Whalefall
Genre THRILLER · DRAMA
Theme Survival
Director: Brian Duffield · Cast: Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue, John Ortiz
The Story
After his father drowns in the Pacific, Jay goes diving off the California coast to find his body. Instead, a sperm whale swallows him whole. Trapped in its stomach with one hour of oxygen left, Jay has to rely on everything his father taught him to get out alive.
Verdict
The idea sounds ridiculous, and the film knows it, but it plays the story straight and that is why it works. Austin Abrams carries almost the whole movie, and the father-son story gives the survival part a heart. The giant squid scene is the best moment, tense and properly scary. The effects are uneven and the flashbacks slow things down a bit, so it loses some of its grip in the middle. Still a strange, original survival film, and worth seeing for the idea and the lead.
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