US EditionJai Courtney Shines in New Aussie Survival Thriller
- The movie Dangerous Animals, starring Jai Courtney, opened in Irish cinemas and theaters on June 6, 2025.
- The film, directed by Sean Byrne and written by Nick Lepard, follows Tucker, a deranged tour guide who uses sharks to kill victims.
- Jai Courtney’s performance as Tucker stands out as a menacing, unhinged serial killer who ritualistically feeds sharks and embodies toxic masculinity.
- Critics note the film’s intense opening, memorable villainy, and combine horror with dark humor, with one review stating Byrne walks “right up to the line of nihilism.”
- Dangerous Animals represents a fresh and satisfying horror thriller that subverts shark movie tropes and is expected to engage audiences throughout the summer season.
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'Dangerous Animals' review: Jai Courtney goes sublimely savage as a shark-centric serial killer
Dangerous Animals has a killer hook: Jai Courtney stars as a deranged serial killer who uses sharks as his weapon of choice. It sounds bonkers, like something you'd see in an old Batman comic, in an Austin Powers movie, or on late-night TV, back when the ads were all 1-900 numbers. But props to screenwriter Nick Lepard and director Sean Byrne. They bring blood and bite to this funky premise, delivering a movie that's deep in dread, sweat, thrill…
‘Dangerous Animals’ Interview: Jai Courtney on Taking on an Unhinged, Shark Obsessed Character
We were joined on the Popternative show by Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad, Divergent) who stars in the new shark-themed horror thriller, Dangerous Animals, which released today in theaters. Directed by Sean Byrne (The Devil’s Candy, The Loved Ones), the film also stars Hassie Harrison (Yellowstone, Tacoma FD), and Josh Heuston (Dune: Prophecy, Heartbreak High). Harrison plays Zephyr, a rebellious surfer who is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial ki…
‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Jai Courtney Understands The Assignment In A Serial Killer Kidnapping Escapade
Is it safe to label Quint, the rogue-ish shark expert played so memorably by Robert Shaw in the now-40-year-old shark extravaganza “Jaws,” one of filmdom’s most legendary characters? It’s only fitting that, four decades removed from Steven Spielberg‘s first true blockbuster, would another contender emerge in the niche genre that is the shark film, with none other than Jai Courtney taking on a role that, somehow, seems to gesture wildly towards h…
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