The acting in this shark-based serial killer thriller is bad, but the script is worse. How did the efforts of so many talented people result in such a dud?
Earlier this month, the same week a big dumb shark movie called The Meg opened in Australian cinemas, another shark-themed production debuted on our television screens: Channel Nine’s fishy crime thriller Bite Club. It’s hard to know which is more idiotic: the story of an ancient “megalodon” the size of a bus that chases Jason Statham and his deep sea diving pals, or the story of two detectives tracking down a serial killer in Sydney while attempting to overcome dialogue so bad it feels like a form of assault.
Before hitting play on Bite Club (an eight-part series, with episode three broadcast this week) I consulted the program’s official synopsis, which reads: “After surviving a shark attack two detectives join forces to hunt the ultimate predator, the serial killer who is also hunting them.”
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