US EditionMovie Review: Sharks Aren't the Scariest Thing in the Sea-Bound, Super Thriller 'Dangerous Animals'
- The thriller movie Dangerous Animals, directed by Sean Byrne and starring Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, and Josh Heuston, opens in U.S. Theaters on June 6, 2025, and in Australia on June 12, 2025, set on Queensland's Gold Coast.
- The film combines the threat of sharks and a serial killer, inspired by writer Nick Lepard imagining a body in a surfboard bag, to create a tense, horror-adjacent narrative about a sociopathic skipper preying on tourists.
- Jai Courtney stars as Tucker, a psychotic Australian boat captain who abducts Zephyr, played by Hassie Harrison, an American surfer, and feeds victims to sharks while toying with them and filming the acts.
- Dangerous Animals runs 98 minutes, rated R for violent content and language, features a cat-and-mouse game between Zephyr and Tucker described as shark versus marlin, and has received four out of five stars for its pulpy, intense tone.
- The film's outcome suggests a gripping but uneven thriller where Courtney's unsettling performance stands out, and the blend of sharks and human menace may affect shark cage diving fleets' reputation while offering strong tension.
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Movie Review: Sharks aren't the scariest thing in the sea-bound, super thriller 'Dangerous Animals'
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Jai Courtney and His Baby Sharks Kill It, But 'Dangerous Animals' Stinks
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DANGEROUS ANIMALS Sean Byrne earns an honest-to-goodness “Fuck Yeah,” with the opening of his latest film, DANGEROUS ANIMALS. The plot centers around a shark-obsessed serial killer and the ritualistic murder of tourists. What he doesn’t count on is surfer Zephyr and her survival instincts. The cinematography is stunning. The score is epic. The soundtrack is perfect. Writer Nick Lepard skillfully navigates tongue-in-cheek jokes, social graces, su…
‘Dangerous Animals’ (IFC Films/ Shudder) Non-Spoiler Review – Cooler In Conception
How many actors inevitably play a serial killer, or some other sociopathic character? The question is better left to ponder than actually provide an answer. Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard, Terminator Genisys, Suicide Squad, Alita: Battle Angel, The Suicide Squad, Kaleidoscope) leads the IFC Films/ Shudder survival horror thriller film, Dangerous Animals, as Bruce Tucker, and is somehow having the most fun of everyone on screen. Sean Byrne’…
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Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals hits cinemas this week and serves as a clever reminder that humans truly are at the bottom of the food chain. Some words on shark films and why we’re so drawn to them. Who doesn’t love a good shark film? They’re all essentially about big fish eating small humans, usually because we tend to get ourselves into situations where we are the underdog. We’re daft like that. Steven Spielberg’s 1973 debut Jaws remains the…
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