'Thrash' review: Tommy Wirkola's shark movie ate

Like unsung Australian horror movie Bait, Netflix's Thrash knows that tsunamis are least of your worries after a Category 5 hurricane hits in a movie. Sharks (yes, sharks) wash in with the tide in the latest from writer/director Tommy Wirkola (Violent Night, Dead Snow), and it's a proper nail-biter. With nightmare-inspiring cinematography, increasingly flooded and crumbling sets, impossibly risky scenarios, and solid performances from Djimon Hounsou, Whitney Peak, and Phoebe Dynevor, Thrash earns its place in the long, storied history of shark survival movies. Climate disaster films come in all genres, and in Thrash (notably produced by Don't Look Up's Adam McKay), Wirkola leans into the extreme weather impact of a warming planet without addressing it directly. Climate change doesn't cause extreme weather events; climate change increases the intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme weather events. And nothing's more extreme than watching a Category 5 hurricane absolutely pummel the town of Annieville, South Carolina, with fierce winds, destructive flooding, and sharks swimming down Main Street. (I'm not here to evaluate the scientific accuracy of this film.) Here, we meet seve