Bait (2012)

"A film like this hinges on how well it exploits the impossible scenario faced by its characters and the quality of the kill scenes. In both of these regards, Bait does okay. It’s not spectacular, but it is good enough to see on the big screen. Plus it’s much more fun than last year’s high concept shark thriller, Shark Night 3D. That film broke my heart."

"[It] has many flaws, the foremost among these is the inability to indicate whether we're supposed to consider the savage behaviour brought on by its crises as ambiguous or unassailably good."

"This likable trash occasionally outsmarts more moneyed Hollywood fish features."

"Bait 3D needs to put aside the forced poignancy and attain full great bad movie status. Or at least let the sharks eat more characters."

"The film is a throwback to the heyday of the Australian exploitation movie."

"Rendall and screenwriters Russell Mulcahy and John Kim forget that in between bursts of tart, blood-drenched mayhem, there's a saggy, dumb chamber drama that's completely bland and under-seasoned."

"Chompy, bloody fun. It may be about a shark, but Bait 3D is no Jaws."