"The death loop." Another remake of an American movie! Check out this official trailer for
The Shallows, a Chinese remake of the 2016
shark movie thriller that starred Blake Lively as a surfer attacked by a violent shark. This Chinese version keeps the same name - it's literally called
The Shallows (also going by 鲨滩 in Mandarin) and is mostly similar. With a few crazy new technological additions - early reviews say that it features AI and VR - which this trailer hints at as part of her replaying this scenario. Of course in 2025 they add AI and VR.
The Shallows is "the story of a girl who loves extreme sports. When she came to the beach alone to surf, she was attacked by a sudden giant shark."
Xiaoyun Chen stars in the Blake Lively lead role, with a cast also including
Sinan Li,
Sen Wang, and
Peng Bi Yao. The movie already opened in China in January a few months ago, but we're only catching up with it now. An
early review says it's solid - "Clocking in at 73 minutes, there is entertainment a-plenty in this title, with a rather bloodthirsty opening." Hmmmm. //
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