Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks (2023) Poster

(2023 TV Special)

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5/10
Interesting presentation and beautiful cinematography, but....
peter_octavian29 July 2023
....wow is this pretentious.

If it's not very contrived, staged tension and drama, it's an overuse of solo shots of Brandon McMillan doing his best to look brooding and concerned about.....something...as he gazes off into the sunset or out into the open ocean, or as he types something very profound into his laptop.

Of course, it could just be that McMillan isn't really trying to look brooding, concerned and profound but is instead experiencing gastric discomfort and couldn't find a place in Egypt to buy Mylanta.

If it weren't for the cool shark footage and the breathtaking underwater seascapes, the participation of the talent would make this Shark Week special laughable, if not unwatchable.

Your best bet is to mute the volume, and listen to your favorite music instead (or, alternately, play the sound of Captain Quint scratching the chalkboard, which is significantly more pleasing to the ears than the over-inflated writing and abysmally performed dialogue in "Serial Killer: Red Sea Attacks").
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3/10
The Script & Dialogue Ruin it all.
rochfordsimon4 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Positives are... Interesting statistics on the White Tip Shark.

The cinematography is great. Locations are bright and clear.

Negatives.. The written script is cringey, creepy, horrible and awkward. It literally ruins the flow and enjoyment of the documentary.

The on screen presence of the actors is so cold, you can feel it. They try to create dramatic fear scenarios that are insulting to the viewers.

There is no footage of the 2023 shark attacks, which is the reason I watched. But plenty of boring cliques. At one stage it almost feels like a comedy, with how over the top all the dread music and voice overs are.

Shark Week is grasping at straws here.
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