Dark Tide (2012)
It’s not often that no one wants to see a movie starring Halle Berry. Let’s face it, she is drop dead gorgeous and usually she is like a nice Werther’s candy drop on the screen. But her good looks nor even her Oscar could have saved this disgraceful shark thriller. The actors had very weak performances and the storyline had a weak plot which was why this film deserved to rest at the bottom of the ocean. Critics dismissed the entire production, calling it “Shallow and brackish, Dark Tide fails to rise.” Some considered this film to be a B-grade movie.
Rightfully so, with a budget of $25 million and production sets across three countries–the U.S., U.K., and South Africa for this movie to only recoup $1,167,612 at the box office is unacceptable. Especially knowing that investors essentially squandered over $23 million. Not to mention, Oscar Award-winning talent must cost more than a few million dollars. If it was up to the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw no human would be paid. “The sharks themselves are the only ones to emerge with credit from this.”