20 Recent Movies EVERYONE Knew Would Suck

2. Thrash

Shark movies not called Jaws don't exactly have the best of reputation as it is, and the trailer for Netflix's Thrash certainly sold it accurately to audiences as a trashy "we have Crawl at home" romp.

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Not helping pre-release expectations was Sony's decision to cancel their planned theatrical release and sell it to Netflix instead - nothing if not a vote of no-confidence.

Then the film's title changed several times in post-production - first called Beneath the Storm, then Shiver - and on top of this it felt like Netflix tossed the thing out there with only the most barebones promotion.

And Thrash indeed largely squandered its fun premise - of a pregnant woman (Phoebe Dynevor) fighting to survive both a hurricane and shark-infested waters - due to its paper-thin characters, generic plotting, and worst of all its utterly sub-par shark action.

Not a surprise of course, but still disappointing considering Thrash came from the talented Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Violent Night).

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