MiketheWhistle ...and it leaves me hope that one day too I can make a film.I'm guessing this "genre" is along the lines of Shark Weeks episode about a giant great white that was prehistoric, but compared to open water it got more watches.

BA_Harrison Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water, a found-footage shark movie swims my way. Cage Dive takes the well-worn hand-held camera/faux documentary route to tell the story of three Californian adrenaline junkies - Jeff, Josh and Megan (Joel Hogan, Josh Potthoff and Megan Peta Hill)- who travel to Australia to experience great white sharks up close and personal. Unfortunately, their thrill-seeking experience doesn't go quite as planned when a freak wave capsizes the boat, leaving the friends stranded in shark-infested waters.I was actually enjoying this found-footage shark movie up to the point where an argument over the use of a flare results in the characters accidentally setting fire to their inflatable life raft; at this point, the film well and truly 'jumps the shark', after which it slowly sinks further and further into the murky depths of bad film-making. And when brothers Jeff and Josh forget about the sharks to have a scrap over Megan, with whom they are both in love, the film finally hits rock bottom. To director Gerald Rascionato's credit, the shark attack scenes are deftly handled and realistic (I guess that the sharks are CGI; if that is the case, they're extremely well done), resulting in a reasonable amount of tension, and there's one satisfyingly nasty moment where we see a survivor with the side of his face hanging off, but for much of the time it's just three whiny over-privileged idiots bobbing around in the sea. You'll be longing for the fish to start biting again.4.5 out of 10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.

fulcisbeard It's difficult to make a found footage film about people stranded in shark infested waters that isn't scary. The situation alone is enough to create tension. As a result, I liked Cage Dive. Yeah the acting is a bit questionable and we're given a large amount of filler at the beginning, as we're introduced to the various characters. Ultimately you'll probably find yourself wishing they'd just bloody well get on to the shark bit! I guess a bit of context is needed to make us empathise with the characters, but i think films like Reef and Open Water achieves this much more enjoyably. This film is everything you think it will be. Horrendous scenes of people in distress, and the tension that comes with knowing anyone could be picked off at any moment. I particularly liked the night vision scenes. Absolutely Crazy!One criticism is that when the characters first become stranded in the ocean, they don't really seem too worried. They're clearly scared, but it seems a bit restrained. Whereas I think anyone would be utterly pooing themselves in a situation like that.Plus the bit where the Megan sets off the flare and burns down their life raft is just exquisite. All in all, if you like shark movies, survival movies or found footage, and you don't take it too seriously, this is a pretty enjoyable, effective and tense little film.Muito bem caralho.

xikixite Awful homemade feeling movie in which you just want the sharks to come and end it all. Take 2 males and 1 blond not too ugly female from America, put them on a plane with a camcorder so they can film their holiday to Australia where they swim with Sharks. Along the way you discover by accident that the girl is sleeping with both men. Guess what they fall out of the shark cage. But how they fall out you'll have to suffer like I did. So predictable the money making this could have been spent somewhere else like on Big Macs for the poor and not wasted on this dribble. At the end we all just kept clapping as each awful character meet their death. Go Sharks!