The Storm.

- Standout music: Tennessee River Crooks White Lightning.

- Chronology: Set in the fictional town of Annieville. Lisa mentioned being from New York.

Thrash (2026) was a lot of fun. Yes, it's a very trashy C-horror movie that definitely wouldn't feel out of place on SyFy in the 2000s. If you're not expecting fine art, you'll have a good time with this one.

Rating: 6 out of 10