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The Reef (2010)

The Reef poster
Directed by
Andrew Traucki
Genre
action film, horror film, adventure film, exploitation film, survival film, natural horror film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 606 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends sailing to Indonesia capsizes and ends up stranded in open water. They are stalked by a great white shark as they attempt to swim to a nearby island.

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What happens

The Reef is a 2010 Australian survival horror film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Traucki in his second feature film (the first being Black Water). The film is about a group of friends who capsize while sailing to Indonesia and are stalked by a great white shark as they try to swim to a nearby island. A spiritual sequel titled The Reef: Stalked, also written, directed and produced by Traucki, was released in 2022, and similarly features a cast of characters trying to survive a great white shark stalking them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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