Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Kirpianuscus The first good point is the fake opinion of viewer than he knows all about film before he see it. he knows the theme, the story, the genre, the end, the chain of cliches. in same measure, he knows "the tricks" of director. but... . "Bait" is different by the package of films about sharks. for the care for details. for performances. for tension who is not exactly same with the fear. for characters who are not anonimous silhouettes. and for a sort of freedom out of CGI. because , in many scenes, CGI is weak part. but the film propose an interesting story about links between different people and survive. and that is the basic virtue of it.

katherinemch I've seen about maybe 20 shark movies and this is definitely in the top 5. It's not The Best Movie Ever. But it is definitely worth your time and I might even watch it a couple more times eventually.Every shark movie has its unique ridiculous goofy moment, as you likely know if you're reading reviews of a shark movie. This movie's memorable moment is pretty much a shark's worst nightmare, I'd venture to guess. I don't think it's been done before. Pretty amusing. But that's just one cute moment. The majority of this thing is pretty serious, not campy. There's tons of character development and they even spend some time giving us backstory on the main few people, and making us feel bored & familiar with the grocer where they get trapped, because a disaster feels more intense to us in the audience if we can relate. It's well worth the time to make things feel real. I think it helps for us to see the store going through its daily grind before we see it flooded with water & sharks. The horror is exacerbated for most of the characters because this store is their familiar everyday turf, and suddenly it's all different. Really there seems to be a theme of seeing the familiar with new eyes or something. Like I honestly think there might be a metaphor level to this plot. Realistic settings, people and dialog, and a plot that has some thought put into it? That's pretty good stuff for a creature feature!!The FX were nice too. The tsunami and the sharks felt really real yet still impressive.I am almost tempted to give it ten stars because for what this is, it's really quality stuff. Shindler's List it ain't, but it's a really good fun shark adventure.

Leofwine_draca First off, I watched this in 2D on TV, so any of the 3D effects stuff was lost on me. Secondly, I love shark films as a rule, but I expected the worst after BAIT's opening sequence: it's the kind of cheesy drama you expect from a PIRANHA 3D rip-off, complete with monstrously bad CGI.I'm glad I stuck with it though as BAIT soon turns out to be a great little thriller with a unique storyline: victims of a tsunami are trapped inside a flooded supermarket with only a great white or two for company. What follows is a tight, action-packed movie, filled with the brim with suspense and perilous sequences; it's great fun, and another winning Aussie B-movie.The cast is as engaging as the storyline and I particularly liked the diverse characters caught up in the chaos: there's Hollywood actor Julian McMahon as a bank robber, while Xavier Samuel (THE LOVED ONES) and Sharni Vinson (YOU'RE NEXT) play a young couple. Dan Wyllie's redneck is hilarious, and the rest of the characters also stand out: the cop, his shoplifting daughter, the manager, the security guard, the cashier, etc.The story is told via action for the most part, and the special effects turn out to be very good - it looks as though they used a real shark for the majority of the scenes. It's just the opening scene and the closing CGI cityscape which are really bad. There's plenty of violent death here, a true unpredictability as to who's going to make it (if any of them) and above all a play-it-straight vibe that makes BAIT stand head and shoulders above many a rival B-movie.

begob Mixed bag, but better than expected.Almost switched off at first sight of the daft CGI shark, but we stuck with it.So a group of conflicted characters is trapped in a shop with a couple of man-eating sharks driven in by a tsunami. As the characters try to figure out an escape their conflicts are resolved, and they co-operate to save the day.The characters are so-so, and too many of them survive. The idea of the lower level car park not filling up with water is wrong. And I think they should have had one shark down below, with the water upstairs filled with loads of nasty little creatures that Australia is notorious for. Or just lots of small sharks, like in Open Water.The references to Jaws were enjoyable, and the time passed OK.