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Under Paris is a new French shark thriller that can hold its own with any fish movie out there--and you know I love my scary fishies flicks--a 2024 film directed by Xavier Gens and written by Gens, Yannick Dahan and Maud Heywang.
Grieving, genius scientist Sophia Assalas (Berenice Bejo), working with the river patrol, must figure out a way to save Paris and Olympic triathalon swimmers from becoming chum as an overly-large shark appears in the river Seine. The breeding rate is astronomical, the female sharks engaged in parthenogenesis, the ability to breed without a male.
The movie opens with Sophia's team trying to save the ecosystem in the ocean, then all her men--including her husband--are gored to death by too-large sharks that aren't supposed to be there, who've bred stealthily.
When Sophia, working with eco' warriors, endeavors to get the Seine closed and the triathalon cancelled, the mayor, Anne Marivin (Le maire de Paris) pulls a Jaws and cares more about making money than saving lives.
What results is a bloodbath with some of the greatest shots I've ever seen and gore unparalleled. Foreign films really are the best (not better than Jaws, though)!
Enjoy if you haven't! It's on Netflix!
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