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Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Colin Wilson, and Belle Avery
Screenplay by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, and Erich Hoeber
With: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis, Winston Chao, Shuya Sophia Cai, Ruby Rose, Page Kennedy, Robert Taylor, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jessica McNamee, and Masi Oka
Cinematography: Tom Stern
Editing: Steven Kemper and Kelly Matsumoto
Music: Harry Gregson-Williams
Runtime: 113 min
Release Date: 10 August 2018
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
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Giant-sharksploitation extravaganza is a cynical, shameless ripoff of Jaws, The Abyss, and every intentionally stupid shark week quicky. Intentionally stupid that aspires to be more than intentionally stupid is the worst kind of intentionally stupid.